Cromwells Fall From Power

Question 1

How many days after childbirth did Jane Seymour live till she died?

Answer 1

12 days

Question 2

What did Henry try to do after the death of Jane Seymour?

Answer 2

Arrange a marriage to the Duchess of Milan or a French Princess

Question 3

What prevented the arranged marriage Henry wanted

Answer 3

Treaty of Toledo

Question 4

What did Cromwell convince Henry to do?

Answer 4

Marry a German noblewoman in order to negotiate an alliance with the Protestant league of Schmalkalen

Question 5

Who did Cromwell want Henry to form an alliance with?

Answer 5

Protestant league of Schmalkalden

Question 6

What did the alliance of England with the Protestant league lead to?

Answer 6

Treaty signed at Hampton courts in October 1539

Question 7

What did the treaty signed at Hampton courts signify?

Answer 7

Alliance between Henry and Duke William of Cleves

Question 8

Where were Cromwells enemies?

Answer 8

On the conservative side

Question 9

When did Henry marry Anne of Cleves

Answer 9

Under protest 6th January 1540

Question 10

What happened on the 6th of January 1540?

Answer 10

Henry married Anne of Cleves

Question 11

Give examples of Cromwells enemies?

Answer 11

Duke of Norfolk 
Bishop Tunstalk
Sir William Fitzwilliam 
Lord Sandes 
Sir Anthony Browne

Question 12

What happened to Jane Seymour 12 days after giving birth?

Answer 12

She died

Question 13

When did Henry sign a treaty with the Duke of Cleves

Answer 13

October 1539

Question 14

What did Cromwell do Gardiner

Answer 14

Exclude him from privy council in 1539

Question 15

When was Gardiner excluded from the Privy council?

Answer 15

1539

Question 16

What did Lamberts burning show?

Answer 16

Showed the kings views were conservative.

Question 17

What did the kings conservative view show?

Answer 17

Conservatives ( Earl of Sussex, Sir John Russell, Sir Thomas Cheyney, Sir William Kingston) joined leaving Cromwell and Cranmer isolated

Question 18

What was the plan of the Act of Six articles?

Answer 18

Henry’s plan to create a religious settlement of his choosing

Question 19

When did Henry call Parliament to handle the Act of Six Articles?

Answer 19

28th April 1539

Question 20

Why did Henry call parliament on the April 1539?

Answer 20

Act of six articles

Question 21

What happened on the 5th of May?

Answer 21

Henry asked House of Lords for a Committed to work on it

Question 22

Who was the chairman of the committee appointed to carry out the act of six articles?

Answer 22

Cromwell but he could not oppose the King

Question 23

When did Henry asked the House of Lords were committee to work on the act of six articles

Answer 23

Fifth of May 15 39

Question 24

How did Cromwell distract the king from the act of six articles?

Answer 24

Another peacetime subsidy

Question 25

Who took charge after Cromwell failed to derive the kings attention?

Answer 25

Duke of Norfolk

Question 26

What did the act of six articles agree

Answer 26

Endorsed transubstantiation, claimed Laity could not take communion in both kinds, claimed that the vows of chastity must be followed, claim that private mass should continue, priests could not marry Auricular confessions was not necessary

Question 27

What did the act of six articles show?

Answer 27

Reversed Cromwells religious policy

Question 28

What was adopted to enforce the act of six articles?

Answer 28

Strict penal clauses

Question 29

What was the punishment for denying transubstantiation

Answer 29

Automatic burning

Question 30

What did the pre-1534 heresy laws allow

Answer 30

One Recantation was possible

Question 31

What did the act of Precedence do?

Answer 31

Advanced Cromwells position personally and highlighted his importance and specifically named the positions that were included in the privy council

Question 32

What was the disadvantage of the Act of Precedence

Answer 32

Cromwell has to accept that rivals were now members of the councils

Question 33

What did cromwell do after the disastrous parliament in April 1549?

Answer 33

Assumed leader of Privy Chamber

Question 34

In the position of leader of the privy chamber, what did Cromwell do?

Answer 34

Made Earl of Essex which allows him to appoint his own supporters in the privy chamber

Question 35

What did appointing his supporters in the privy chamber achieve for Cromwell

Answer 35

Offset disadvantage in the Privy council

Question 36

What did Cromwell do to take centre ground?

