Edward’s For Pol Flashcards
What did Som inherit
A state of war w/ Scot + Fr, threatening security and suc
Som spent £500k on war
Soms for pol
Decided to continue war… wanted to unite eng + Scot w/ ed + MQS marriage
Som’s army won at B of Pinkie 1547 proved too expensive to garrison border forts and failed to prevent french from relieving edin
Allowed fr to take MQS to Fr in Aug 1548, to marry heir of Fr throne
Northumberland’s for pol
1549… Eng threatened w/ Fr invasion… N’land neg peace
Abandoned remaining Eng garrisons in Scot & ret Boulogne to the Fr… ended wars but humiliating
T of Bolougne 1550, eng withdraw from Fr
Fr paid £133,333,to eng, more than they wanted to pay
No MQS marriage- ed to marry eliz, daughter of h2
1551 T of Norham Eng + Scot border to go back to same (b4 Rough Wooing 1544). Eng gained nothing
Many Dutch prots fled to eng- caused collapse in cloth trade… 1551 c5 considered invasion of eng, eng responded by puttting an embargo on sale of cloth to the neths
