The Later Tudors

What was the Vagrancy Act and when was it issued?

1547, able-bodied persons out of work for 3 days were branded with a V and sold into slavery

When were proclamations issued against enclosure?

June 1548

When was the sheep tax and the Vagrancy Act repealed and who by?

1550, by Northumberland

How much did Somerset's campaigns in Scotland cost from 1547-1549?

£580,393

Who continued the policy of debasement after Henry VIII?

Somerset

When was William Paulet appointed Lord Treasurer?

February 1550

No coinage was recalled in England until what date?

1560

When did the Antwerp cloth market collapse?

1551-52

For how much did Paulet return Boulogne to France?

£133,333

How much was royal debt in 1550, and what had it been reduced to by 1553?

£300,000 to £180,000

How much did Parliamentary tax raise under Northumberland?

£336,000

How much did debasement raise under Northumberland?

£537,000

Who managed to pay off the government's Antwerp debts?

Sir Thomas Gresham, also renegotiated loans at 2% interest

When was Somerset granted quasi-royal powers by Letters Patent?

March 1547

When was the Book of Homilies and Paraphrases introduced?

July 1547

When were the Royal Injunctions issued under Edward and what did they say?

1547, ordered an English Bible to be placed in every Church

When was the Chantries Act issued?

1548

When were the Six Articles and the Treason Act repealed?

1547

When were proclamations issued saying transubstantiation was still in force?

January-March 1548

When were all images ordered to be removed from churches?

11th Feburary 1548

When was it ordered that only authorised clergymen were allowed to preach?

24th April 1548

When was the First Book of Common Prayer released?

December 1548

When was the First Act of Uniformity released?

January 1549

When were all laws against clerical marriage removed?

November 1549

When were stone altars replaced by wooden tables?

November 1550

When was the new Treason Act passed and what was it now treason to question?

January 1552, the royal supremacy

When was the Second Book of Common Prayer released?

January 1552

When was the Black Rubric announced?

April 1552

When are the rebels defeated at Sampford Courtenay during the Western Rebellion?

16th August 1549

How many people were killed during the Western Rebellion?

3000

What were the main motives of the Western Rebellion?

Religious discontent

How many people gathered at Mousehold Heath during Kett's Rebellion?

16,000, 12th July

From what class were all the leaders of Kett's Rebellion?

Yeomen farmers

When did Northumberland arrive at Mousehold Heath and how many men did he have?

23rd August, 12,000 men

When was Kett's Rebellion crushed and how many people were killed?

27th August, 3,000 rebels were killed

How many people were executed as a result of Kett's Rebellion?

49

When did France declare war?

August 1549

When did the Treaty of Boulogne establish peace between France and England?

March 1550

When were the first notes for the Devise for the Succession written and what did they say?

January 1553, wanted to bar Mary from the succession because she was a Catholic

When was a new Devise drawn up and what did it say?

The Crown was to go to either Lady Jane or her male heirs

When did Edward die?

6th July 1553

When did Northumberland force the Mayor and other representatives to sign the Devise?

8th July 1553

When was Lady Jane Grey proclaimed Queen?

10th July 1553

When did Mary arrive in London and how many men did she have?

19th July, with 20,000 men

When was Northumberland executed?

22nd August

When was the marriage treaty approved?

April 1554

What were the causes of Wyatt's rebellion?

Xenophobia, small religious motives, economic hardship, political instability

When were plans made for a co-ordinated rising and what date was set?

December 1553, set for 18th March 1554

What actually set off Wyatt's Rebellion?

The publication of the marriage treaty on 14th January

How many men did Wyatt manage to raise in Kent?

2,500

When were Wyatt and his rebels stopped at Ludgate?

12th February

How many rebels were executed?

90

When did England declare war on France?

June 1557

When was the Calais Pale captured?

January 1558

When was the Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis signed?

April 1559

Which prominent Protestant priests were arrested in September 1553?

Cranmer, Latimer, Hooper, Ridley and Rogers

When did Mary renounce her title of Supreme Head of the Church?

December 1553

When does Pole return to England?