Answer 36

Condemning the rashness of radicals and superstition of the traditionalists

Question 37

What did Cromwell appoint

Answer 37

Committees to reform the Bishop book

Question 38

When did the Duke of Norfolk travel to France

Answer 38

February 1540

Question 39

What did the Duke of Norfolk do in February 1540

Answer 39

Persuaded French that they would be in a better bargaining position if Cromwell was to be removed

Question 40

What happened in February 1540

Answer 40

Duke of Norfolk travel to France to persuade them that they will be in a better bargaining position if Cromwell was removed

Question 41

What did the disagreement between France and Spain cause

Answer 41

Less likely chance of Catholic crusade against England

Question 42

What did the reduced chance of a Catholic crusade cause

Answer 42

Treaty of Cleves was Unnecessary

Question 43

Who was blamed for exaggerating the beauty of Anne of Cleves

Answer 43

Cromwell

Question 44

What was Henry’s nickname for Anne of Cleves

Answer 44

Flanders Mare

Question 45

Who did Henry marry after Anne of Cleves

Answer 45

Catherine Howard

Question 46

What did Cromwell do wrong during the annulment with Anne of Cleves

Answer 46

, Hesitated in arranging the divorce which in theory should have been easy as the marriage was unconsummated

Question 47

What did Norfolk discover in spring 1539

Answer 47

Cromwell was harbouring over 60 Protestants

Question 48

When was it discovered that Cromwell was harbouring over 60 Protestants

Answer 48

Spring 1539

Question 49

What did the kings requested reports show?

Answer 49

Cromwell was not enforcing the six articles

Question 50

When was it found that Cromwell was not fully employing the 6 articles

Answer 50

King ordered a full enquiry

Question 51

Who did Cromwell try to reconcile with after his position became weak?

Answer 51

Gardiner

Question 52

Why did Cromwell have dinner with Gardiner

Answer 52

Reconcile with him and to be readmitted into the Privy council

Question 53

What did Sir Gregory Botolf do?

Answer 53

Defected to Rome

Question 54

Who defected to Rome?

Answer 54

Sir Gregory Botolf

Question 55

What did Cromwell try using the Botolf conspiracy for?

Answer 55

Shift blame onto Norfolk. He claimed that accusers were involved in conspiracy and trying to turn Henry against him

Question 56

What conspiracy did Cromwell use to shift blame onto Norfolk

Answer 56

Botolf conspiracy

Question 57

What was happening to Henry

Answer 57

Excruciating pain from ulcers that covered his legs and feet

Question 58

What did the ulcers all over Henry legs cause?

Answer 58

Bouts of anger and frustration which would cloud his judgement and lash out at those closest to him

Question 59

What clouded Henry’s judgment

Answer 59

Ulcers all over legs causing anger

Question 60

What did Cromwell fail to do that was the last straw?

Answer 60

Unable to obtain a divorce for the king

Question 61

When was Cromwell arrested?

Answer 61

June 1540

Question 62

What made Cromwell useless to the king

Answer 62

King obtained evidence for his divorce meaning that Cromwell was no longer needed and incompetent

Question 63

When was Cromwell executed

Answer 63

28th July 1540

Question 64

What happened on 28th July 1540

Answer 64

Cromwell was executed

Question 65

When was Cromwell arrested

Answer 65

June 1540

Question 66

What did the act of attainder do against Cromwell?

Answer 66

Confiscated all land

Question 67

What did the Act of Attainders mention?

Answer 67

How he protected those who were accused of treason and how he made a speech in March 1539 supporting English Lutheran Robert Barnes

Question 68

What did the act of attainders saying that Cromwell hiding people accused of treason suggest?

Answer 68

Linked to the conservative factions attacks against him

Question 69

When did the act of attainder say that Cromwell made a speech supporting Lutheran Robert Barnes

Answer 69

March 1539

Question 70

Who did the act of attainder say that Cromwell made a speech supporting I. March 1539?

Answer 70

English Lutheran Robert Barnes

Question 71

What did the act of attainders accusing Cromwell of making a speech supporting English Lutheran’s show?

Answer 71

Indicating religion had a big part to play

Question 72

When did Henry marry Catherine

Answer 72

28th July 1540

Question 73

What did Henry do to symbolise the Importance of the conservative faction and Cromwells Failure

Answer 73

Cromwells execution on the same day as the Henry’s marriage to Catherine Howard

Question 74

Why did Henry execute Cromwell and Marry Catherine Howard on the same day?

Answer 74

Show importance of the conservative faction and highlight Cromwells failure to obtain a divorce

Question 75

What did the conservative faction use Catherine Howard for?

Answer 75

Manipulate Henry

Question 76

Who did the Conservative faction use to manipulate Henry

Answer 76

Catherine Howard