Y. C. 1539.-April 28, the Parliament of England meets, hl st grants all religious houses to the king for ever, st and enacts the six articles, which sets up an Inquisition in the kingdom, and brings many honest people to death. hl May 12, h or 18, ps Ferdinand de Soto, with 900 men besides seamen, sails from Cuba, to conquer Florida.

May 30, ps or 31, h arrives at the bay of Spiritu Santo: travels northwards 450 leagues from the sea: there meets with a great river, a quarter of a mile over, and nineteen fathom deep, h on whose bank he dies, and is buried in it, May 21, 1542, ps aged 42; h upon which his successor, Alverado, builds seven brigantines; h ps June 29, 1543, embarks, and sails down the river, in seventeen days, 400 leagues;* and in two days more, h viz. July 18, goes out to sea, ps sails westerly along the coast, h ps and September 10, arrives at Panuco. ps Y. C. 1540.-April 18,† Parliament of England meets, dissolves the order of the knights of Rhodes, or St. John's, in England, hl st and Ireland, st and gives their houses and estate to the king, st

July 19, Cromwell attainted in Parliament for heresy and treason, without being heard; and July 28, beheaded. hl st

July 30, Robert Barnes, D. D. Thomas Garrard, B. D. and William Jerom, B. D. burnt at Smithfield, for the reformed religion. hl st

September 27, the Pope establishes the order of Jesuits, p d and May 14, 1543, makes Ignatius Loyola their general. d

Y. C. 1541.-June 13, the Parliament of Ireland meets at Dublin; enacts the king and his successors to be entitled kings of Ireland, hli st whereas they had been only called lords of Ireland before. hli ‡

Y. C. 1542.-January 23, king Heary first proclaimed at London king of Ireland. hl

February 15, the Parliament of Ireland meets at Limerick, and makes an act for the suppression of Kilmainam and other religious houses. hli

The French king sends Francis la Roche, lord of Robewell, his lieutenant, with three ships and two hundred men, women and children, to Canada: where he builds a fort, winters and returns. ps

December 7, Mary born to king James V. of Scotland: December 14, he dies, aged 31,§ and she succeeds: but the earl of Arran made regent, hls be who professes the reformed religion, causes friar Guilliam to preach against images and other fruitless ceremonies, and gives liberty for the bible to be had in English, and published universally through Scotland. hls

Y. C. 1544.-June, the Litany set forth in English, and ordered to be read in every parish church in England. st

Y. C. 1545.-November 23, hl or 24, st the parliament of England meets, and commits to the king, all colleges, chantries and hospitals, to order as he thinks expedient. hl st

December 13, the Council of Trent begins. c ri d

Y. C. 1546.-January 6, the elector Palatine, embraces the reformation; and January 10, instead of mass, has divine service said at Heidelberg, in the vulgar tongue. sl

February 18, Luther dies at Eysteben, aged 63. sl

March 1, (Fox) George Wisehart, burnt at St. Andrews, in Scotland, for

*Here they guessed the river to be fifteen leagues wide, found it opening with two mouths into the sea, and judged it 800 leagues to the head. h By which, I think, it is plain, this is the great Mississippi river. see Joutal. Keeble says, the Parliament meets April 12. k

Holinshed, in his history of Ireland, mistakes in placing this session of Parliament in 1542; but right in saying the 33d year of Henry VIII.

§ He was the son of king James IV. of Scotland, by Margaret, eldest daughter to king Henry VII. of England; and hl mistakes in saying he dies, aged 33; and yet tells us he was born April 11, 1512.

hls Holinshed's history of Scotland. be Buchanan.

preaching the reformed religion, hls Fox which he had learnt in the schools of Germany hls*

Y. C. 1547.-January 28, king Henry dies, hl st aged 56, and his only son Edward VI. aged 10, reigns 6 years, 5 months, 8 days. hl

February 1, Sir Edward Seymour, earl of Hartford, chosen hl st and proclaimed hi lord Protector; and February 17, made duke of Somerset. hl st March, st the Protector forbids processions; orders the gospel and epistle to be read in English, st and sends commissioners through the realm, to remove images out of churches, and with them, preachers hl st to dissuade the people from their beads, and such like ceremonies. st

