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Henry VIII,the Reign
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Timeline 1529
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Wolsey Celebrated ‘death’ of Clement

Rumours abounded that Pope Clement had died in Rome. Wolsey was again supremely confident for some reason that Clement was dead, and vied for election but then discovered that the rumours were wrong. The pope had been seriously ill, but he recovered. Had he died, it could not have been more convenient for Wolsey’s dire situation than if he had engineered it himself.

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Regrets that, in consequence of his illness, he could not give the King's ambassadors an audience

Gardiners Apprasal of Matters with the Pope -  Sent from Rome

Instructions to 'Mr. Stephen, shall promise to write it out afresh'.  A forged document

Legatine Court 
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May – July 1529
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, and Lorenzo Campeggio presided over a legatine court at Blackfriars, London, to rule on the legality of Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

Francis Defeated - Again
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21 June 1529
French forces crushed at Battle of Landriano and end Francis I’s ambitions in Italy.

Legatine Court
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21 June 1529
Catherine appears before  the court. She kneels before the king to protest that she had been  a good wife. 

Henry Deprived Wolsey of Gardiner
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After returning to London in June 1529, Stephen Gardiner moved a month later from Wolsey's service to that of the king, as his principal secretary.

Anne Boleyn's Angry Letter to Cardinal Wolsey after the Collapse of the Blackfriars Trial in

Catherine of Aragon's Tirade at Wolsey

Legatine Court

31 July .1529 
Wolsey and Campeggio adjourn the court for a summer break. Henry is furious.

Ladies Peace
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5 August 1529
Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France signed the Treaty of Cambrai, or the Ladies' Peace. Francis abandoned his claims in Italy, but was allowed to retain Burgundy.

European Universities
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European universities consulted over the validity of Henry’s marriage 

Work Begins On Collectanea 

The Collectanea satis copiosa  (Latin, meaning The Sufficiently Abundant Collections) is a collection of historical documents proving that sovereigns of England were not subordinate to any  authority, including the pope, other than that of God.

Praemunire

9 October 1529. 
Wolsey was indicted by writ of praemunire, a law against foreign jurisdiction including that of the pope claiming authority in England against the supremacy of the monarch.

Fall of Wolsey

Wolsey removed from office and on  25 October 1529 Thomas More appointed Chancellor in his stead

Exit Thomas Wolsey - Enter Thomas Cranmer

25 October 1529
Wolsey removed from office and Thomas More appointed Chancellor in his stead.

Reformation Parliament First Session

3 November 1529
First session of Reformation Parliament opened at Blackfriars and sat  until 17 December. It has been dubbed ‘The Anti-Clerical Commons'. 

First Acts against the Clergy

‘The Anti-Clerical Commons’ laws were passed against non-resident clerics, pluralism, holding land on a farm and engaging in commerce.
Forty-four complaints made against Wolsey

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