Edward and Somerset

Question 1

When was the Third Act of Succession?

Answer 1

1543

Question 2

What made up the Regency Council?

Answer 2

8 reformists 8 catholics

Question 3

Who did Somerset collab with to get Edward VI in his custody?

Answer 3

William Paget

Question 4

Who gives Somerset Henry’s dry stamp?

Answer 4

Anthony Denny

Question 5

When is Somerset’s power officiated?

Answer 5

16th Feb 1547

Question 6

What percent of Devon was protestant?

Answer 6

1%

Question 7

What percent of York is Protestant?

Answer 7

2%

Question 8

Book of ________ be placed in every church: services in ______, superstitious _________ removed.

Answer 8

Homilies, English, statues

Question 9

What act was passed in Autumn 1547?

Answer 9

Chantries Act

Question 10

Autumn 1547, Parliament repeals the _________

Answer 10

Treason Act

Question 11

When was preaching banned?

Answer 11

Sep 1548

Question 12

What year was the Act of Uniformity?

Answer 12

1549

Question 13

What was in the Book of Common Prayer?

Answer 13

5 sacraments instead of 7, Holy Communion in English, holy days remained

Question 14

Who was Somerset’s brother?

Answer 14

Thomas Seymour

Question 15

When was Seymour caught in the privy gardens breaking into Edward’s apartments?

Answer 15

16th January 1549

Question 16

When was Seymour executed?

Answer 16

20th March 1549

Question 17

Between 1525-1551 what was the population rise?

Answer 17

2.3 million to 3 million

Question 18

By 1551 what percentage of the population was under the age of 5?

Answer 18

20%

Question 19

Why were there poor harvests?

Answer 19

poor agricultural strategies

Question 20

How much was the conflict with Scotland costing?

Answer 20

£200,000 per year

Question 21

1584: An attempt was made to improve gold finances by increasing ___% carat and ___________ coin size.

Answer 21

22, decreasing

Question 22

What was a problem in a cause of poor harvests and debasement?

Answer 22

inflation

Question 23

What is enclosure?

Answer 23

gentry and nobility privatising land

Question 24

When and what was Hale’s Commission?

Answer 24

1548, an investigation by Somerset about enclosure

Question 25

What was Somerset named because of Hale’s Commission?

Answer 25

The Good Duke

Question 26

What was formed in Spring 1549?

Answer 26

anti-Somerset faction

Question 27

Who was in the anti-Somerset faction?

Answer 27

William Paget, Wriothesley, Northumberland

Question 28

What does Edward write i his chronicle?

Answer 28

me thinks I am in prison

Question 29

When was Somerset imprisoned?

Answer 29

14th Oct 1549

Question 30

How was Somerset re-arrested?

Answer 30

trumped up charges of treason and felony

Question 31

WHen was Somerset executed?

Answer 31

Jan 1552