September, the king's Council causes the book of Homilies, and paraphrase of Erasmus, to be set forth, and had in churches. hl

November 4, the parliament of England meets at Westminster; repeals the statute of the 6 articles, hl st enacts the sacrament to be given in both kinds, st k and grants the king all chantries, free chapels, and brotherhoods. hl st November 16, ht or 17, st the rood, and other images, pulled down in Paul's, London and soon after in all other churches in England. hl st

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November end, Peter Martyr a Florentine, who had for 5 years, with great applause, taught at Strasburg, goes into England, at the invitation of Cranmer, in the king's name, and inade professor of divinity in Oxford. sl

Y. C. 1548.-March, the king sends forth a proclamation for administering the sacraments in both kinds, to all who should be willing from Easter forward: whereupon at Easter, begins the communion and confession in English. st t November 4, the parliament of England meets: wherein the mass is wholly abolished, and a book for uniformity of divine service is established. hl k

Y. C. 1549.-April 6, a proclamation to put down mass, through the realm. st

April 10, the cloister, chapel, and charnel house, at Paul's, London, begin to be pulled down. st

Y. C. 1550.-June 11, the high altar in Paul's church, London, pulled down, and a table set in the room; and soon after, the like in all the churches in London. st

Y. C. 1551.-February 27, Bucer dies at Cambridge. sl

September 1, the French king's embassador enters the Council of Trent, and delivers a protestation, that his master owns them not, for a General or Public Council, and that neither he, nor his people, would be obliged to submit thereto. sl

Y. C. 1552.-January 22, the duke of Somerset beheaded. hl st January 23, the parliament of England meets; wherein the book of Common Prayer, newly corrected and amended, is established. hl

July 31, the famous pacification at Passaw concluded, between the emperor, and the protestant princes of Germany; wherein it is agreed, that none shall be molested for religion, and that protestants be admitted into the Imperial chamber. sl

November 1, the new service book begins to be used at Paul's and through the whole city of London: and all copes, vestments, hoods and crosses, therein forbidden, are laid aside, as by act of Parliament ordered. After which, the upper choir of Paul's church is broken down, and the communion table set in the lower choir. st

Y. C. 1553-April and May, commissioners sent for all the Parish copes and vestments, gold and silver candlesticks, censers &c. in all the churches through the kingdom. st

* Buchanan, turning the name to Greek, calls him Sphocardius. Easter this year, is Lord's Day, April 1, and Holinshed places this a year before; but from the act of Parliament in November last Stow seems to be

July 6, king Edward dies, hl st aged 16: having by will appointed for his

successor,

Jane Grey, grand-daughter to Mary, youngest daughter of Henry VII. hl st who on July 9, hl or 10, st is proclaimed queen at London. But July 19,

Mary I. eldest daughter of Henry VIII. is there proclaimed queen; prevails; August 3, enters the city, hl st and reigns 5 years, 4 months, 11 days. hl* August 27, the Latin service begins to be sung at Paul's. st

October 5, the Parliament of England meets at Westminster, which enacts the church service to be said in Latin: as in the last year of Henry VIII. st December 20, the church service begins to be said in Latin through the kingdom, according to the act of Parliament. st

Y. C. 1554.-February 12, queen Jane beheaded hl st within the tower. hl July 20, Philip, son to the emperor, lands at Southampton to marry the queen, sl hl sp July 25, he marries her at Winchester, sl hl st the emperor's embassador presenting him a resignation of the kingdoms of Naples and Jerusalem. sl hl

Wednesday, November 21, cardinal Pool from Rome, lands at Dover. November 28, hl comes into Parliament and exhorts them to return to the church, and re-submit to the Pope's authority; next day, the whole Parliament draw up a supplication to the king and queen, to intercede with the Cardinal to restore them to the bosom of the church, and obedience to the see of Rome : next day, present it, hl st upon which, the Parliament being on their knees, hl he by a power from the Pope, absolves them; and they all go to chapel, and sing with great joy, for this reconciliation. hl st

Y. C. 1555.-February 4, John Rogers burnt in Smithfield; hl st February 8, Lawrence Saunders, at Coventry; February 9, Bishop Hooper, at Glocester; and Dr. Taylor, at Hadley; (Fox) and July 1, John Bradford, in Smithfield, hl st all for the reformed religion. Fox +