November 1554

When was Bishop Bonner's Book of Homilies published?

1555

When was the first Protestant martyr burned and what was his name?

February 1554, John Rogers

When were Ridley and Latimer burned?

16th Octover 1555

When does Pole become archbishop of Canterbury?

December 1555

When is Cranmer burned?

21st February 1556

How many people were burned under Mary?

280 burned in 46 months

When was the Book of Rates published?

1558

When were there bad harvests during Mary's reign?

1555-56

When was there a typhus and influenza epidemic under Mary and how many people were killed?

1556-1558, 1 in 10 people killed

Which three Bills were presented to Parliament in 1559?

Bill of Supremacy, and two Bills of Uniformity

What did the 1559 Bill of Supremacy say?

Had to sever connections Mary had made with Rome, made Elizabeth head of the Church

Why couldn't the Bills of Uniformity get through Parliament?

Because Marian bishops were prepared to block anything that tampered with Catholicism

How did Elizabeth manage to get the 1559 Supremacy and Uniformity bills through Parliament?

She had two of them arrested, which reduced the number of Catholics in the House of Lords, so the bills then passed

What was the 1559 Act of Uniformity?

Book of Common Prayer in all churches, based on 1549 and 1552 books, Black Rubric ommitted, shilling fine for not attending Church

What was the 1559 Act of Exchange?

Queen has the right to exchange Church property for non-spiritual property in the possession of the Church, cut the wealth of bishops, also couldn't rent their lands out for more than 21 years

What were the 1559 Royal Injunctions?

Clergymen to teach Royal Supremacy, pilgrimages forbidden, clergy could marry with permission

When was the Vestarian Controversy?

1566, 37 out of 110 refused to accept the "papistical" clothing

When did Thomas Cartwright attack the episcopy?

1570

When were the Thirty-Nine Articles confirmed by Parliament?

1570, after her excommunication by the Pope

What are the three types of Puritan?

Conformist Puritan, Presbytarian, Separatists

Who was John Field?

A Puritan who called for a compromise, he was put in prison in the 1570s for publishing attacks on the episcopy

Who in the Privy Council was sympathetic to the Puritans?

Leicester and Warwick

When did the Queen tell Grindal to suppress all prophesyings?

1576

What happened when Grindal wrote a letter to Elizabeth defending the prophesyings?

She got really angry and placed him under house arrest

Who was Grindal's successor?

Whitgift, and he had no sympathy for Puritanism

What were the Three Articles and when were they passed?

1583; a minister must accept the Royal Supremacy, must agree that the Book of Common Prayer is the word of God, 700 ministers arrested

What was Antony Cope's "a bill and a book" all about?

February 1587, wanted to get rid of the Book of Common Prayer and replace it with the Genevan book, he was sent to the Tower

Was Puritanism a national rising?

No

What were the Martin Marprelate Tracts and when were they published?

1588-9, Puritan pamphlets which attacked the Church hierarchy, made the Puritans look scary and radical

When was the Bill against "seditious sectaries" passed?

1593

Was there really a Puritan threat?

No

When did Mary Stuart arrive in England?

1568

What happened during the Northern Rebellion?

Earls march on Durham, throw out Communion table from the cathedral, Royal army approached, then Northumberland and Westmoreland fled to Scotland

When was the Papal Bull excommunicating Elizabeth and her followers?

1570

When were Elizabeth's Treason Acts passed and what did they say?

1571, treason so obey the fact that Elizabeth was Queen, reason to be found with the Papal Bull

When did the first 4 missionary priests arrive in England?

1574, by 1580, 100 had come

When was Cuthbert Mayne executed and what for?

1571, for bringing a Papal Bull into the country

When did the first Jesuits arrive in England?

1580

When was Campion captured and what happened to him?

1581, he was offered a senior Church of England post, he refused and he was hung, drawn and quartered

When was the Act to Retain the Queen Majesty's Subjects in their Due Obedience published?

1581

After 1581, what was the penalty for saying Mass?

200 marks

After 1581, what was the penalty for failing to attend Church?

£20 per month