34. Elizabeths Archbishops

Question 1

When was Matthew Parker archbishop?

Answer 1

1559-1575

Question 2

How was Matthew Parker known to elizabeth?

Answer 2

He had been chaplain to Anne Boleyn

Question 3

Who did Parker support?

Answer 3

Cranmer and the Duke of Northumberland

Question 4

What did elizabeth like about parker?

Answer 4

That he remained in England during Mary’s reign even though he lost his job

Question 5

Why did elizabeth like that Parker had stayed in England during Mary’s reign?

Answer 5

He was untainted by genevan ideas

Question 6

What was Elizabeth unhappy about Parker?

Answer 6

His support for clerical marriage

Question 7

What did Parker help elizabeth introduce?

Answer 7

The act of supremacy and act of uniformity, and ensured compliance through injunctions and visitations

Question 8

What passage did Parker oversee?

Answer 8

The thirty nine articles

Question 9

When did Parker oversee the passage of the thirty nine articles?

Answer 9

1563

Question 10

What did Parker refuse to give into for the demands of the 39 articles?

Answer 10

Demands to end holy days, and to remove the use of the sign of the cross at baptism

Question 11

What controversy did Parker oversee?

Answer 11

The Vestiarian controversy

Question 12

What did elizabeth want about the surplice?

Answer 12

She wanted the surplice to be enforced, but didn’t want to be seen as heavy handed

Question 13

How did Parker enforce the surplice?

Answer 13

He issued his advertisements in 1566

Question 14

When did Parker die?

Answer 14

1575

Question 15

When was Edmund Grindal archbishop?

Answer 15

1575-83

Question 16

What did Grindal do during Mary’s reign?

Answer 16

He went into exile and worked with John foxe in gathering material for his Book of Martyrs

Question 17

What did Grindal believe about Puritans?

Answer 17

He was more sympathetic, but didn’t like their tactics and agreed that uniformity should be maintained

Question 18

What did he agree with unlike elizabeth?

Answer 18

He was supportive of prophesying, believing it could improve educational standards and lead to better preaching

Question 19

What were Grindal’s main aims?

Answer 19

To stiffen the laws against catholics and tackle poor discipline among the clergy

Question 20

What happened when Grindal didn’t agree to elizabeth’s demands to send out orders to stop prophesying?

Answer 20

Elizabeth suspended him from duty for 6 months and put him under house arrest in 1576

Question 21

When did Grindal die?

Answer 21

1583

Question 22

When was John Whitgift archbishop?

Answer 22

1583-1604

Question 23

What did Whitgift do during Mary’s reign?

Answer 23

Stayed in England

Question 24

What did Whitgift have a history of?

Answer 24

Standing against puritans

Question 25

When did Whitgift become vice chancellor of Cambridge university?

Answer 25

1570

Question 26

What did Whitgift do to Cartwright?

Answer 26

He removed his professorship

Question 27

What did Whitgift do about the admonition to Parliament?

Answer 27

He wrote a critical reply

Question 28

When did Whitgift send his critical reply to the admonition to Parliament?

Answer 28

1572

Question 29

What did Whitgift become president of when he became archbishop?

Answer 29

President of the court of high commission

Question 30

Who did Whitgift’s appointment scare?

Answer 30

Puritan clergy, the Earl of Leicester, and William Cecil

Question 31

What did Whitgift ensure happen to catholics and recusants?

Answer 31

They were punished

Question 32

What did every diocese have to carry out?

Answer 32

A survey of the qualifications of parish priests

Question 33

What did all clergy have to subscribe to?

Answer 33

The three articles: royal supremacy, exclusive use of the book of common prayer, and the 39 articles

Question 34

What oath did Whitgift use to question clergy?

Answer 34

The ex-officio oath

Question 35

What was the ex-officio oath?

Answer 35

They had to swear to answer honestly before they knew what the question was

Question 36

What was Whitgift particularly concerned with?

Answer 36

Stamping out the influence of the classis movement

Question 37

Who urged Whitgift to soften his stance due to his unpopularity?

Answer 37

Lord Burghley and Francis Walsingham

Question 38

When was Whitgift made a member of the privy council?

Answer 38

1584

Question 39

How did elizabeth die?

Answer 39

Holding Whitgift’s hand