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Elizabeth Government/Parliament Flashcards

1
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What are the 5 themes of the Elizabethan government and parliament chapter?

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  • Privy Council
  • Gender
  • Parliament
  • Marriage and succession
  • Faction
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GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT

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GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT

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How often did the Privy Council meet?

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Twice a week

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Who advised QE early in her reign?

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Dudley

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How many of QE’s Privy Council also sat on Mary’s Privy Council?

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7

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When were Dudley and Norfolk both appointed as Privy Councillors?

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1562

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7
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What religion was Robert Dudley?

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Protestant

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What religion was the Duke of Norfolk? (Thomas Howard)

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Catholic

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Who were the 2 Privy Councillors executed for treason in QE’s reign?

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Norfolk and Essex

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When was Norfolk executed?

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2nd June 1572

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When was Essex executed?

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25th February 1601

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What did the Privy Council discuss in an emergency meeting in 1562?

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Succession - Elizabeth nearly died of smallpox in October 1562

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What did the Privy Council discuss in 1566?

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Possibility of the Queen’s marriage

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What did the Privy Council introduce in reaction to the assassination of William of Orange in 1584?

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The Bond of Association

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What Privy Councillor did QE throw her slipper at?

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Walsingham

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16
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What happened to William Cecil under Mary?

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He was briefly imprisoned

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What did Cecil believe about Europe that QE did not?

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That the Catholic powers of Europe were conspiring to overthrow her

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How did Cecil believe QE could prevent the powers of Europe overthrowing her?

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By having an undisputed succession

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Why did Cecil threaten to resign in 1560?

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Threatened to resign unless QE agreed to help the Lords of the Congregation in Scotland

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What treaty did Cecil negotiate in 1560?

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The Treaty of Edinburgh

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What book by Cecil was published in 1583?

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‘The Execution of Justice in England’ - 1583

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What did Cecil argue in his book ‘The Execution of Justice in England’?

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That the punishments of Roman Catholics were for treason

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What did Cecil make clear in his book ‘The Execution of Justice in England’?

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His loyalty to QE and his hatred of the Church of Rome

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FACTION

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FACTION

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What was the main faction in the Elizabethan government?

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William Cecil and Robert Dudley

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What did William Cecil and Robert Dudley disagree on?

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Whether England should intervene in the wars in Europe - Dudley wanted to intervene, Cecil wanted to maintain peace for as long as possible

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When was there a factional conflict between Dudley and the Howard Alliance of Norfolk and Sussex?

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1565-66

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28
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What did Leicester (Dudley) accuse Sussex of?

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Misconduct

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In retaliation to Sussex being accused of misconduct, what did Norfolk accuse Leicester of?

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Murdering his wife Amy Robsart in 1560

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Why was the factional conflict between the Howards and Leicester a problem for QE?

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QE was close to Leicester and was in danger of being drawn in

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31
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What did Dudley and Sussex threaten to fight?

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A duel

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How did QE end the factional conflict between Leicester and the Howards?

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By saying that she would not marry Dudley

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33
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How did Elizabeth tend to deal with faction?

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Procrastination

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What did Walsingham say in 1575 about QE procrastinating?

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‘Let not the cure of your diseased estate hang any longer in the balance’

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What type of quarrelling was applauded by QE?

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People quarrelling over their devotion to her

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GENDER

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GENDER

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37
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What book did John Knox write in 1558?

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‘The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the monstrous Regiment of Women’

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38
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What did William Cecil say in regards to Knox?

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‘Of all others, Knox’s name is most odious here’

39
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Why did puritans oppose female rule?

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None of Jesus’ disciples were female

40
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What was there a lot of at court up to 1589?

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Gossip and sexual indiscretions

41
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Who danced his way into Elizabeth’s favour?

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Sir Christopher Hatton

42
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What was Christopher Hatton made after 15 years?

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Lord Chancellor

43
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What poem was written by Edmund Spenser about QE?

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The Faerie Queene

44
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What did the poem Faerie Queene compare Elizabethan England to?

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Fairyland

45
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What was QE described as in the poem Faerie Queene?

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A ‘most virtuous and beautiful lady’

46
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How did QE find out about Norfolk’s plan to marry MQoS in 1569?

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Through her ladies-in-waiting

47
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What did Accession Day become about after the 1570s?

