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How much did Somerset government make from debasement?

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£500,000 ish

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How was Somerset’s response to rebellions percieved by council?

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Feeble

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3
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What was Somerset promised by Cranmer?

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He would not be charged with treason

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4
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How did France take advantage of rebellions?

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Beseiged Boulogne

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5
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How many members did regency council have?

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16, with 12 more to assist when required

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6
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Why did government response to Western rebellion deepen resentment?

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They acted illegally. Executed without trials and confiscated/redistributed land

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7
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What did Somerset use household servants as?

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Government officials

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8
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What was Edward Seymour’s title when Henry 8 died?

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Earl of Hertford

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9
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Who was Lady Jane Grey married to?

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Guildford Dudley… Northumberland’s son

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10
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When did Somerset withdraw from Scotland?

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1549

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11
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When was Somerset re-arrested and executed?

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1551 and 1552

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12
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What year did Edward come to the throne?

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1547

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13
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What title did Seymour give himself?

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Duke of Somerset

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14
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What did letters patent give Somerset?

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Quasi-regal powers

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15
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What was the last straw in Cornwall in 1549?

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Introduction of the first prayer book

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16
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What position was Michael Stanhope given?

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Groom of the stool and chief gentleman of the privy chamber

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17
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When was debasement ended by calling in coins and replacing?

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1551

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18
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Bishop of London with extreme protestant views

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Nicholas Ridley

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19
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What was the last time a minor had inherited the throne and what happened?

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Edward 5 in 1483. Richard 3 most likely murdered his nephews and seized power.5

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20
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Example of how Kett was brutally supressed?

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Kett hanged
3000 killed in one day

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21
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What were Somerset’s Scotland plans?

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Unite the crowns through a marriage between Edward 6 and MQOS

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22
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What did Dudley and Cranmer convince Edward to do after fall of Somerset?

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Appoint religious reformers

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23
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4 members of the plot against Somerset

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Earl of Warwick
Earl of Southampton
Earl of Arundel
Lord St. John

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24
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What was notable about East Anglia?

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Most densely populated and industrialised part of the country

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25
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What did Edward see as his mission?

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To destroy idolatry

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26
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Why could Somerset be more independent from parliament?

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They didn’t grant him his authority

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27
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What commissions were established by Northumberland?

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To investigate expenditure

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28
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Where was William Body murdered?

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Cornwall

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29
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Who were declared illigitimate in 1553?

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Mary and Elizabeth

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30
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What did Somerset gain SOLE custody over?

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The Dry Stamp

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31
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Where did council meet during Somerset period?

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Somerset House

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32
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What did Cornish/Devon riots show?

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Religion was a focus, not the cause necessarily. General discontent.

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33
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How many days was LJG queen?

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Nine

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34
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What happened to Robert Welsh?

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He was hanged on gallows constructed on church tower

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35
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Edward 6 effect on Northumberland religious policy

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Edward was a committed Protestant. Becoming more influential on policy.

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36
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How did Cranmer try to reduce distaste towards Somerset?

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Pushed ‘On Obedience’ to be read in churches. Emphasised disobedience to king was a mortal sin.

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37
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When was Somerset threatened by French invasion?

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1549

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38
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What clothes were banned under Northumberland?

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Traditional vestements

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39
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How many anti-enclosure bills were blocked by parliament in 1548?

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Three

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40
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How old was Edward when he came to the throne?

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9

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41
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Who was the likely leader of the Western Rebellion?

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Robert Welsh, vicar

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42
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What was the mistaken belief of people in the Kett Rebellion?

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Ministers were profiteering from inflation + food shortages

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43
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Why did Somerset fail in Scotland?

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Too expensive to garrison border forts, failed to stop french liberating Edinburgh

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44
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When did Francis 1 die?

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1547

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45
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When was the battle of pinkie?

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1547

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46
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How much of the Crown’s annual revenue did Somerset secretly divert to private hands?

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£20,000

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47
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Southampton’s plot against Dudley

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Tried to gain predominance by charging Dudley with treason. Backfired and the religious conservatives Southampton and Arundel were placed under house arrest.

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48
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Relgious reasons for Kett’s Rebellion

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Pro-protestantism!
Not enough progress
7 articles in manifesto were about this.

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49
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What title did Somerset give Wriothesley?

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Earl of Southampton

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50
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When was Somerset Lord Protector?

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1547-49

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51
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Treason Act of 1547

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Removed censorship.
Allowed protestant material to be brought into England.

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52
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When did population growth and inflation peak?

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1540s

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53
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When did Northumberland proclaim LJG queen?

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9th July 1553

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54
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Who did Northumberland have arrested for drawing up conciliar guidelines?

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William Paget

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55
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When was Somerset arrested?

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October 1549

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56
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What did the rebels have in Devon?

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A traditional catholic mass

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57
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What did Cranmer introduce in 1549?

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Book of Common Prayer

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58
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Who plotted against Somerset initially?