September 25, the Diet of Ausburg decree, that both those of the Augustin Confession and the Roman Catholics, shall enjoy their religion freely. sl October 16, bishop Ridley and bishop Latimer, burnt at Oxford, for the reformation. hl st

October 25, the emperor resigns the kingdom of Spain, to his son Philip II. c

Cardinal Pool appoints Dr. Story and others, to visit every church in London and Middlesex, and repair the rood lofts and images. st

December 18, John Philpot, burnt in Smithfield, for the reformed religion, (Fox) aged 44. hl

Y. C. 1556.-Saturday, March 21, Archbishop Cranmer burnt at Oxford, for the same, hl st and the next day, cardinal Pool is consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury. st

Charles, marquis of Baden, embraces the Augustín Confession, and begins to reform his churches. sl

July 31, Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, dies prid at Rome, aged 65; having spread his order through the world, and set up 100 colleges in diverse parts of christendom. ri

November 21, John Fecknam installed abbot of Westminster, and fourteen monks receive the habits with him. st

December 3, the protestant nobility in Scotland, begin to sign an association to promote the reformed religion. cl

Y. C. 1558.-February 24, Charles V. resigns the emperial dignity: ri March 18, his brother Ferdinand chosen emperor: and September 21, Charles V. dies. c ri

* That is, accounting from the death of Edward VI.

+ Bishop Hooper and Mr. Rogers, were the heads of the nonconformists in England. st

ri Ricciolius. d Dupin. cl Calderwood, pt Petrie.

April, he 20, (Fox,) Walter Mille, condemned at St. Andrews, in Scotland, for the reformed religion, and burnt, he Fox, two days after, aged 82 years. pt April 24, the queen of Scots, married in Paris, to Francis, the Dauphin of France. hls

November 17, queen Mary, of England, dies in the morning, aged 43; Cardinal Pool in the evening. hl st And her younger sister,

Queen Elizabeth, reigns forty-four years, four months, seven days. December 3, sets forth a Proclamation in London, that the Gospels and Epistles for the day, shall begin to be read in mass-time, in English, in the churches, on Lord's Day, January 1, which is accordingly observed in most parish churches in the city. st hl

Y. C. 1559.—January 25, the Parliament of England meets, restores to the crown the supreme government of the State ecclesiastical, and orders the book of Common Prayer to be used in English, and as in the time of king Edward VI. st hl

March 2, a Council of the Prelates and Clergy of Scotland meet at Edinburgh; when the Temporality demand to have divine service in the Scottish tongue, with other reformations; which the bishops refuse, and occasion great troubles in the kingdom. hl

May 2, John Knox, arrives at Leith, from Geneva, and goes to a convention of Protestants at Perth; el May 10, they pull down the images and altars there, and in the neighboring places; his June 4, earl of Argile and lord James Stuart, the queen's natural brother, do the like at St. Andrews; June 26, at Sterling, and then at Edinburg, pt and other lords at Glasgow; upon which a civil war arises, and queen Elizabeth helps the Protestants. hls

Lord's Day, May 14, divine service begins in English in the churches of England, according to the Common Prayer book in king Edward's time. hl st June 28, the Protestant ministers of France hold their first Synod at St. German's, bo when they agree on their confession of faith, drawn up by Calvin. q

July 10, Henry II. king of France dies, and his son Francis II. who had married the queen of Scots succeeds. hlsp

In July, there are thirteen or fourteen bishops, with many other clergy deprived in England, for refusing the oath to the queen's supremacy, hl st

Saturday, August 12, by order of Dr. Grindal, newly elected bishop of London, the high altar of Paul's Church, with the rood and images of Mary and John taken down, hl and August 23, 24, 25, roods and other images in churches, with copes, vestments, altar cloths, books, rood lofts, &c. burnt in London.

hl st

December 17, Dr. Parker consecrated archbishop of Canterbury, by three deprived bishops; and then they consecrate the rest. st

Y. C. 1560.-April 19, Melancthon dies e at Wirtemberg, st aged 64. ‡ The English begin the trade of fishing at Newfoundland. j

July 7, st or 8 be cl peace concluded in Scotland; and August 13, a Parliament meets at Edinburg: August 17, agrees on a Protestant Confession of Faith; el pt and August 24, cl make two acts for abolishing the Mass, and the Pope's authority in the kingdom. cl pt §

*He is the last martyr for the protestant religion in Scotland, Fox, and his death the death of Popery there; pl for upon this the Protestants through the kingdom unite in their defence against their enemies. hc pt

bo Bohun's continuation of Sleidan.

q Quick's Synodicon.