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Knights jousting to show their loyalty to the Queen

48
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What name did QE have for Leicester?

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Her ‘eyes’

49
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RELATIONSHIP WITH PARLIAMENT

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RELATIONSHIP WITH PARLIAMENT

50
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How many times did QE call Pment during her reign?

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13 times

51
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What % of QE’s reign did Parliament sit?

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6%

52
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What did Parliament discuss in 1559?

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The Religious Settlement

53
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What did Parliaments from 1589 onwards talk about?

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Funding the war with Spain

54
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What was the attendance at Parliament in 1559?

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Just over 50%

55
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What % of MPs in any Parliament had sat in the previous one on average?

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About 40%

56
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What was the average attendance in the House of Lords?

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2/3

57
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How many Parliaments did QE summon in her 45 year reign?

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13

58
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How many Parliaments had met from 1528 to 1558?

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28

59
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What is evidence to suggest Parliament wanted religious reforms?

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There was pre-session planning and an organised attempt by MPs to achieve religious reform

60
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What did QE not allow Parliament to do?

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Revise the religious settlement without her authority

61
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What MP was suspended in 1571 for proposing religious reforms?

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Walter Strickland

62
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What MP proposed puritan reforms in 1586?

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Anthony Cope

63
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When did parliament demand that Mary and Norfolk be executed, with QE agreeing to execute Norfolk?

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1572

64
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Why did Parliament have an emergency meeting in 1586?

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Mary Queen of Scots had been found guilty of treason

65
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How did the 2 houses of Parliament work together to get Mary executed?

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They joined together in presenting a petition to QE to carry out the legal penalty for treason

66
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When did Paul Wentworth raise the matter of freedom of speech?

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1566

67
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When did Peter Wentworth raise the issue of freedom of speech?

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1571,1576, 1587

68
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Why did QE believe religion was not a matter for Parliament?

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She believed it was a matter for her and her bishops

69
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What did Peter Wentworth claim about the way QE controlled debates in 1576?

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That QE controlled debates through ‘rumours and messages’

70
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What happened to Peter Wentworth after he claimed that QE ruled through ‘rumours and messages’?

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He was sent to the Tower

71
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What did QE have the power to do in regards to Parliament?

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QE could dissolve Parliament

72
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What bill did QE veto in 1571?

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A bill that would have introduced heavy fines for those who refused to take communion

73
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What bill did QE veto in 1572?

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A bill that would have declared that MQoS could never be Queen of England

74
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What happened in October 1562 which raised the issue of succession?

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QE nearly died of smallpox

75
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What happened in 1566 that eased pressure on QE to name an heir?

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Mary had a son - James

76
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What did Cecil say in 1573 about QE not marrying or naming a successor?

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That it increases ‘expenses and dangers’

77
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Why could QE not marry Dudley?

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His family had a poor reputation - Father executed for treason - rumour that he murdered his wife Amy Robsart in 1560

78
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When did QE reject Philip’s offer for marriage?

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1559

79
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Why did QE claim she could not marry Philip?

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She could not accept papal dispensation

80
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What 2 Privy Councillors backed a marriage to Archduke Charles?

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William Cecil and the Duke of Norfolk

81
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When did QE end the prospect of a marriage with Archduke Charles?

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1567

82
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Who did the Earl of Leicester suggest as a marriage candidate?

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Charles IX, French King, aged 15

83
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When did the potential match with Charles IX end?

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1571

84
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When did Parliament present QE a petition that she should marry?

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1559

85
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When did Parliament urge QE to marry?

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1563

86
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What did the House of Lords want to avoid?

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A disputed succession

87
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What did a bill granting subsidy contain?

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A promise that QE would marry as soon as possible

88
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How long did John Stubbs spend in the tower after criticising a potential French marriage?

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18 months

89
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Why was Peter Wentworth sent to the tower?

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For saying that QE would leave a name of ‘infamy throughout the world’ if she did not name a successor

90
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What 2 MPs demanded in 1566 that QE get married?

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Robert Molyneux and Ralph Sadler

91
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When did John Stubbs get his hand cut off for criticising a potential French marriage in a pamphlet?

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3rd November 1579

92
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How did QE react to a bill that said she should marry as soon as possible?

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She scorched it with her quill

93
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What did QE equate naming a successor to?

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Being ‘buried alive’

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