Henry VIII

Question 1

When did Henry become King?

Answer 1

1509

Question 2

Who did Henry succeed?

Answer 2

Henry VII

Question 3

Who was Henry’s first wife?

Answer 3

Catherine of Aragon

Question 4

Who had Catherine married before Henry?

Answer 4

Henry’s brother Arthur

Question 5

How did Arthur die?

Answer 5

Sweating sickness

Question 6

How was Catherine related to the Spanish royal family?

Answer 6

She was the daughter of King Ferdinand

Question 7

In 1515 who did Henry appoint as Lord Chancellor?

Answer 7

Thomas Wolsey

Question 8

What was Wolsey’s nicknames?

Answer 8

Alter rex or ‘Second King

Question 9

What tax did Wolsey pass in 1525?

Answer 9

Amicable Grant

Question 10

In 1514 what treaty did Wolsey help negotiate?

Answer 10

The Anglo-French treaty

Question 11

Wolsey made the pact of London, what did this mean?

Answer 11

Non-aggression between 20 European countries

Question 12

Who met Henry at the Field of the Cloth of Gold?

Answer 12

Francis I of France

Question 13

How many people were at the Field of the Cloth of Gold?

Answer 13

12,000

Question 14

What were the purposes of the meeting?

Answer 14

Peace negotiating, showing France England’s wealth

Question 15

How many tents were there at the Field of the Cloth of Gold?

Answer 15

820

Question 16

What was Wolsey before being appointed as Cardinal?

Answer 16

Archbishop of York

Question 17

Where was the FOTCOG held?

Answer 17

Calais in neutral ground

Question 18

Why was Wolsey charged with treason?

Answer 18

He could not get Henry the divorce with Catherine of Aragon

Question 19

When did Wolsey die?

Answer 19

He died in 1530 just before being brought to trail for treason

Question 20

Who was Catherine of Aragon’s child?

Answer 20

Mary I, born in 1516

Question 21

Why did Henry think he could not have a child?

Answer 21

God had punished him for marrying his brother’s wife

Question 22

Who did Henry order to get a annulment from the Pope?

Answer 22

Wolsey

Question 23

Who did the Pope send to England to decide if they should get an annulment?

Answer 23

Cardinal Campeggio

Question 24

When did the Pope send Campeggio?

Answer 24

1529

Question 25

Did Campeggio succeed in deciding

Answer 25

No

Question 26

Who did Henry appoint as Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer 26

Thomas Cranmer

Question 27

How did Henry and Anne get married?

Answer 27

Thomas Cranmer married them in secret in January 1533

Question 28

When did Thomas Cranmer annul Catherine's and Henry's Marriage?

Answer 28

May 1533

Question 29

What did the Pope do to Henry after annulled Catherine?

Answer 29

He was furious and excommunicated Henry

Question 30

What does excommunicated mean?

Answer 30

Officially banned from any Christian services

Question 31

What Henry do in Response to the Pope's actions?

Answer 31

He officially broke from Rome ending his Catholic belief

Question 32

How did Henry get his money?

Answer 32

Tax rises and the dissolution of the Monasteries

Question 33

What was Henry named for his service to the church?

Answer 33

Defender of the Faith

Question 34

When did the reformation parliament sit from

Answer 34

November 1529- April 1536

Question 35

How many times was parliament summoned in Henry's early reign

Answer 35

4 times. 1510, 1512, 1515 and 1523

Question 36

What are the acts?

Answer 36

Act of supremacy, succession, treason and parliament

Question 37

What does the act of supremacy mean?

Answer 37

The Monarch is head of the church

Question 38

What does the act of succession mean?

Answer 38

Mary will not be the heir but for Anne's child to be Monarch

Question 39

What does the act of treason mean?

Answer 39

Any acts of treason outside of England will still be prosecuted in England

Question 40

How was the protestant church different to the Catholic?

Answer 40

It was a lot less lavish and simpler than Catholicism. The services were not in Latin

Question 41

What was the new prayer book introduced in England?

Answer 41

The Common Book of Prayer

Question 42

What was the Pilgrimage of Grace?

Answer 42

An uprising against the protestant church

Question 43

Who led the Pilgrimage of Grace?

Answer 43

Robert Aske and Lord Darcy

Question 44

Where did the protests start?

Answer 44

Lincoln Cathedral

Question 45

How many men where protesting?

Answer 45

10,000

Question 46

When did the Pilgrimage of Grace start?

Answer 46

October 1536

Question 47

How many leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace were executed?

Answer 47

160

Question 48

When was the Pilgrimage finish?

Answer 48

February 1537

Question 49

Who opposed the protesters at Lincoln?

Answer 49

Duke of Suffolk, Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Shrewbury

Question 50

Who did Henry marry after Anne?

Answer 50

Jane Seymor

Question 51

Who did Jane give birth to?

Answer 51

Edward the VI

Question 52

What charges did Henry press against Anne?

Answer 52

Adultery, Incest and plotting to kill the king

Question 53

When did Jane die?

Answer 53

24 October 1537

Question 54

How did Jane die?

Answer 54

Child birth

Question 55

Who did Cranmer arrange for Henry to marry next?

Answer 55

Anne of Cleves

Question 56

What was his reasoning for divorcing her 4 months after getting married?

Answer 56

She looked nothing like the painting by Hans Holbein. In fact like a horse

Question 57

When did Henry execute Thomas Cromwell?

Answer 57

2nd November 1541

Question 58

Why did Henry execute Cromwell?

Answer 58

Treason and Hersey for 'plotting'

Question 59

Who did Henry marry after Anne of Cleves?

Answer 59

Katherine Howard

Question 60

When did Henry get married to Katherine Howard?

Answer 60

The same day as Cromwell's execution, 2nd November 1541