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Thomas Seymour, his brother

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59
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What did William Body try to do?

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Remove images and statues from local churches - faster than government planned

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60
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Three examples of conservatives in regency council?

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Wriothesley - Lord Chancellor since 1544
Paulet
Turnstall

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61
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Where did Somerset establish a court of requests?

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At his own house

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62
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Who did sheep tax hurt?

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Small farmers

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63
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What did 1552 Book of Common Prayer do?

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Removed conservative ceremonies.
Removed ambiguity of 1549 book.

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64
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Two reasons anger over enclosure got worse

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Overstocking of commons by landlords.
Increases in rents.

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65
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What happened to the ships sent to prevent Mary from sailing from Norfolk?

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They changed allegiance, cause of LJG lost right there.

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66
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Book of common prayer under northumberland

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1552, replaced that of 1549

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67
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What did somerset refuse (treatment)?

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Nobody to be tortured or burnt

68
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When were 42 articles released?

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1553, not implemented due to death

69
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What Act removed censorship of Protestant materials?

A

Treason Act 1547

70
Q

How much did real wages fall during Edward reign?

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60%

71
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What did Northumberland encourage in terms of trade?

A

Expansion of trade routes. E.g. Africa
Cabot set up new company.

72
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Where did the Kett Rebellion capture?

A

Norwich

73
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How much did Scottish FP cost Somerset?

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£600,000

74
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When did Edward 6 die?

A

6th July 1553

75
Q

Secondary reason for Western rebellion

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Hatred of sheep tax

76
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How long did it take to crush the Western Rebellion?

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Six weeks

77
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How many royal proclamations did Somerset make?

A

Over 70

78
Q

3 people Somerset relied on most

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Cranmer
Paget
Dudley (Earl of Warwick, then Duke of Northumberland)

79
Q

Religious proclomation Edward directly intervened in

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‘Black Rubric’ Proclomation - kneeling not idolatry but good order

80
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When was the Treaty of Boulogne?

A

1550

81
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What % of wages did people spend on food?

A

80%

82
Q

What market collapsed in 1551?

A

Antwerp

83
Q

Who were put under house arrest?

A

Religious conservatives Southampton and Arundel

84
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Local political issues leading to Kett’s

A

Norfolk ill-administered - begun there
JPs disregarded “good” laws
Corrupt ruling classes
Feeling area was being ignored by government

85
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What kind of social policy did Somerset have?

A

Progressive

86
Q

What did Northumberland abandon in Scotland?

A

The garrisons

87
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Who succeeded Francis 1?

A

Henry 2

88
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What can be said about parliament usage under somerset?

A

Ruled often without them.
Needed them for religious laws.
Met 47-52

89
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Effect of appointing Michael Stanhope as groom of the stool and chief gentleman of the privy chamber?

A

Somerset was essentially the king’s keeper

90
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What kickstarted rebellion in devon?

A

Priest using the new prayer book in 1549

91
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Who was more religiously radical - Somerset or Northumberland?

A

Northumberland

92
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How quickly did regency council delegate to Seymour?

A

Days

93
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Who did Somerset dismiss from the council?

A

Wriothesley - Earl of Southampton

94
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Who crushed the Western Rebellion?

A

Lord Russell

95
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What law in relation to the poor was repealed by Northumberland?

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1547 Vagrancy Act

96
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Which was the worse harvest - 49 or 50?

A

Both bad. 50 worse

97
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Two main rebellions of 1549

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Western and Kett

98
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What Tudor ruler used the most proclamations?

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The Duke of Somerset!!! Over 70 in just 3 years

99
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How did Somerset try to convert Scotland to protestantism?

A

English bibles and expensive garrisons

100
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Who was Sir Peter Carrew?

A

Leading gentleman in Devon

101
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2 notable exclusions from regency council

A

Arch-conservative Gardiner
Imprisoned Duke of Norfolk

102
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What did John Hooper admit in 1550?

A

Pace of change hampered by uncooperative public.

103
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What did leaders of Cornish rebellion demand?

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Restoration of Catholic doctrine and practices. Wanted mass in latin and ban of English bible. Catholic rituals like communion.

104
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Why did Somerset allow the Earl of Southampton back into the Privy Council?

A

He denounced Thomas Seymour as a traitor

105
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Effect of reintroduction of 1538 injunctions?

A

Inconoclasm in London

106
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How much did England get for Boulogne?

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£133,333

107
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What is it possible Henry 8 said in regards to Edward Seymour?

A

He might have named him protector verbally.

108
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1550 Treaty

A

Treaty of Boulogne
Ended War of Rough Wooing
Peace, humiliating but neccessary

109
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What did Western Rebellion grow out of?

A

Revolts in Cornwall and Devon

110
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Main reason for kett

A

ENCLOSURE

111
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How many rebels in Kett’s rebellion?

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16,000

112
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What injunctions were reintroduced in 1547?

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The 1538 first injunctions. Pilgrimages, icons, relics

113
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What did the regency council turn into after fall of Somerset?

