Domestic Policies Under Cromwell 1532-1540 Pressurising the Pope&Anne Boleyn's climb + fall

Question 1

In what 4 ways did Henry and Cromwell attempt to pressurise the Pope?

Answer 1

1) Clergy collectively accused of praemunire and fined
2) Act in Conditional Restraint of Annates
3) House of Commons Supplication against the Ordinaries
4) Formal Submission of the clergy to Henry V111

Question 2

When were…

1) Clergy collectively accused of praemunire and fined
2) Act in Conditional Restraint of Annates
3) House of Commons Supplication against the Ordinaries
4) Formal Submission of the clergy to Henry V111

Answer 2

1) 1531
2) 1532
3) 1532
4) 1532

Question 3

What was the significance of when the Clergy collectively were accused of praemunire and fined in 1531?

Answer 3

This began a sustained attack on the clergy and forced an acknowledgement that the king was ‘Protector and Supreme head of the English Church’

Question 4

What was the significance of the Act in Conditional Restraint of Annates in 1532?

Answer 4

This was designed to put pressure on the papacy by withholding conditionally the first years income from the office of bishops which the papacy had traditionally enjoyed

Question 5

What was the significance of the House of Commons Supplication against the Ordinaries in 1532?

Answer 5

This was designed to increased anticlerical pressure within the House of Commons

Question 6

What wast the significance of the formal submission of the clergy to Henry v111 in 1532?

Answer 6

This provoked the resignation of Sir Thomas more as Lord Chancellor

Question 7

What were Annates?

Answer 7

a revenue paid to the Pope by a bishop or other cleric on his appointment, they were effectively church taxes collected in England and sent to Rome and were also known as the ‘First Fruits ‘ , a concept which dates back to earlier Greek, Roman and Hebrew religions.

Question 8

Annates were also known as ‘First Fruits,’ what was this name in latin?

Answer 8

primitiae

Question 9

What is a Supplication ?

Answer 9

a supplication was a form of petition

Question 10

What was the Supplication against the Ordinaries?

Answer 10

a form of petition addressed to the king by the HOC and directed against alleged abuses of ordinary jurisdiction exercised by church law by archbishops and bishops

Question 11

What was the submission of the clergy?

Answer 11

this was the formal surrender of the Church’s independent law-making function

Question 12

How did Anne forced Henry into taking decisive action?

Answer 12

through consenting to sexual relations and falling pregnant

Question 13

Due to Anne Boleyn’s pregnancy , what decisive action had Henry taken?

Answer 13

open defiance of the People by both Henry and the authorities of the English Church

Question 14

Who’s death eased Henrys ability to defy the Pope?

Answer 14

the death of the Archbishop of Canterbury , William Warham

Question 15

Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury William Warham? (3)

Answer 15

• Archbishop of Canterbury since 1503
• councillor under Henry V11
• lost political influence under Henry V111

Question 16

Who replaced the Archbishop of Canterbury , William Warham after his death?

Answer 16

Thomas Cramner who received the authority from Rome but would also become a leader of the Reformation

Question 17

From what date was it known that Anne Boleyn was pregnant?

Answer 17

December 1532

Question 18

What date did the couple marry in secret?

Answer 18

25th January 1533

Question 19

When was Henrys former marriage between himself and Catherine annulled ?

Answer 19

May 1533

Question 20

Who annulled Henrys and Catherine’s marriage in May 1533?

Answer 20

Archbishop Cramner

Question 21

When was Anne Boleyn’s child Elizabeth legitimately born in English law?

Answer 21

7th September 1533

Question 22

At first, Queen Anne was a considerable advocate of Church reform , what had Eric Ives pointed out about her?

Answer 22

that she had been responsible for helping to push the king in a more Protestant direction

Question 23

the relations between Anne and who publicly broke down?

Answer 23

Thomas Cromwell

Question 24

Due to Cromwell’s insecurities with his with his relationship with the king and his own life, who did this encourage him to side with and what did they do?

Answer 24

The conservatives as they together persuaded Henry that Anne’s flirtatious manner had led to adultery

Question 25

Why did the alleged adultery result in Annes execution?

Answer 25

as adultery for the wife of a monarch constituted treason

Question 26

When was Anne Boleyn executed?

Answer 26

19th May 1536

Question 27

After Catherine’s death and Anne Boleyn’s execution, what was the Catholic view on Henrys position?

Answer 27

Henry was now a widower and free to remarry

Question 28

When did Jane Seymour give birth to Prince Edward? and die?

Answer 28

30th May 1537, died October due to childbirth complications