EDWARD IV 1549-1553

Question 1

Edward’s chronicle

Answer 1

Kept aged 12-15

Question 2

When did The Privy Council agree that Edward could become king at 16?

Answer 2

Spring 1552

Question 3

Problems associated with minority rule (2)

Answer 3

Afflicted with uncertainty, and increased the problem of factionalism

Question 4

When was the Book of Homilies introduced?

Answer 4

July 1547

Question 5

When was the Chantries Act?

Answer 5

Nov 1547

Question 6

What did the Chantries Act do?

Answer 6

Raised money to pay for war

Question 7

When was the Act of Six Article repealed?

Answer 7

Nov 1547

Question 8

Who opposed the repeal of the Act of Six Arctiles?

Answer 8

Stephen Gardiner

Question 9

When was the Treason Act repealed?

Answer 9

Nov 1547

Question 10

What did the repeal of the Treason Act allow?

Answer 10

Removed old here laws, allowed people to discuss religion freely.

Question 11

When were images removed from churches?

Answer 11

Feb 1548

Question 12

When was the First Prayer Book introduced?

Answer 12

Dec 1548

Question 13

Why was the First Prayer Book criticised?

Answer 13

Not pleasing anyone

Question 14

When was the Act of Uniformity?

Answer 14

Jan 1549

Question 15

What did the Act of Uniformity do?

Answer 15

Declared the Book of Common Prayer as the official liturgy

Question 16

When were the Western and Ketts rebellions?

Answer 16

July- August 1549

Question 17

When were the laws against clerical marriage removed?

Answer 17

Nov 1549

Question 18

When was the remainder of image destroyed?

Answer 18

Dec 1549

Question 19

When does Northumberland become Lord President?

Answer 19

Jan 1550

Question 20

When doe Edward start attending Privy Council meetings?

Answer 20

Aug 1551, aged 13

Question 21

When was the New Treasons Act introduced?

Answer 21

Jan 1552

Question 22

What did the New Treasons Act do?

Answer 22

Illegal to deny the Royal Supremacy

Question 23

When was the Second Book of Common Prayer?

Answer 23

Jan 1552

Question 24

When was the Second Act of Uniformity?

Answer 24

Apr 1552

Question 25

What did the Second Act of Uniformity do?

Answer 25

Illegal not to attend services.

Question 26

When was the Devise for the Succession?

Answer 26

May 1553

Question 27

Why did Somerset repeal the 1539 Proclamation Act?

Answer 27

Regarded by many as suspicious- would allow him to rule without Parliament.

Question 28

Somerset and inflation

Answer 28

Made inflation worse- continued to debate the coinage and raised taxes

Question 29

When was the Battle of Pinkie?

Answer 29

Sep 1547

Question 30

Outcome of the Battle of Pinkie

Answer 30

English won- built garrisons | However united Scotland and France

Question 31

When was the coinage reissued?

Answer 31

Mar 1552

Question 32

What did Northumberland do to the Privy Council?

Answer 32

Made a smaller, inner committee to increase efficiency

Question 33

Causes of Western rebellion

Answer 33

Debasement, enclosure, increase in rents, and religion (42 Articles)

Question 34

Who lead the Western rebellion?

Answer 34

Humphrey Arundell

Question 35

Who was sent to deal with the Western rebellion?

Answer 35

Sir Peter Carew

Question 36

What did the Western rebellion coincide with?

Answer 36

War with Scotland

Question 37

How many rebels killed in Western rebellion?

Answer 37

300

Question 38

Causes of the Ketts rebellion

Answer 38

Debasement, enclosure, local gentry, religion

Question 39

Where did the Ketts rebels camp?

Answer 39

Mousehold Heath

Question 40

Where did the Ketts rebels take?

Answer 40

Norwich

Question 41

Evidence that Edward's weak image was an issue

Answer 41

1553 coin showed Edward riding on horseback, no longer a child

Question 42

How was Edward's reign built on instability?

Answer 42

The Regency Council went against legality

Question 43

Successful minor ruler in English history

Answer 43

Henry III, aged 9. Successfully ruled and ended the conflict after the Magna Carta

Question 44

Who was in the anti-Somerset faction?

Answer 44

Warwick, Paget, Wriothesly

Question 45

When did Northumberland repeal the sheep tax?

Answer 45

1550

Question 46

How much did Northumberland sell Boulogne to France for?

Answer 46

£133,000

Question 47

When was the poor harvest under Seymour?

Answer 47

1548

Question 48

What gave Somerset monarchical powers?

Answer 48

The letters patent secured from Edward

Question 49

Example of Mary not trusting her councillors