Events from the 1540s in England. Monarch – Henry VIII (until 28 January 1547), then Edward VI Regent – Catherine, Queen Consort (starting 15 July, until...

The 1540s decade ran from 1 January 1540, to 31 December 1549. January 6 – King Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort; the marriage...

will of Henry VIII of England was a significant constitutional document, or set of contested documents created in the 1530s and 1540s, affecting English...

precious metals from the New World. However, England was suffering with financial difficulty. In the 1540s, Henry VIII began a campaign of excessive overspending...

Library, Add. MS 17492) is a verse miscellany from the 1530s and early 1540s, compiled by three women who attended the court of Anne Boleyn: Mary Shelton...

The decade of the 1540s in music (years 1540–1549) involved some significant events. 1540 4 April – Cristobal Morales leaves the position of master of...

1540 and 1549. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1887). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct...

Events from the 1550s in England. This decade marks the beginning of the Elizabethan era. Monarch – Edward VI (until 6 July 1553), Jane (disputed, 6 July...

from the 1560s in England. Monarch – Elizabeth I 1560 27 February – Treaty of Berwick: Terms agreed with the Lords of the Congregation in the Kingdom of...

architect of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. 1549 – The spire of Lincoln Cathedral in England is blown down. 1540 Kamran's Baradari in Lahore completed Approximate...

forces was made compulsory by the County and Borough Police Act 1856. In the 1540s the office of Lord Lieutenant was instituted. The lieutenants had a military...

Events from the 1520s in England. Monarch – Henry VIII Regent – Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (starting 31 May, until 16 July 1520) 1520 26–31 May...

Events from the 1530s in England. Monarch – Henry VIII 1530 26 January – Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, becomes Keeper of the Privy Seal. January...

elected the first knight of the shire (MP) in the Parliament of England for the newly created Denbighshire in 1542. He married and had at least two sons...

supporters in both houses. Proceedings were regulated by the presiding officer in either chamber. From the 1540s the presiding officer in the House of...

gov.uk. The National Archives. List of acts of the Parliament of England 1540s in England "Wills Act 1540". vLex. "Execution Act 1540". vLex. Merkin, Rob...

Catholic, she later became sympathetic to and interested in the "New Faith". By the mid-1540s, she came under suspicion that she was actually a Protestant...

(in the case of Berwick-upon-Tweed) and piracy (in the case of Poole and Haverfordwest). In the 1540s the office of lord-lieutenant was instituted in each...

manages the National Heritage Collection. This comprises over 400 of England's historic buildings, monuments, and sites spanning more than 5,000 years...

Press. OCLC 398369. Roddy, Kate (Winter 2016). "Recasting Recantation in 1540s England: Thomas Becon, Robert Wisdom, and Robert Crowley". Renaissance and...

a city was established in the early 1540s when King Henry VIII founded dioceses (each having a cathedral in the see city) in six English towns and granted...

Remaining in England, she lived to see the reign of Edward VI, and the coronation of Mary I, outliving the rest of Henry's wives. Anne was born in 1515, on...

"Speaker" and this became the title always used from the 1540s onwards. No commoners were summoned. In the reign of King John knights came armed to police...

This list of castles in England is not a list of every building and site that has "castle" as part of its name, nor does it list only buildings that conform...

campaigns in the 1540s. Henry did this under the Act of Supremacy, passed by Parliament in 1534, which made him Supreme Head of the Church in England. He had...

Earl of Wiltshire 1529-?: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk Periods in 1540s and 1550s: Nicholas Wotton 1559–1564: Nicholas Throckmorton 1564–1566:...

establishing six new cities when he established a series of new dioceses in the 1540s as part of the English Reformation. No new cities were created between...

of England. The course of the war saw extensive fighting in Italy, France, and the Low Countries, as well as attempted invasions of Spain and England. The...

picked up again and reached 130,000 cloths a year by the 1540s. The centres of weaving in England shifted westwards towards the Stour Valley, the West Riding...

Hats became fashionable in England as an alternative to the hood toward the 1540s. Close fitting caps of fur were worn in cold climates. Linen caps...