Anthony Fitzherbert publishes French: Diversité de courtz et leur jurisdictions, The Boke of Surveyinge and Improvements and The Boke of Husbandrie (the first work on agriculture published in England).
1524
25 May – Henry VIII and Charles V form an alliance to support Charles III, Duke of Bourbon in his dispute with Francis I of France.[2]
Henry VIII receives a "box of marmalade" from Mr Hull of Exeter.[4]
1525
June – the Amicable Grant, a form of poll tax imposed without the consent of Parliament, abandoned.
Spring – William Tyndale's English translation of the Bible reaches England, printing having been completed in Worms, Germany (with other copies being printed in Amsterdam). In October, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London, attempts to collect all the copies in his diocese and burn them.
August–November – The first of several debasements of coinage, reducing the size of silver coins, and raising the value of the gold sovereign.
c. September – German artist Hans Holbein the Younger begins a two-year stay in England.[2]
1527
30 April – by the Treaty of Westminster, Cardinal Wolsey signs an alliance between England and France.[2]
The King sends his secretary, William Knight, to Rome to seek papal dispensations allowing the annulment of the King's current marriage and allowing him to remarry. Pope Clement VII, who is at this time a de facto prisoner of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Queen Catherine's nephew, will grant only a conditional dispensation, of no use to Henry, who places "the King's great matter" (the securing of an annulment) into Wolsey's hands.[5]
1528
22 January – Henry VIII and Francis I of France declare war on Emperor Charles V.[2]
March – trade suspended between England and the Netherlands because of the war with the Holy Roman Empire.[2]
end May – the fourth major outbreak of the sweating sickness appears in London, rapidly spreading to the rest of England.
June – unrest in England caused by economic difficulties due to the war forces the government to seek a truce with the Empire.[2]
May–July – Wolsey presides over a legatine court at Blackfriars, London, to rule on the legality of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, but the papal legate has no power to grant an annulment.[6]
26 October – Cardinal Wolsey falls from power due to his failure to prevent Habsburg expansion in Europe and obtain a divorce for Henry VIII. Thomas More succeeds him as Lord Chancellor.[2]
Book: Hackett, Francis. Francis the First. Garden City, NY. Doubleday. 1937. 253.
Book: Public Record Office. Letters and Papers, Foreign & Domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII. VI. 1870. 339. Noted by Wilson (1999) p. 31f and by other writers.
