Elizabeth in power

Courtiers

500

1. William Cecil Secretary of State

1558-72

William Cecil Lord Treasurer

1572-90

2. William Cecil Secretary of State

1590-98

Sir Francis Walsingham secretary of state

1572-90

Walsingham dies

1590

Cecil dies

1598

Anglo-Spanish War

1585-1604

Spainish Armada

1588

Earl of Essex joined Drake's failed attack on Lisbon

1589

Earl of Essex married without permission

1590

Earl was sent to defeat a rebellion in Ireland lead by O'Neill and came up with a truce

1599

Earl was banned from court

1600

Rebellion, arrested and executed

1601

Out of 45 year reign, how many months did Elizabeth call Parliament?

35 months

2 Puritans were hanged for wanting freedom of speech.

1583

Freedom of speech was brought up in 2 other years as well

1584 and 1586

John Stubbs and William Page hand was cut off for writing a about Elizabeth's marriage to Duke of Anjou

November 1579

Peter Wentworth was imprisoned for urging Elizabeth naming a protestant successor. He died 4 years later

1593

Complaints about purveyances

1589

Complaints about monopoly (Walter Raleigh and tin)

1597

Complaints about monopoly ( Golden speech and cancelled monopolies)

1601

Length of William Lambard book

600 pages

Length of time between the judgement of criminal cases

3 months

Number of printing presses

60

Year that Elizabeth controlled her portraits

1596

Lord lieutenant

1 per county

Justice of the Peace

40 per county

Ascension Day

17th november