SEYMOUR - THE REFORMIST FACTION

What was Jane’s involvement in the reformist faction?

had none, if anything she favoured the old religion

What was Edward Seymour lord of, who was he?

Hertford, brother to Jane and a friend of Cromwell and Cranmer as well as a leading figure in the reformist faction

How did the removal of Anne Boleyn help Cromwell?

Starkey suggests that Anne almost played the role of chief minister, Cromwell filled the spaces left by Henry’s now vacant gentleman with his own supoorters

After the death of Anne Boleyn how did foreign policy change?

Cromwell now followed his own policies that Anne had opposed. Anne was pro france but Cromwell favoured a protestant alliance with the German princes

What marriage did Cromwell arrange in 1539, why?

with Anne of Cleves (sister of the duke of cleves, a protestant ruler), needed allies in order to deter Charles V from invading. 1536 10 acts also passed for this reason