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Indictment of the duke
king's issue
Convicted, A.D. 1521, 13 Henry VIII., May 13
Attainted, A.D. 1523, 14 Henry VIII.
Attainder dates back to 1513, April 24
First imputed act of treason, A.D. 1510, March 10,
2 Henry VIII.
Second imputed act, 4 Henry VIII., A.D. 1512, April 24
Communications with Hopkins the prophet Similar communications
Duke's assertion that he was next in succession after the
The duke's possession of a copy of the Act legitimating
the Beauforts
The duke's trial
The crown witnesses confronted with him
The duke convicted .
executed, 13 Henry VIII., A.D. 1521, May 17
Second agitation about the succession, A.D. 1527
Intermediate events concerning the succession
Battle of Flodden, A.D. 1513, September
Marriage of Louis XII. and Mary Tudor, a.d. 1514,
October 9
Death of Louis, A.D. 1515, January 1
Marriage of Mary and the Duke of Suffolk
Queen Margaret has a posthumous son, A.D. 1514, April
Marries the Earl of Angus, A.D. 1514, August
Bears a daughter to him in England
Queen Katharine bears a short-lived son, A.D. 1514,
November
and Mary, A.D. 1516, February
Mary Tudor's children
106
107
Henry born, A.D. 1516, March 11.
114
Birth of Henry VIII.'s natural son Henry, A.D. 1519, June 18 114
Buckingham's conviction and attainder, A.D. 1521 and
1523
Death of Richard de la Pole, A.d. 1525.
New peerages of Richmond, Lincoln, and Exeter, A.D. 1525,
June 18
Birth of Edward Courtenay, A.D. 1526
Death of Princess Catharine, A.D. 1525, November.
Queen Margaret divorced from Earl of Angus about De-
cember, 1527
Marries Henry Stuart, A.D. 1528.
Left no issue by him.
Second crisis touching the succession
Validity of marriage of Henry and Katharine questioned,
A.D. 1527.
115
Cranmer pronounces it null, May 1533.
Previous marriage of the king
Birth of Elizabeth, September 1533
Death of Duchess of Suffolk, June 1533-
First of Henry VIII.'s Succession Acts, 25 Henry VIII.
c. 22, A.D. 1533
The king's marriage with Katharine declared void
That with Anne Boleyn affirmed.
Difference between this and former entails of the crown
Competency of Parliament to regulate the succession
Sir Thomas More
A new settlement three years later
Death of Katharine, January 8, 1536
Execution of Anne Boleyn, 19 May, 1536
Marriage of king with Jane Seymour
Marriage with Anne Boleyn declared void
Second Act of Succession, 28 Henry VIII. c. 7, A.D. 1536.
Clauses as to treason and forfeiture
King of Scots pointed at by the Act as unacceptable
Margaret Douglas next to James in the line of succession Lady Margaret Douglas and Thomas Howard contract themselves
Consequence
28 Henry VIII. c. 18, royal assent, A.D. 1536, July 18
Preamble of the Act.
Death of Thomas Howard and release of Margaret Douglas
Death of the Duke of Richmond, A.D. 1536, July 24
Birth of Edward VI. A.D. 1537, October 12
Rupture with the Court of Rome.
124
125
126
The Pope's present to James V., Christmas, 1536
Reginald Pole's commission
127
Execution of Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury. 128
Marquis of Exeter's only child Edward
The last of Henry VIII.'s Succession Acts, 35 Henry VIII.
c. 1., A.D. 1543, March, 29
The king's marriage with and divorce from Anne of Cleves 128
The king's marriage with Katharine Howard and her
execution
128
Sixth and last marriage with Katharine Parr, A.D. 1543, July 128
The king's children at this time
Surrey changes his arms, A.D. 1546, Autumn.
Arrest of Surrey and Norfolk, A.d. 1546, December 12
Surrey's trial, A.D. 1547, January 12
first of aiming at the protectorship
138
Arms of the garter knights, Surrey's ancestors
Those of Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk.
140
141
142
Supposed to have received royal assent, A.D. 1547, January 27 150
The king's death, A.D. 1547, January 28
Norfolk is not executed
But detained in prison until Mary's accession Question whether he was attainted
151
Lists of stamped documents
152
The king's will and the commission the two last documents 152
Importance of this Act
Surrey's attainder not reversed
Statement in Act in Norfolk's favour as to his arms
Death of Henry VIII., A.D. 1547, January 28
Accession of Edward VI.
Good effects of the last Succession Act.