Edward VI

Question 1

Somerset

Answer 1

FP
- Battle of Pinkie 1547 - 18,000 men
- garrisoning in Scotland - £580,000 in two years

society and economy
- Vagrancy Act 1547 - able bodied who did not work to be sold into slavery - children to be apprentices
- continued debasement
- started enclosure commission - sheep tax - anti-enclosure laws proclamation 1548

Question 2

Northumberland

Answer 2

• began to end debasement - reduced debt from £300,000 - £180,000
• ended anti-enclosure measures
• gave back Boulogne £133,333
• sold crown and chantry lands

Question 3

religion

Answer 3

1547 - Act of Six Articles repealed
1548 - First Book of Common Prayer - 5/7 sacraments, service in English

1552 - Second Book of Common Prayer - more radical - no transubstantiation, no traditional robes, no alter
1552 - Black Rubric - kneel for order
1552 - 42 Articles submitted but never became law

Question 4

Rebellion

Answer 4

Western
- caused by regional identity, First Prayer Book, did not like Commissioner William Body
- demand - return to Catholicism - uphold Six Articles
- took 6 weeks to put down - 3000 killed

Ketts
- caused by collapse of textile industry, anti-enclosure
- demand - no enclosure, lower tax
- 16,000 people
- refused negotiation - Northumberland _ 12,000 men
- 3,000 men killed and Kett’s arrested

1549 yr of crises - rebellions and famine