Edward VI

Question 1

1547

Answer 1

28 January - Henry VIII dies.
31 January - Ed proclaimed King and Somerset proclaimed Protector.
September - Somerset invades Scotland - victorious at the Battle of Pinkie.
December - Act of the Six Articles repealed.

Question 2

1548

Answer 2

Inflationary pressures.

A period of limbo between January and November. December onwards is the establishment of Protestantism.

Question 3

1549

Answer 3

January - Act of Uniformity passed.
March - Commotion in Lincolnshire.
May - Commotions in Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Sussex, Essex, Staffordshire.
May-June - the Western Rebellion.
July - Commotions in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Warwickshire, Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire.
July-August - Kett’s Rebellion.
August - Commotions in Leicestershire and Rutland.
October - Warwick launches coup against Somerset.
December - First Book of Common Prayer.

Question 4

1550

Answer 4

Warwick becomes Lord President of the Privy Council.
Treaty of Boulogne.
Julius III becomes Pope.

Question 5

1552

Answer 5

January - New Treason Act and Second Book of Common Prayer.
April - Second Act of Uniformity.
November - 42 Articles submitted.

Question 6

1553

Answer 6

6 July - Death of Edward VI.
Pole appointed Papal legate to England.
Lady Jane grey proclaimed Queen.
Mary I crowned Queen.