Tudor Period (1485-1602)
1491 - Cluniac monks involved in coal mining in Barnsley

1500 - Ironworking in Dearne Valley at  ‘Smithies’ by Benedictine monks

1514 - Monks obtained a charter for a February fair

1538-9 - Dissolution of Monk Bretton Priory

c.1550 - Wiremaking in Barnsley

1578 - Mining on Barnsley Moor

1585 - Plague widespread in Barnsley area

1589 - Iron works in Dearne Valley

1597 - Coal mine in the manor of Monk Bretton

National/International Events:
1485 - Battle of Bosworth
1509 - Henry VIII King
1558 - Accession of Elizabeth I
1588 - Spanish Armada defeated