Stability of the Monarchy Sources

Question 1

SOMERSET/EDWARD

Answer 1

SOMERSET/EDWARD

Question 2

How did Somerset rule?

Answer 2

Via Proclamations

Question 3

How many Proclamations did Somerset issue in 18 months?

Answer 3

77 in 18 months

Question 4

What was Somerset’s failed attempt at enclosure reform?

Answer 4

Hale’s Commission

Question 5

What did the peasantry see Somerset as?

Answer 5

The ‘Good Duke’

Question 6

Who were the 3 members of the anti-Somerset faction in the Privy Council?

Answer 6

• Earl of Warwick
• William Paget
• Thomas Wriothesley

Question 7

Why was Warwick part of the anti-Somerset faction?

Answer 7

He saw an opportunity to gain power

Question 8

Why was William Paget part of the anti-Somerset faction?

Answer 8

Paget wanted good government

Question 9

Why was Thomas Wriothesley part of the anti-Somerset faction?

Answer 9

Somerset had sacked him as Lord Chancellor

Question 10

When did Warwick lead an army of 14,000 at the Battle of Dussindale?

Answer 10

27th August 1549

Question 11

Where did Somerset take Edward on the 6th October 1549?

Answer 11

Windsor Castle

Question 12

When did Somerset surrender?

Answer 12

15th October 1549

Question 13

Who did Somerset’s daughter marry in June 1550?

Answer 13

Northumberland’s son

Question 14

When was Somerset executed for felony?

Answer 14

22nd January 1552

Question 15

LADY JANE GREY PLOT

Answer 15

LADY JANE GREY PLOT

Question 16

When was the 1st Devise for the Succession drawn up?

Answer 16

Spring 1553

Question 17

What did Edward call the 1st Devise?

Answer 17

‘My devise’

Question 18

When did Northumberland’s son Lord Guildford Dudley marry Lady Jane Grey?

Answer 18

25th May 1553

Question 19

When did Northumberland become Lord President of the Privy Council?

Answer 19

January 1550

Question 20

When was the 2nd Devise drawn up?

Answer 20

21st June 1553

Question 21

Who was made heir in the 2nd Devise?

Answer 21

Lady Jane Grey

Question 22

When did Edward die?

Answer 22

6th July 1553

Question 23

How many men in London signed the 2nd Devise in the 2 days after Edward’s death?

Answer 23

102 men, including the Privy Council

Question 24

When was Edward’s death announced?

Answer 24

8th July 1553

Question 25

When did Mary proclaim herself Queen and start acting like it?

Answer 25

9th July 1553

Question 26

When did the Privy Council declare Lady Jane Grey queen?

Answer 26

10th July 1553

Question 27

When did Charles V back Mary?

Answer 27

10th July 1553

Question 28

When did Northumberland leave London to fight Mary?

Answer 28

13th July 1553

Question 29

Where had Mary raised a small army?

Answer 29

East Anglia

Question 30

When did the Privy Council refuse to send Northumberland reinforcements?

Answer 30

15th July 1553

Question 31

When did Northumberland's troops start to desert him?

Answer 31

17th July 1553

Question 32

When did the Privy Council back Mary?

Answer 32

19th July 1553

Question 33

Where and when did Northumberland surrender and declare Mary as the rightful Queen?

Answer 33

20th July 1553 in Cambridge

Question 34

When did Mary arrive into London to cheering crowds?

Answer 34

3rd August 1553

Question 35

What were lit in Oxford when Mary became Queen?

Answer 35

Chalices

Question 36

When did Northumberland denounce Protestantism?

Answer 36

21st August 1553

Question 37

When was Northumberland executed?

Answer 37

22nd August 1553

Question 38

When was Lady Jane Grey executed?

Answer 38

12th February 1554

Question 39

MARY GOVERNMENT

Answer 39

MARY GOVERNMENT

Question 40

How large was Mary's Privy Council?

Answer 40

Over 50 members

Question 41

What was the faction of Catholic councillors who had been loyal to Mary whilst she was under house arrest?

Answer 41

Kenninghall faction

Question 42

What was a sub-committee made up of 7 members?

Answer 42

Naval Sub-Committee

Question 43

When was an inner council created?

Answer 43

1555

Question 44

How many members sat on the Inner Council?

Answer 44

9

Question 45

Who was impressed by the sub-committee system in Mary's government?

Answer 45

Philip

Question 46

What marriage candidate did Stephen Gardiner prefer?

Answer 46

Edward Courtenay

Question 47

What marriage candidate did William Paget prefer?

Answer 47

Philip of Spain

Question 48

When did Stephen Gardiner persuade Parliament to reject heresy laws drawn up by William Paget?

Answer 48

April 1554

Question 49

When did Stephen Gardiner die?

Answer 49

1555

Question 50

Who became the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1556?

Answer 50

Cardinal Pole

Question 51

What 2 roles did Cardinal Pole have?

Answer 51

Chancellor of Oxford and Cambridge universities