Edward VI, Somerset and Northumberland

Question 1

What was Somerset’s aim with Scotland?

Answer 1

Enforce the marriage between Edward VI and Mary Queen of Scots from the 1543 Treaty of Greenwich

Question 2

Which country was the main aim of foreign policy in Somerset’s reign?

Answer 2

Scotland

Question 3

Which battle did England win against Scotland in 1547?

Answer 3

Battle of Pinkie, demonstrates early successes against Scotland

Question 4

How did Somerset’s foreign policy in Scotland unravel?

Answer 4

Somerset underestimated the cooperation between Scotland and France: the French relieved Edinburgh through the Firth of Forth and allowed Mary to escape and marry the French heir, going against Somerset’s aim for Mary to marry Edward

Question 5

What was Northumberland’s aim with foreign policy?

Answer 5

Reduce expenditure on foreign policy by ending the wars with Scotland and France. For instance he returned Boulogne to France giving England much money in return