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Timeline - 1500s


1535 LINKS World Events
Henry VIII orders churches and chapels to declare their annual income, and the income of priests. A survey was conducted (Valor Ecclesiasticus).  In Guernsey the Bailiff and the Lieutenant Governor chose not to mention all of the churches' wealth and mentioned only three chapels, when we know there were many more. Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church
1556 LINKS World Events

The Protestant Cauchés women are burnt at the stake in St Peter Port

Cauches WitchTrial Mary 1 & Elizabeth 1
1560 LINKS World Events
A Charter granted by Queen Elizabeth I confirms Guernsey's rights to free trade with England
1563 LINKS World Events
Elizabeth College is established Elizabeth College Tobacco introduced to Europe
1570 LINKS World Events
Sir Thomas Leighton strengthens Castle Cornet Castle Cornet Tudors, Shakespeare
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