Fuller says, there was but one of all the bishops, viz. of Landas, who conformed to the queen's commands.

Fuller mistakes in saying aged 63.

j King James's Patent of Newfoundland in Purchas.

Shls mistakes in first placing these acts in the Parliament of Dec. 15, 1567; when they were only renewed and further ratified. See cl and pt

December 5, Francis II. king of France dies, bc c aged 17; and his brother Charles IX. succeeds, c aged 10. d

December 20, the first National Assembly of the Reformed Church of Scotland meets at Edinburg. cl pt

Y. C. 1561-January 17, the first book of discipline allowed by the Council of Scotland, pt subscribed by a great part of the nobility. cl

May 21, the Parliament of Scotland meets, and makes an act for demolishing all the monastaries. bc

August 20, hls cl or 24, be the queen of Scots, arrives at Leith, from France. hls el bc

Y. C. 1562.—Jan. 17, an assembly of delegates from all the Parliaments of France, meet at St. Germans; wherein is passed the famous edict, allowing liberty of conscience to Protestants, and of worship without the cities, and of Synods in presence of a magistrate. bo

Chatillon, Admiral of France, sends John Ribalt to Florida: arrives at Cape Francis, in 30 deg. north lat: May 1, enters a river, which he therefore calls the river May; discovers eight others; one of which he calls Port Royal, sails up the same many leagues, builds a fort, calls it Charles, and leaves there a colony; which soon mutinies, kills their captain, Albert, for his severity, and breaks up. ps

There are this year accounted 2150 assemblies of Protestants in France. bo Y. C. 1563.-January 12, the convocations of the English clergy meets : January 31, they finish the thirty-nine articles. At the lower House, forty-three present are for throwing out the ceremonies; but thirty-five for keeping them : however, these, with the help of proxies, carry it by one vote, above the others. str

The bishops now beginning to urge the clergy to subscribe to the liturgy, and ceremonies, as well as the articles, Coverdale, Fox, Humfrey, Sampson, Whittingham, and others, refuse to subscribe; and this begins the era of noncomformity in England. st str*

December 4, the Council of Trent dissolves. c

Y. C. 1564.-Chatillon sends Rene Laudonier to Florida in April sets sail with three ships: June 22, arrives ten leagues above Cape Francis, and then in the river May; builds a fort thereon; and in honour of his king, Charles IX. calls it Carolina. ps

May 27, Calvin dies at Geneva, aged fifty-four years, ten months, seventeen days. bz

Y. C. 1565.-July, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnly, made by the queen of Scots duke of Albany: hls July 29, she marries him; and the next day, they are proclaimed king and queen. be ↑

August end, Captain Ribalt arrives from France at Florida, again, with seven sail but September 4, Pedro Melendes, with six great Spanish ships, comes into the river, massacres Ribalt and all his company, possesses the country, builds three forts, and puts 1200 soldiers in them: Laudonier escaping to France. ps

Y. C. 1566.—Captain Savalet, of Gascony in France, begins to fish at Lacady; and goes every year, making forty-two voyages to 1607. ps

June 19, James born to the queen of Scotland. be hls st

Y. C. 1567.-February 10, his father killed, hls st by Earl Bothwell; whom the queen soon after marries. bc hls

str. Strype's Annals.

* Coverdale had been bishop in the reign of Edward VI. and helped to consecrate Archbishop Parker: Fox was the famous Martyrologist: Dr. Humfrey was regius Professor of Divinity, and President of Magdalen Col lege, Oxford: Dr. Sampson was Dean of Christ's Church, Oxford: and Mr. Whittingham, Dean of Durham.

this says, she proclaimed him king on Saturday, July 28, at even; and the next morning marries him but this seems unlikely.