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TIMELINE PART 2. 1509-1603.
LAKENHEATH IN TUDOR TIMES.
1509 |
Henry VIII became King and married Katherine of Aragon. |
1520-30 |
SIMEON STYWARD, brother of the Prior of Ely Abbey arrived in Undley as the Abbey’s Steward. He later moved to Lakenheath to be Steward here also. In the early 16thC large quantities of wild fowl were being sent to the Abbey as well as large quantities of sedge being sent to Cambridge market. |
1527 |
Henry VIII’s request for an annulment of his marriage to Katherine of Aragon was refused by the Pope. |
1534 |
The Act of Supremacy declared Henry to be ‘Supreme Head of the Church in England’ thereby replacing the Pope. At some time in this century the early origins of Goward House were built in the High Street. |
THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES.
1536 |
Monasteries and religious shrines began to be confiscated and their wealth went to the Crown. |
1537 |
Lakenheath men took part in a military exercise at Mildenhall led by Simeon Styward. |
1538 |
Walsingham shrine was destroyed. Pilgrims had passed across the Warren on the Pilgrim Trail. Was there a royal connection to the Village? |
1539 |
Ely Abbey was dissolved losing it’s lands and treasure |
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1541 |
Ely Abbey was returned to the monks and Simeon Styward was the Steward of Lakenheath. The governance of the former Abbey was now in the hands of the ‘Dean and Chapter Of Ely Cathedral’. |
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RELIGIOUS TROUBLES.
1541 |
ROBERT UPTON, vicar of Lakenheath had his vicarage where 64 and 66 High Street are now. He remained here until 1557 and would have witnessed the religious troubles which were to come. |
1542 |
The first Witchcraft Act was passed. |
1547 |
Death of Henry VIII. King Edward VI, the Protestant ‘Boy King’ reigned for a short time. Religiously motivated destruction at St. Mary’s Church. |
1549 |
Kett’s rebellion began at Wymondham in protest against land enclosures by landowners. Robert Kett was later hanged at Norwich Castle. There was a rebel camp near Brandon. |
1552 |
The first Poor Law was enacted. Each Parish had a duty to register and collect alms for the poor of the Parish |
1553 |
Queen Mary Tudor. (Bloody Mary), a Catholic Queen reigned. The costs of Heresy were great. |
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ELIZABETH I
1558 |
The reign of Queen Elizabeth I began and religious changes soon followed. Elizabeth was declared Supreme Governor of the Church of England and The Act Of Uniformity was passed enforcing church attendance. |
1562 |
A revised Witchcraft Act was passed. |
1565 |
Sir John Hawkins brought tobacco from America. |
1566 |
Immigrant weavers fleeing persecution come to Suffolk from the Netherlands. |
1568 |
Simeon Styward died a very successful and wealthy man. |
1570 |
The Pope’s excommunication of Elizabeth I was virtually a declaration of War. |
1572 |
Undley Manor was leased by Sir Henry North. |
1575 |
The first printed map of Suffolk was produced by Christopher Saxton. |
1584 |
Potatoes were brought from America. |
1587 |
Mary, Queen of Scots was executed. |
1588 |
Spain threatened Invasion. The Spanish Armada. |
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1600 |
It was still possible for boats to reach Mildenhall from the coast. |
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1603 |
Queen Elizabeth I died having reigned for 45 years. |
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