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TIMELINE
Parham House, Sussex (Tudors)
Year
England
1491
Henry VIII born.
1492
Christopher Columbus reaches America.
1509
Henry VIII becomes King of England and marries Catherine of Aragon.
1516
Mary born.
1517
Martin Luther starts the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
1521
The Pope gives Henry the title ‘Defender of the Faith’.
1531
Henry declares himself Supreme Head of the English Church.
1533
Henry divorces Catherine of Aragon and marries Anne Boleyn. Elizabeth
born.
1536
Dissolution of the monasteries begins. Anne Boleyn beheaded. Henry
marries Jane Seymour.
1537
Edward born. Jane Seymour dies.
1540
Henry marries and divorces Anne of Cleves and marries Catherine Howard.
1542
Catherine Howard beheaded.
1543
Henry marries Catherine Parr.
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Parham House
Robert Palmer, a London mercer, is granted Parham.
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Parham House, Sussex (Tudors)
1544
Robert Palmer dies and Sir Thomas Palmer inhabits Parham.
1547
Death of Henry VIII. Edward VI takes over the throne.
1553
Edward VI dies. Catholic Mary becomes Queen of England.
1554-8
England and Wales become Catholic again.
1556
Philip II becomes King of Spain.
1559
Protestant Elizabeth crowned Queen of England.
1564
William Shakespeare born.
1571
1577-80
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William Palmer marries Elizabeth Verney, god-daughter to
Elizabeth I.
Francis Drake sails around the world.
1578
Parham’s foundation-stone laid for the current house.
1582
Sir Palmer dies.
1586
William Palmer dies.
1587
Mary Queen of Scots is executed
1588
Spanish Armada is defeated.
Sir Thomas Palmer fought at The Battle of Cadiz, for which he
was knighted.
1601
1603
Parham is sold to Sir Thomas Bysshopp.
Elizabeth I dies and the Tudor dynasty end.
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