Edward VI

Question 1

When was Edward VI born?

Answer 1

1537

Question 2

When did Edward VI die?

Answer 2

1553

Question 3

What was the period the reign of Edward VI?

Answer 3

1547-1553

Question 4

Who were Edward VI’s mother and father?

Answer 4

Jane Seymour and Henry VIII

Question 5

Who brought Edward VI up?

Answer 5

Henry VIII’s last wife Catherine Parr

Question 6

What religion was Edward VI brought up as?

Answer 6

Protestant

Question 7

What age was Edward VI when he came to the throne?

Answer 7

9 years old

Question 8

Was Edward VI educated?

Answer 8

Very well educated

Could speak and read French, German, Greek and Latin

Question 9

When Edward VI came to the throne at 9 years old, who was his protector as he was too young to rule?

Answer 9

Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, his uncle

Question 10

Did Edward VI uncle last long as protector?

Answer 10

No, only 3 years from 1547-1550. When the nobles ganged up on him, he was removed as protector and put in jail by John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland who then took over as protector.

Question 11

Who was Edward VI second protector?

Answer 11

John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, who lasted the next 3 years until Edward’s death

Question 12

Did the à Duke of Somerset know the à Duke of Northumberland who put him in prison?

Answer 12

Yes. They used to be friends and were now enemies.

Question 13

When Edward VI was dying, who did he name as his successor?

Answer 13

His cousin, Lady Jane Grey, excluding his half sisters, because he wanted to be sure that the country would not revert to Catholism.

Question 14

Did Lady Jane Grey remain Queen?

Answer 14

No, she was deposed by Mary 9 days later and Mary converted the country back to Catholism.

Question 15

What was the dry stamp?

Answer 15

It was a stamp of Henry VIII’s signature

Question 16

What did Edward Seymour do with the dry stamp?

Answer 16

He and other Protestants used the dry stamp to insert a controversial unfulfilled gifts clause into Henry’s will to change it to favour them.

Question 17

What did the Protestants headed by Edward Seymour give themselves as a result of the unfulfilled gift clause?

Answer 17

1. Land
2. Money and wealth
3. Changed the regency council members so that the Protestants ruled over the Catholics and so seized control of the country

Question 18

What titles gives Edward Seymour give himself?

Answer 18

Lord Protector of the Realm
Duke of Somerset,
Governor of the King’s person

Question 19

What were Edward VI’s wishes about the religion of England?

Answer 19

He was determined to change it into a more Protestant Country

Question 20

How did the Regency Council feel about Edward VI’s wishes to change the country in a more Protestant country?

Answer 20

They were delighted as Edward Seymour had formed a Protestant majority in the council

Question 21

List some of the Protestant changes under Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset.

Answer 21

1. Repelled the Act of the 6 articles , allowing Protestants beliefs again, and relaxed censorship on books and sermons.
2. Catholic ceremonies and practices, saints and holy days ( holidays), rituals and processions were gradually outlawed.
3. Chantries were abolished as belief in purgatory were banned.
4. Cranmer wrote a new prayer book with service in English that everyone must use in Church.

Question 22

Which of the Protestant changed caused Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset to be thrown in prison.

Answer 22

Probably all of them, but the opposition to the use of the new prayer book in all churches was the main thing. He generated a law to enforce this… 1549 Act of Uniformity.

Question 23

What is idolatry?

Answer 23

The worship of an idol or a physical object as a representation of God; strongly opposed by Protestants who emphasised faith and belief instead.

Question 24

How did did the Duke of Northumberland, who replaced the Duke of Somerset as Protector and leader of the council, feel about religion?

Answer 24

He was Protestant but had no strong views on religion

Question 25

Why did the Protestant reforms continue under the à Duke of Northumberland’s guidance even though he had no strong views on religion?

Answer 25

Edward VI was getting older and was starting to exert authority he was keen on radical reforms.

Question 26

What Protestant changes came into play in the last three years of Edward VI life when he was guided by the Duke of Northumberland?

Answer 26

1. Cranmer wrote a prayer book that did a way with mass completely and replaced it with the Lord’s supper known as communion.
2. Radical Protestants were appointed to key church positions.
3. Edward VI agreed to the 42 articles which endorsed faith alone, that the bible should be followed closely and Catholic ideas such as purgatory and transubstantiation were banned.
4. Priests began to marry and have families
5. Congregation receivpved bread and wine rather than just bread.
6. Gold plates and chalices in church were replaced with simpler objects. Ornate alters with tables.
7. Priests were renamed ministers and wore black clothes rather than colourful robes
8. Government confiscated all gold and silver plate which were deemed idolatrous.