Treaties + acts

Question 1

Renewall of the Treaty of Etaples

Answer 1

1510
But Henry still had a war like sentiment with France, so created the Holy League (an anti-french alliance)
-Involved England, Spain, HRE, Venice, and The Papacy)

Question 2

Treaty of Cambrai

Answer 2

1517
France and Spain and HRE
-End of their war, left England isolated

Question 3

Treaty of London

Answer 3

1518
England and France and Spain and the HRE
-A general peace agreement
-Organised by Wolsey, made him become the Papal Legate

Question 4

Treaty of Bruges

Answer 4

1521
England and the HRE
-An alliance against France
-Military support

Question 5

Amicable grant

Answer 5

1525
Composed by Thomas Wolsey
-A heavy tax to collect funds for a war against France
-Disguised as a benevolence (a voluntary donation) which was misleading as it was a forced tax
-Passed without parliamentary approval

Question 6

Eltham Ordinances

Answer 6

1526
Composed by Thomas Wolsey
-A heavy tax to fund the reform of the Privy Chamber
-Allowed Wolsey to change the courtiers in the chamber and their influence eg the Groom of the Stool

Question 7

Treaty of Amiens

Answer 7

1527
England and France
-Alliance against the HRE due to its growing tensions

Question 8

Peace of Cambrai

Answer 8

1529
France and the HRE
-Mutual recognition
-Restoration of territorial holdings
-Marriage alliance (Francis I + Eleanor of Austria, Charles V’s sister)

Question 9

Act in restraint of appeals

Answer 9

1533
-The King of England was the ultimate authority
-Declared the marriage of Henry + Anne Boleyn legitimate

Question 10

Act of Succession

Answer 10

1534
-Legitimised Henry’s child Elizabeth with Anne Boleyn as the rightful heir to the throne
-Didn’t legitimise Mary as Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon was invalid

Question 11

Act of supremacy

Answer 11

1534
-Declared Henry VIII as the supreme head of the Church of England

Question 12

Treason Act

Answer 12

1534
-Any actions or words spoken against the King as the head of the church are punishable by treason

Question 13

Act annexing first fruit and tenths

Answer 13

1534
-First fruit and tenths (a form of tax on the clergy) would no longer be payed to the pope, they would be payed to the king

Question 14

Laws in Wales Act

Answer 14

1535
-Created Shires (counties) in Wales
-Wales now apart of the House of Commons
-Wales now subordinate to the English law

Question 15

Act resuming liberties to the crown

Answer 15

1536
-Seizure of monastic properties
-Reverse land grants to the nobility to allow the crown more control

Question 16

Royal Injunctions

Answer 16

1536
-Enforcement of the English bible
-Rejection of religious pilgrimages, processions and festivals
-Support for the crown’s supremacy

Question 17

Treaty of Nice

Answer 17

1538
France and the Papal States
-Mutual defence and peace
-Temporary suspension of hostilities with the HRE

Question 18

Treaty of Greenwich

Answer 18

1543
England and Scotland
-Marriage alliance (Edward VI + Mary of Scots) proposed for the future
-Envisioned a political union
-Recognition of English supremacy
-Withdrawal of hostilities (Rough Wooing)