Henry VIII Mock ✊😐🔫

Question 1

What were Henry’s priorities when he was first king?

Answer 1

-Establish status among other monarchs through marriage (CoA)
-Re-establish nobility
-Establish self as warrior king

Question 2

What changed in Henry’s new Government?

Answer 2

-Epsom and Dudley arrested
-No more council learned in law
-H not as involved
–>Disliked working in govt
Meant people like Wolsey could gain
power
-H ruled through his councillors
-H was more aggressive
–>Executed Yorkist, De la Pole, whereas
HVII had him arrested.

Question 3

What stayed the same in Henry’s new Government?

Answer 3

-Kept some of father’s advisors
–>Lovell as Chancellor
Archbishop Warham as Lord
Chancellor
Howard as Earl of Surrey
-Moved his financial dealings into his private chambers

Question 4

How did Henry control his nobility?

Answer 4

-Made concessions to them:
.Cancelled 175 bonds and recognisances (issued by father)

Question 5

What type of Gov did H first use?

Answer 5

-Used conciliar Gov

Question 6

Why did H change his Gov?

Answer 6

-Became frustrated with his fathers old councillors who were stopping him from waging war (w/ France)

Question 7

Who replaced Warham as Lord Chancellor? When?

Answer 7

1515, Thomas Wolsey

Question 8

What type of council did H use throughout his reign? What did they do?

Answer 8

-Institutional council
-Advised and act in an executive capacity

Question 9

How did Henry govern?

Answer 9

-Relied on individual ministers
—>Relied on Wolsey for 1/3 of his 38
reign

Question 10

Where did Henry take direct responsibility in gov?

Answer 10

-War and diplomacy
-Executive decisions:
—>Policy towards Duke of Bavaria ,
sanctions for fraudulent cloth
-Appointed Council and ministers, whom he allowed to assume chief executive.

Question 11

How would people have power in H’s gov?

Answer 11

-Royal favour

Question 12

How many monasteries were there before the dissolution?

Answer 12

825

Question 13

How many monasteries were closed in the dissolution?

Answer 13

625

Question 14

What role did monasteries play in society?

Answer 14

-employed people to work land
-prayed for dead and living
-safety for poor
-education

Question 15

What caused the dissolution?

Answer 15

Valor ecclesiaticus- survey showed monastic lands could double crown income
To not be seen as selfish , covered up with accusations of corruption within monks

Question 16

Who was thomas more?

Answer 16

-opposed religious change
-was previously on council and lord chancellor
-resigned after refusing support of annulment
-executed 1535

Question 17

Who was Elizabeth Barton

Answer 17

-had visions about king threatening he would die if he got divorce
-arrested and executed 1534

Question 18

Who were the aragonese faction?

Answer 18

-group of nobility (Lord darcey lord hussey)

Question 19

Who were clergy members who opposed religious change?

Answer 19

John lambert
Bishop of rochester john fisher

Question 20

Why was there rebellion in the north?

Answer 20

-outrage surrounding dissolution
-opposition to cromwell
-food shortages(bad harvests)

Question 21

What were wolseys church reforms?

Answer 21

-had bishops carry duties more professionally (addressing anti clerical attitudes)
-planned funding of school training cardinals
-closes 20 monasteries (had less than 6 monks)
-encouraged henry to write bishops book(rewarded title defender of faith by pope)

Question 22

Give examples of wolseys clashes with nobility:

Answer 22

-Thomas lucas - jailed w out trial for criticising wolsey
-duke of buckingham -executed for questioning h’s position as king

Question 23

What was wolsey criticised for?

Answer 23

-Seen as alter rex
-had rep of vengance and arrogance
-accused of pluralism and absenteeism

Question 24

What were wolseys financial reforms?

Answer 24

-12, tudor subsidy - still used more efficient to collect for king
-22, national survey- met w contoversy, forced loans of up to £200000
-23, amicable grant -asked for £800000 parlimentary grant, couldnt raise all, henry forced to step in and stop it
-26, eltham ordinances -reduce cost of royal household, redice power of nobility as less reliance of parliamentary funds

Question 25

Hat did wolsey do with the judicial system?

Answer 25

-lord chancellor and head of judiciary
-made poor mans court(court of requests)
-ridded of legal advantage of rich

Question 26

What led to wolseys fall from power?

Answer 26

-failure to get annulment
-enemies in nobility manipulated H to believieving wolsey was working to benefit himself