Edward VI 12 Key Stats

Question 1

What was Somerset’s form of government?

Answer 1

Governed as Lord Protector with members of his household. Only one, Sir Thomas Smith, was a member of the Privy Council.

Question 2

What was Northumberland’s form of government?

Answer 2

Governed as lord President and purged the conservative Southampton and Arundel, appointed Sir John Gates as Vice-Chamberlain to ensure his control over the court.

Question 3

What happened at Somerset’s Scottish campaign September 1547

Answer 3

Invaded Scotland with a force of 16,000 men, 4,000 cavalry, 30 warships and 50 supply ships. Established 25 garrisons on the border

Cost £600,000

Question 4

What was significant about Northumberland’s treaty of Boulogne? (March 1550)

Answer 4

England gave up control of Boulogne for 400,000 crowns.
England removed all troops from Scotland.
England and France formed a defensive alliance.

Question 5

How did John Guy describe Kett’s Rebellion?

Answer 5

‘the closest thing Tudor England came to a class war’.

the 16,000 strong rebellion established a base in Mousehold

Question 6

What happened during the Western/Prayer Book rebellion?

Answer 6

6,000 rebels take Exeter, hold on to it for 6 weeks,

Question 7

How many Chantries were closed under Somerset’s 1547 Chantries act?

Answer 7

2,400

Economic purpose

Question 8

By 1551 (Northumberland) what percentage of the coinage was copper due to debasement?

Answer 8

75%

Question 9

What was the 1st Act of Uniformity 1549? (Somerset

Answer 9

Banned the Latin Mass, enforced the Book of Common Prayer (introduced May 1549). Did not radically alter the mass, only drastic change was the language. Sparked the Western Rebellion of June 1549.

Question 10

What was the 2nd Act of Uniformity 1552? (Northumberland)

Answer 10

became an offense for clergy to not attend Church of England Services.
Enforced the Second Book of Common Prayer which removed all traces of Catholicism, confirmed consubstantiation.

Question 11

How did Somerset consolidate his power?

Answer 11

passed an act of attainder against his brother and executed him in March 1549

Question 12

How did Northumberland attempt to impact the succession?

Answer 12

The Devyse, which made Lady Jane Grey heir, E6 involved

Grey was married to Northumberland’s son and would continue protestantism