Cromwells Fall From Power Flashcards
How many days after childbirth did Jane Seymour live till she died?
12 days
What did Henry try to do after the death of Jane Seymour?
Arrange a marriage to the Duchess of Milan or a French Princess
What prevented the arranged marriage Henry wanted
Treaty of Toledo
What did Cromwell convince Henry to do?
Marry a German noblewoman in order to negotiate an alliance with the Protestant league of Schmalkalen
Who did Cromwell want Henry to form an alliance with?
Protestant league of Schmalkalden
What did the alliance of England with the Protestant league lead to?
Treaty signed at Hampton courts in October 1539
What did the treaty signed at Hampton courts signify?
Alliance between Henry and Duke William of Cleves
Where were Cromwells enemies?
On the conservative side
When did Henry marry Anne of Cleves
Under protest 6th January 1540
What happened on the 6th of January 1540?
Henry married Anne of Cleves
Give examples of Cromwells enemies?
Duke of Norfolk Bishop Tunstalk Sir William Fitzwilliam Lord Sandes Sir Anthony Browne
What happened to Jane Seymour 12 days after giving birth?
She died
When did Henry sign a treaty with the Duke of Cleves
October 1539
What did Cromwell do Gardiner
Exclude him from privy council in 1539
When was Gardiner excluded from the Privy council?
1539
What did Lamberts burning show?
Showed the kings views were conservative.
What did the kings conservative view show?
Conservatives ( Earl of Sussex, Sir John Russell, Sir Thomas Cheyney, Sir William Kingston) joined leaving Cromwell and Cranmer isolated
What was the plan of the Act of Six articles?
Henry’s plan to create a religious settlement of his choosing
When did Henry call Parliament to handle the Act of Six Articles?
28th April 1539
Why did Henry call parliament on the April 1539?
Act of six articles
What happened on the 5th of May?
Henry asked House of Lords for a Committed to work on it
Who was the chairman of the committee appointed to carry out the act of six articles?
Cromwell but he could not oppose the King
When did Henry asked the House of Lords were committee to work on the act of six articles
Fifth of May 15 39
How did Cromwell distract the king from the act of six articles?
Another peacetime subsidy
Who took charge after Cromwell failed to derive the kings attention?
Duke of Norfolk
What did the act of six articles agree
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
What did the act of six articles show?
Reversed Cromwells religious policy
What was adopted to enforce the act of six articles?
Strict penal clauses
What was the punishment for denying transubstantiation
Automatic burning
What did the pre-1534 heresy laws allow
One Recantation was possible
What did the act of Precedence do?
Advanced Cromwells position personally and highlighted his importance and specifically named the positions that were included in the privy council
What was the disadvantage of the Act of Precedence
Cromwell has to accept that rivals were now members of the councils
What did cromwell do after the disastrous parliament in April 1549?
Assumed leader of Privy Chamber
In the position of leader of the privy chamber, what did Cromwell do?
Made Earl of Essex which allows him to appoint his own supporters in the privy chamber
What did appointing his supporters in the privy chamber achieve for Cromwell
Offset disadvantage in the Privy council
What did Cromwell do to take centre ground?
Condemning the rashness of radicals and superstition of the traditionalists
What did Cromwell appoint
Committees to reform the Bishop book
When did the Duke of Norfolk travel to France
February 1540
What did the Duke of Norfolk do in February 1540
Persuaded French that they would be in a better bargaining position if Cromwell was to be removed
What happened in February 1540
Duke of Norfolk travel to France to persuade them that they will be in a better bargaining position if Cromwell was removed
What did the disagreement between France and Spain cause
Less likely chance of Catholic crusade against England
What did the reduced chance of a Catholic crusade cause
Treaty of Cleves was Unnecessary
Who was blamed for exaggerating the beauty of Anne of Cleves
Cromwell
What was Henry’s nickname for Anne of Cleves
Flanders Mare
Who did Henry marry after Anne of Cleves
Catherine Howard
What did Cromwell do wrong during the annulment with Anne of Cleves
, Hesitated in arranging the divorce which in theory should have been easy as the marriage was unconsummated
What did Norfolk discover in spring 1539
Cromwell was harbouring over 60 Protestants
When was it discovered that Cromwell was harbouring over 60 Protestants
Spring 1539
What did the kings requested reports show?
Cromwell was not enforcing the six articles
When was it found that Cromwell was not fully employing the 6 articles
King ordered a full enquiry
Who did Cromwell try to reconcile with after his position became weak?
Gardiner
Why did Cromwell have dinner with Gardiner
Reconcile with him and to be readmitted into the Privy council
What did Sir Gregory Botolf do?
Defected to Rome
Who defected to Rome?
Sir Gregory Botolf
What did Cromwell try using the Botolf conspiracy for?
Shift blame onto Norfolk. He claimed that accusers were involved in conspiracy and trying to turn Henry against him
What conspiracy did Cromwell use to shift blame onto Norfolk
Botolf conspiracy
What was happening to Henry
Excruciating pain from ulcers that covered his legs and feet
What did the ulcers all over Henry legs cause?
Bouts of anger and frustration which would cloud his judgement and lash out at those closest to him
What clouded Henry’s judgment
Ulcers all over legs causing anger
What did Cromwell fail to do that was the last straw?
Unable to obtain a divorce for the king
When was Cromwell arrested?
June 1540
What made Cromwell useless to the king
King obtained evidence for his divorce meaning that Cromwell was no longer needed and incompetent
When was Cromwell executed
28th July 1540
What happened on 28th July 1540
Cromwell was executed
When was Cromwell arrested
June 1540
What did the act of attainder do against Cromwell?
Confiscated all land
What did the Act of Attainders mention?
How he protected those who were accused of treason and how he made a speech in March 1539 supporting English Lutheran Robert Barnes
What did the act of attainders saying that Cromwell hiding people accused of treason suggest?
Linked to the conservative factions attacks against him
When did the act of attainder say that Cromwell made a speech supporting Lutheran Robert Barnes
March 1539
Who did the act of attainder say that Cromwell made a speech supporting I. March 1539?
English Lutheran Robert Barnes
What did the act of attainders accusing Cromwell of making a speech supporting English Lutheran’s show?
Indicating religion had a big part to play
When did Henry marry Catherine
28th July 1540
What did Henry do to symbolise the Importance of the conservative faction and Cromwells Failure
Cromwells execution on the same day as the Henry’s marriage to Catherine Howard
Why did Henry execute Cromwell and Marry Catherine Howard on the same day?
Show importance of the conservative faction and highlight Cromwells failure to obtain a divorce
What did the conservative faction use Catherine Howard for?
Manipulate Henry
Who did the Conservative faction use to manipulate Henry
Catherine Howard
