Tudors - Edward and Somerset Flashcards
(44 cards)
When was the Third Succession Act made?
1543
What was the Third Succession Act?
- Made by Henry in 1543
- Meant that when Henry died, Edward would become King and if Edward died without heirs the crown would go to Mary and then Elizabeth
What was the Regency Council?
- set up by Henry to for Edward as his was a minor
- it had 16 men, 8 catholics and 8 protestants to prevent conflict and create a balance for Edward
Who was in the Regency Council?
Edward Seymour (lord protector, Jane’s brother, reformist, Somerset)
John Dudley (2nd lord protector)
Thomas Cranmer (archbishop of Canterbury)
Paget (controlled who and what reached the King)
Wriothesley (Catholic)
Who was written out/ removed from the Regency Council?
Gardiner and Howard who were both catholic - created an imbalance
- Howard had been arrested and Gardiner was expelled from the Regency council
What were Seymour’s two changes to the Regency Council?
Council had full power and authority to take whatever action necessary for the good of the country while Edward was under 18
Council were allowed to give gifts and titles intended for people before Henry dies but had not been made official
Meant that:
Edward Seymour made himself Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector and to prevent opposition he gave titles and gifts to other councillors eg:
Dudley becomes Earl of Warwick
Thomas Seymour - Lord Seymour
Wriothesley - Earl of Southampton
What did Edward inherit (DRS) ?
D - debt - serious inflation and deficit
R - religious uncertainty - not clear how many were protestants
S - stability - privy council had established itself, less lawlessness
What was the royal injunction?
Where the Government began to review the state of the church through a royal visitation,which examined the clergy,the doctrine and the practices of the church.
When was the Book of homilies created?
1547
What was the Book of homilies?
A book of model sermons
When was the Chantries Act passed?
1547
What was the Chantries Act?
getting rid of people who prayed to the dead
When was the Treason Act repealed?
1547
What was the Treason Act?
Act where you could not challange the king
When was the six articles repealed?
1547
When was the Act of Uniformity passed?
1549
What was the Act of Uniformity
ordered clergy to use a number of protestant practices which had not been previously enforced.
When was first book of common prayer released?
1549
What did the first prayer book state?
Services in English (protestant) Sacraments (protestant) Communion in both kinds -bread and wine (protstant) Clerical marriage allowed (protestant) No prayers for the dead (protestant) Worship of saints discouraged (unclear) Purgatory (uncleaer) Transubstantiation (catholic) Traditional robes in church (catholic) Fast and holy days remained (catholic)
What does transubstantiation mean?
wine and bread become body and blood at communion
When did the Western rebellion take place?
June 1549
Where did the Western rebellion take place?
Devon and Cornwall
What caused the western rebellion of 1549?
- Resentment over actions of William body
- New book of common prayer in which the services were delivered in English
- Enclosure (loss of common land)
- Inflation
Order of Western Rebellion:
1-William Body arrives to oversee the destruction of images in Helston (Cornwall)
2-Body murdered (10 people hung) = resentment
3-Prayer book introduced and riots followed in Bodmin under Arundell
4-At Whitsun in Devon people rebelled after a new service was introduced and marched to Crediton where they joined Arundell
5-Carew sent in by Somerset and made things worse and accidentally burnt barns
Instead of marching to London the rebels captured Exeter and led to a siege over 6 weeks
7-Carew replaced with russell who only had a force of 100
8-By august further government forces arrived and relieved Exeter
9-Later in August the royal army then defeated the rebels who had regrouped at sampford Courtenay
