Elizabeth I 12 Key Stats

Question 1

How many lower clergy refused the oath of supremacy and what percentage did they make up?

Answer 1

300- 4%

Question 2

By how many votes did the act of uniformity pass?

Answer 2

3 votes

only after Bishops White and Watson were imprisoned and a further 2 were excluded.

Question 3

How many peerages did E1 grant throughout her reign?

Answer 3

only 18

Question 4

How many privy councillors did E1 have? Name the 4 main councillors

Answer 4

Elizabeth reduced it to 19 at start of reign, 11 by 1597

William Cecil
Robert Dudley
Robert Cecil
The Earl of Sussex

Question 5

How many acts were passed by parliament

Answer 5

438

Question 6

How many rebels were a part of the Northern Rebellion (1569)

Answer 6

4,600

Question 7

How much did war in the Netherlands (1585-98) cost?

Answer 7

£2 million

Question 8

How much did the Armada campaign cost?

Answer 8

£161,000

Question 9

What percentage of both the Urban and Rural poor live below the subsistence level?

Answer 9

50%

Question 10

What was the percentage of inflation over the 1500s

Answer 10

around 400%

Question 11

What percentage of trade did the London-Antwerp cloth trade account for?

Answer 11

75%

This explains Liz’s decision to aid the Dutch rebels

Question 12

How many of the Northern rebels were executed?

Answer 12

800

This could suggest that Liz saw the Northern Rebellion as a threat