Dates HVII And HVIII

Question 1

22nd August 1485

Answer 1

Battle of Bosworth

Question 2

1492

Answer 2

Treaty of Etaples - France and England, concerned with taxation and stopped the harbouring of pretenders

Question 3

1489

Answer 3

Medina del Campo - HVII and Ferdinand of Aragon. Marriage alliance between Cath of A and Prince Arthur

Question 4

1486 January

Answer 4

Henry marries Liz of York

Question 5

1486 September

Answer 5

Prince Arthur born

Question 6

1485-1509

Answer 6

Reign of HVII

Question 7

1509-47

Answer 7

Henry VIII reign

Question 8

1534

Answer 8

Break with Rome

Question 9

1536

Answer 9

Pilgrimage of Grace

Question 10

1536

Answer 10

Anne Boleyn executed

Question 11

1536

Answer 11

The start of the dissolution of the monasteries

Question 12

Strengths of Wolsey

Answer 12

• Treaty of London 1518, 24 European countries united in peace.
• Finance: raised 250,000 pounds for war, 1515 act of resumption reclaimed crown lands, reinstated the french pension

Question 13

1515

Answer 13

Act of Resumption

Question 14

1521

Answer 14

HVIII writes book on ‘defence of the 7 sacraments’

Question 15

Failures of Wolsey

Answer 15

• Annulment settlement
• Amicable grant led to rebellion in Lavenham, diminished royal authority
• Lack of support from Boleyn faction after the failure of the legatine court (the court in which cardinal campeggio decided whether or not the marriage between Cath of A and Henry was valid.)

Question 16

1527

Answer 16

Debasement of the coinage
- HVIII
- removed silver content so that money was worth less, led to a fall in real wages.
- the crown profited 360,000 pounds between 1542-1544
- good for crown, not for society. ST gain LT hindrance.