A

The Privy Council

114
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When did Dudley create himself Duke of Northumberland?

A

1551

115
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What conservative was imprisoned?

A

Stephen Gardiner

116
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Edward Seymour relation to Edward 6

A

Uncle

117
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What were the main reasons for Kett Rebellion?

A

Enclosure
Unemployment + inflation
Some protestant elements

118
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What physical thing was removed from churches by Northumberland?

A

Altars

119
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What title whas John Dudley given in 1547?

A

Earl of Warwick

120
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Who was heir after Edward according to 1544 succession act?

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Mary - staunch catholic

121
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How did Peter Carrew aggravate the situation?

A

He was a leading protestant! Seeing him enraged rebels and then one of his servants accidentally set fire to a barn…

122
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What did 42 articles do?

A

Officially state protestant doctrine

123
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When was Northumberland executed?

A

1553

124
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How many killed in Western Rebellion?

A

3000

125
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When did France declare war on England (Somerset)?

A

August 1549

126
Q

2 more radical senior members of clergy

A

Nicholas Ridley
John Hooper

127
Q

1549 Book of Common Prayer

A

Translated services into english.
Ambiguous, maybe allowing transubstantiation still.

128
Q

What was there a fall in demand for?

A

English wool

129
Q

Northumberland agricultural success

A

Controlled stocks of grain to relieve crisis by 1551

130
Q

Why did Somerset establish a court of requests?

A

To hear the grievances of the poor

131
Q

How many soldiers brought second time to Norwich?

A

12,000 + 1200 mercenaries

132
Q

What did Henry 8 establish before he died?

A

A regency council

133
Q

Northumberland enclosure policy

A

Withdrew commissioners
Repealed sheep tax in 1550
Enforced existing legislation

134
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Who did Somerset appoint as groom of the stool and chief gentleman of the privy chamber?

A

His brother in law, Stanhope

135
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When did Dudley (Warwick) become Lord President of the Privy Council?

A

1550

136
Q

What did Northumberland encourage Edward to write?

A

The devyse

137
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What city did Western Rebellion beseige?

A

Exeter (regional capital)

138
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What did the French do in Scotland in 1548?

A

Took Mary to France to marry the heir to French throne, later Francis 2

139
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Three examples of reformers in regency council?

A

Somerset
Cranmer
Denny

140
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What battle were the Scots defeated at?

A

Battle of Pinkie

141
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What was Henry 2 keen to do?

A

Assert himself

142
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What did Somerset insist in regards to signatures?

A

The King’s signature was invalid without his own signature.

143
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Where was highlighted in 1547 annoyance and why?

A

The south-west were pissed off about gentry families gaining church/monasterial land.

144
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What were Henry 8’s most likely wishes?

A

The regency council holds power without a protector.

145
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Why did Somerset withdraw troops from Scotland?

A

Rebellions in England, possibility of French invasion from the South

146
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Who was the leader of the Kett Rebellion?

A

Robert Kett

147
Q

What industry had collapsed in Norwich?

A

Textiles, caused unemployment in Norwich

148
Q

What remained the same in the church?

A

The hierarchy

149
Q

What law did Northumberland introduce for poor?

A

1552 poor law

150
Q

What kind of people did Somerset criticise?

A

Wealthy and self-serving

151
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How many soldiers did Henry 2 send to Scotland?

A

4000

152
Q

What title was John Dudley given in 1551, and what was his previous one?

A

Duke of Northumberland, previously Earl of Warwick

153
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What happened to William Body?

A

He was killed by a mob.

154
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Who did Dudley’s son, John, marry?

A

Somerset’s daughter, Anne

155
Q

What happened before the devyse had been ratified?

A

Edward 6 died

156
Q

Who dealt with Kett’s rebellion?

A

John Dudley (warwick… then northumberland)
At first, very incompetently
Had to return

157
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Why did John Dudley and Anne Seymour marry?

A

Dudley (Warwick)’s efforts to seek reconciliation with Somerset

158
Q

How did Northumberland raise money?

A

Sold chantry land
Big loans from European bankers
Customs and excise rates raised

159
Q

What happened in 1549 with enclosure in Somerset and Bristol?

A

Mobs tore down fences for enclosure.

160
Q

What hopes did Thomas Seymour seemingly entertain?

A

Marrying Elizabeth and seizing power.

161
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What gave Somerset quasi-regal powers?

A

Letters Patent in 1547

162
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What were there rumours of in East Anglia in 1549?

A

Government were going to increase taxes

163
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When did Somerset see first signs of rebellious sentiment?

A

In 1547 agents sent out to measure progress in reforms found signs of resistance in communities.

164
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What enforced the 1549 Book of Common Prayer?

A

Act of Uniformity

165
Q

Example of how Kett was dealt with somewhat leniantly?

A

Only evidence of 49 executions

166
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When did John Dudley and Anne Seymour marry?

A

1550

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