'Bloody Mary' - Mary I

Question 1

When did Mary become queen?

Answer 1

1553

Question 2

How old was she when she became queen?

Answer 2

37

Question 3

Did she have a relationship when she became queen?

Answer 3

She was unmarried

Question 4

What was her religion?

Answer 4

She was a devout catholic

Question 5

How did people feel about Mary becoming queen?

Answer 5

Some people were delighted when she became queen becasue they didn’t like all the changes to religion that Edward had made and were exctited for the old Catholic ways to be back.

Question 6

Who did she marry?

Answer 6

Catholic King Phillip of Spain

Question 7

What was her marriage seen as?

Answer 7

A bad move because Phillip and Spain were very unpopular in England

Question 8

What did she start doing as soon as she was crowned?

Answer 8

Undoing all of the changes her father and brother had made

Question 9

What changes to religion did she make?

Answer 9

England was officially a Catholic country once more
The Pope was the Head of the English and Welsh Churches again.”
The churches were redecorated - stone altars, bright painted walls, statues, gold crosses and candlesticks were added.
Married priests were made to leave their wives.
Church services and prayer books were in Latin once more.

Question 10

How did the Protestants feel abou this?

Answer 10

They were becoming fed up of this religious see-saw

Question 11

What was Mary’s message to the protestants?

Answer 11

Change religion or be punished

Question 12

What did Mary do to Lady Jane Grey?

Answer 12

Mary’s troops marched into London and arrested her. Mary promised not to kill Jane but soon ordered the execution of her, her husband and other family members!

Question 13

What happened to people who didn’t worship the Catholic way?

Answer 13

‘About 300 people were burned to death all over the country because they refused to worship the Catholic way. Most of these were humble shopkeepers, carpenters, farmers and housewives’

Question 14

What were the stats for people burnt?

Answer 14

There were burnt 5 bishops, 21 ministers, 8 gentlemen, 84 workers, 100 farmers, servants and labourers, 26 wives, 20 widows, 9 girls, 2 boys and 2 infants.

Question 15

What is a martyr?

Answer 15

Someone who is prepared to die for what they believe

Question 16

What was Mary the top of over the tudor reigners?

Answer 16

Mary was the top of the league of horrible burnings with 300

Question 17

What was Mary not the top of?

Answer 17

She wasn’t the top Tudor executioner - her father was. In Henry’s reign, over 70,000 people were executed.

Question 18

What happened when Mary died?

Answer 18

When Mary died, all the churches of London did ring, and at night did make bonfires and set tables in the street and did eat and drink and be merry.

Question 19

What have all of the monarchs been after Mary? What does this mean?

Answer 19

All of the monarchs char have followed her have been Protestants so Mary’s history has been written by Protestant historians. They have not been kind to her.