Elizabeth Parliament and Control

Question 1

When did Elizabeth grant the Earl of Worcester an important job at court and what did it lead to?

Answer 1

1601 and it lead to him commissioning the painting to flatter her and thank her for her patronage as well as to boast about his powerful court connections

Question 2

How many servants and guards did Elizabeth stay with?

Answer 2

Around 500

Question 3

What was her main residence?

Answer 3

Whitehall

Question 4

How many other residences does she have and some examples?

Answer 4

Over 60 residences including Greenwich, Nonsuch, Windsor and Richmond

Question 5

When was Sir Francis Walsingham Secretary of State?

Answer 5

1572-1590

Question 6

When was Sir William Cecil/Lord Burghley Secretary of State?

Answer 6

1558-1572 and 1590-1598

Question 7

When did Sir Francis Walsingham make Elizabeth drop her marriage with the Duke of Anjou?

Answer 7

1580

Question 8

When was Elizabeth angered by Walsingham’s impatience?

Answer 8

Early 1580s

Question 9

When did Sir Francis Walsingham die?

Answer 9

7th April 1590

Question 10

When was the execution of MQoS?

Answer 10

1587

Question 11

When did Cecil die of exhaustion?

Answer 11

1598 aged 77 with his son being the next SoS

Question 12

What is the full name of the Earl of Essex?

Answer 12

Robert Devereux

Question 13

When did the Earl of Essex first appear in Liz’s court?

Answer 13

1584

Question 14

When did the Earl of Essex and Liz begin to spend alot of time with each other?

Answer 14

1587

Question 15

When did Essex anger Liz?

Answer 15

1589 = Joined Sir Francis Drake’s attack on Lisbon defying her
1590 = He married without asking for her permission
She forgave him both times

Question 16

When did his military skill and knowledge of foreign affairs win him a place in the Privy Council?

Answer 16

1593

Question 17

When did Essex lead a successful attack on the Spanish port of Cadiz?

Answer 17

1596

Question 18

What meeting did Elizabeth clearly favour Cecil which resulted in Essex rudely turning his back?

Answer 18

June 1598 Privy Council

Question 19

When did Essex leave to put down a rebellion in Ireland?

Answer 19

March 1599

Question 20

When did Essex arrive back from Ireland?

Answer 20

28th Sep 1600

Question 21

When did Essex begin gather a group of supporters incuding courtiers out of favour and unemployed soldiers?

Answer 21

Jan 1601

Question 22

When did he arrange for the production of Shakespeare’s play Richard II?

Answer 22

Feb 1601 // At Globe Theatre

Question 23

When did Essex march into the streets of London?

Answer 23

Feb 1601

Question 24

When was Essex executed for treason?

Answer 24

25th Feb 1601

Question 25

How long is the entire Elizabethan era?

Answer 25

45 years

Question 26

How many sessions did Parliament hold within the Elizabethan period?

Answer 26

13

Question 27

How many months was Parliament in session?

Answer 27

35 months

Question 28

What was the average number of weeks they met per year?

Answer 28

3

Question 29

How many MPs spoke in debates?

Answer 29

10%

Question 30

What was average % of MPs that voted?

Answer 30

47

Question 31

How many acts were passed in Parliament during the Elizabethan period?

Answer 31

434 acts

Question 32

What laws and taxes were passed in 1581?

Answer 32

Taxes approved to pay for an army sent in Ireland Anti-Catholic laws were also passed

Question 33

What laws and taxes were passed in 1584-85?

Answer 33

Laws against Catholic priests More taxes granted to pay with the war with Spain

Question 34

What taxes were passed in 1586-87?

Answer 34

MPs granted taxes for war against Spain

Question 35

What taxes were passed in 1589?

Answer 35

MPs approved taxes to pay the costs of defeating the Spanish Armada the year before

Question 36

What taxes and laws were passed in 1593 ?

Answer 36

Taxes granted for war against Spain More anti-Catholic laws passed

Question 37

What taxes and laws were passed in 1597-98 ?

Answer 37

More taxes granted Laws passed regarding the poor

Question 38

What taxes were passed in ?

Answer 38

Taxes granted to pay for war against Spain Pay for the army in Ireland

Question 39

Who wrote a pamphlet criticizing the Queen considering to marry French Catholic Duke of Anjou and when?

Answer 39

November 1576 - John Stubbs

Question 40

When was John Stubbs released from prison?

Answer 40

1581

Question 41

When did John Stubbs become a MP?

Answer 41

1589

Question 42

When did Puritans MPs demand that the Church of England do away with bishops?

Answer 42

1584 and 1586

Question 43

When did two Suffolk Puritans get hanged for spreading similar views to Puritan MPs?

Answer 43

1583

Question 44

Which MP urged Liz to name a Protestant successor and what happened to him? Also when?

Answer 44

1593//Puritan MP Peter Wentworth//Liz imprisoned him in the ToL and he died 3/4 years later

Question 45

When did Elizabeth cancel some monopolies?

Answer 45

1601

Question 46

When did Elizabeth make her ''Golden Speech''?

Answer 46

1601

Question 47

When did MPs complain about the Queen's purveyances and what was her response?

Answer 47

1589 - She said it didn't concern MPs though she would consider their complaints

Question 48

When did MPs complain about monopolies in Parliament?

Answer 48

1597

Question 49

What was Liz's response to the MPs complaints about monopolies?

Answer 49

Elizabeth agreed to look at the issue but ultimately took no action until 1601

Question 50

Who was one beneficiares of monopolies?

Answer 50

Sir Walter Raleigh who possessesed the monopoly of tin

Question 51

When did Elizabeth have to call Parliament more often and why?

Answer 51

1580-1603 = She needed laws and financial support to deal with religious threats and war with Spain

Question 52

When did MPs demand for the execution of MQoS and how did Elizabeth respond?

Answer 52

1586 = She gave a vague answer but 3 months later she agreed

Question 53

What couldn't Parliament discuss?

Answer 53

- Foreign policy - Succession - Her marriage - Religion

Question 54

The Earl of Worcester was the Lord Lieutenant for the counties of

Answer 54

Glamorgan and Monmouthshire

Question 55

Who wrote a 600 page book describing the many duties of a JP?

Answer 55

William Lambard

Question 55

Who wrote a 600 page book describing the many duties of a JP?

Answer 55

William Lambard

Question 56

What is an example of Elizabeth staying with nobleman?

Answer 56

June 1591 - 4 day stay with the Earl of Hertford

Question 57

When would Accession day pageants take place?

Answer 57

On 17th Nov each year to celebrate Liz first taking the throne

Question 58

How many printing presses were there in England?

Answer 58

Never more than 60

Question 59

Who was the printer that published Liz's final speech in 1601?

Answer 59

Robert Barker and it was circulated within 2 days

Question 60

Which poem did Liz help become popular and by who?

Answer 60

The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

Question 61

When did the government shut down London's theatres?

Answer 61

In briefly 1597 when a play seemed to criticize the Queen

Question 62

How many paintings of Liz survived from her time?

Answer 62

Roughly 135 but there was likely more

Question 63

How did they consider to control the number and quality of the portraits?

Answer 63

1584 = only two artists (Nicholas Hilliard and George Gower) the sole right to make miniature and larger portraits of the Queen [Dropped] 1596 = Ordered that any paintings of 'great offence' (She looked old or likely to die with no obv heir) should be burned 1596 = A new pattern of Liz emerged to replace one issued in 1575 to maker her look far younger to hide the fact she was 63 years old with black teeth and false hair

Question 64

At every service what would worshippers say at every service

Answer 64

"Prayer for the Queen's Majesty"