Edward VI and Mary I
Edward
Date Event Key Figures Explanation
1537 Edward is born
1547 Edward crowned January
king Regency council established
with Somerset as Lord Protector
1547 Battle of pinkie
against Scotland
June 1548 Commission of
inquiry to
investigate
enclosure in the
Midland
1548 Sheep tax
introduced
May 1949 Unrest in Hapshire,
Somerset and
Wiltshire
June 1549 First Prayer Book Translated into English –
Introduced movement towards
Protestantism
June – August 1549 Western Rebellion The South coastal Religiously motivated
area e.g. Cornwall Wanted a return to catholic
Exeter practices e.g. mass in Latin
4th August German mercenaries
William Body were sent by Lord Russel to end
(Killed April 1548 by
the rebellion
rebel mob in Cornwall
Had to balance troupes with the
for removing catholic
rebellion and issues in France
symbols from a church
and Scotland
as his job)
Lord Russel
July – August 1549 Kett’s Rebellion Norfolk/the North Economically motivated
Robert Kett Bad harvests and price rises and
enclosure laws
Earl of Northampton tried to
end the uprising by sending
foreign mercenaries
Kett is killed at Dussindale
4000 died overall
Somerset was arrested and his
reputation was damaged
October 1549 Coup removes
Somerset
1549- January 1550 Struggle for control
of Privy Council
February 1550 Northumberland
becomes Lord
President of the
Council
Edward
Date Event Key Figures Explanation
1537 Edward is born
1547 Edward crowned January
king Regency council established
with Somerset as Lord Protector
1547 Battle of pinkie
against Scotland
June 1548 Commission of
inquiry to
investigate
enclosure in the
Midland
1548 Sheep tax
introduced
May 1949 Unrest in Hapshire,
Somerset and
Wiltshire
June 1549 First Prayer Book Translated into English –
Introduced movement towards
Protestantism
June – August 1549 Western Rebellion The South coastal Religiously motivated
area e.g. Cornwall Wanted a return to catholic
Exeter practices e.g. mass in Latin
4th August German mercenaries
William Body were sent by Lord Russel to end
(Killed April 1548 by
the rebellion
rebel mob in Cornwall
Had to balance troupes with the
for removing catholic
rebellion and issues in France
symbols from a church
and Scotland
as his job)
Lord Russel
July – August 1549 Kett’s Rebellion Norfolk/the North Economically motivated
Robert Kett Bad harvests and price rises and
enclosure laws
Earl of Northampton tried to
end the uprising by sending
foreign mercenaries
Kett is killed at Dussindale
4000 died overall
Somerset was arrested and his
reputation was damaged
October 1549 Coup removes
Somerset
1549- January 1550 Struggle for control
of Privy Council
February 1550 Northumberland
becomes Lord
President of the
Council
