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Elizabeth Parliament and Control Flashcards

1
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When did Elizabeth grant the Earl of Worcester an important job at court and what did it lead to?

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1601 and it lead to him commissioning the painting to flatter her and thank her for her patronage as well as to boast about his powerful court connections

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2
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How many servants and guards did Elizabeth stay with?

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Around 500

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What was her main residence?

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Whitehall

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How many other residences does she have and some examples?

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Over 60 residences including Greenwich, Nonsuch, Windsor and Richmond

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5
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When was Sir Francis Walsingham Secretary of State?

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1572-1590

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When was Sir William Cecil/Lord Burghley Secretary of State?

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1558-1572 and 1590-1598

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When did Sir Francis Walsingham make Elizabeth drop her marriage with the Duke of Anjou?

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1580

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When was Elizabeth angered by Walsingham’s impatience?

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Early 1580s

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9
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When did Sir Francis Walsingham die?

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7th April 1590

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10
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When was the execution of MQoS?

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1587

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When did Cecil die of exhaustion?

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1598 aged 77 with his son being the next SoS

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12
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What is the full name of the Earl of Essex?

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Robert Devereux

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13
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When did the Earl of Essex first appear in Liz’s court?

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1584

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14
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When did the Earl of Essex and Liz begin to spend alot of time with each other?

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1587

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15
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When did Essex anger Liz?

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1589 = Joined Sir Francis Drake’s attack on Lisbon defying her
1590 = He married without asking for her permission
She forgave him both times

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16
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When did his military skill and knowledge of foreign affairs win him a place in the Privy Council?

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1593

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17
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When did Essex lead a successful attack on the Spanish port of Cadiz?

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1596

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18
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What meeting did Elizabeth clearly favour Cecil which resulted in Essex rudely turning his back?

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June 1598 Privy Council

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19
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When did Essex leave to put down a rebellion in Ireland?

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March 1599

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20
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When did Essex arrive back from Ireland?

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28th Sep 1600

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21
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When did Essex begin gather a group of supporters incuding courtiers out of favour and unemployed soldiers?

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Jan 1601

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When did he arrange for the production of Shakespeare’s play Richard II?

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Feb 1601 // At Globe Theatre

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23
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When did Essex march into the streets of London?

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Feb 1601

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24
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When was Essex executed for treason?

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25th Feb 1601

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25
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How long is the entire Elizabethan era?

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45 years

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26
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How many sessions did Parliament hold within the Elizabethan period?

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13

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27
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How many months was Parliament in session?

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35 months

28
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What was the average number of weeks they met per year?

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3

29
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How many MPs spoke in debates?

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10%

30
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What was average % of MPs that voted?

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47

31
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How many acts were passed in Parliament during the Elizabethan period?

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434 acts

32
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What laws and taxes were passed in 1581?

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Taxes approved to pay for an army sent in Ireland
Anti-Catholic laws were also passed

33
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What laws and taxes were passed in 1584-85?

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Laws against Catholic priests
More taxes granted to pay with the war with Spain

34
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What taxes were passed in 1586-87?

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MPs granted taxes for war against Spain

35
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What taxes were passed in 1589?

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MPs approved taxes to pay the costs of defeating the Spanish Armada the year before

36
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What taxes and laws were passed in 1593 ?

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Taxes granted for war against Spain
More anti-Catholic laws passed

37
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What taxes and laws were passed in 1597-98 ?

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More taxes granted
Laws passed regarding the poor

38
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What taxes were passed in ?

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Taxes granted to pay for war against Spain
Pay for the army in Ireland

39
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Who wrote a pamphlet criticizing the Queen considering to marry French Catholic Duke of Anjou and when?

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November 1576 - John Stubbs

40
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When was John Stubbs released from prison?

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1581

41
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When did John Stubbs become a MP?

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1589

42
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When did Puritans MPs demand that the Church of England do away with bishops?

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1584 and 1586

43
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When did two Suffolk Puritans get hanged for spreading similar views to Puritan MPs?

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1583

44
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Which MP urged Liz to name a Protestant successor and what happened to him? Also when?

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1593//Puritan MP Peter Wentworth//Liz imprisoned him in the ToL and he died 3/4 years later

45
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When did Elizabeth cancel some monopolies?

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1601

46
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When did Elizabeth make her ‘‘Golden Speech’’?

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1601

47
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When did MPs complain about the Queen’s purveyances and what was her response?

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1589 - She said it didn’t concern MPs though she would consider their complaints

48
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When did MPs complain about monopolies in Parliament?

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1597

49
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What was Liz’s response to the MPs complaints about monopolies?

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Elizabeth agreed to look at the issue but ultimately took no action until 1601

50
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Who was one beneficiares of monopolies?

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Sir Walter Raleigh who possessesed the monopoly of tin

51
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When did Elizabeth have to call Parliament more often and why?

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1580-1603 = She needed laws and financial support to deal with religious threats and war with Spain

52
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When did MPs demand for the execution of MQoS and how did Elizabeth respond?

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1586 = She gave a vague answer but 3 months later she agreed

53
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What couldn’t Parliament discuss?

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  • Foreign policy
  • Succession
  • Her marriage
  • Religion
54
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The Earl of Worcester was the Lord Lieutenant for the counties of

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Glamorgan and Monmouthshire

55
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Who wrote a 600 page book describing the many duties of a JP?

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William Lambard

55
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Who wrote a 600 page book describing the many duties of a JP?

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William Lambard

56
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What is an example of Elizabeth staying with nobleman?

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June 1591 - 4 day stay with the Earl of Hertford

57
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When would Accession day pageants take place?

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On 17th Nov each year to celebrate Liz first taking the throne

58
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How many printing presses were there in England?

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Never more than 60

59
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Who was the printer that published Liz’s final speech in 1601?

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Robert Barker and it was circulated within 2 days

60
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Which poem did Liz help become popular and by who?

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The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

61
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When did the government shut down London’s theatres?

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In briefly 1597 when a play seemed to criticize the Queen

62
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How many paintings of Liz survived from her time?

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Roughly 135 but there was likely more

63
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How did they consider to control the number and quality of the portraits?

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1584 = only two artists (Nicholas Hilliard and George Gower) the sole right to make miniature and larger portraits of the Queen [Dropped]
1596 = Ordered that any paintings of ‘great offence’ (She looked old or likely to die with no obv heir) should be burned
1596 = A new pattern of Liz emerged to replace one issued in 1575 to maker her look far younger to hide the fact she was 63 years old with black teeth and false hair

64
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At every service what would worshippers say at every service

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“Prayer for the Queen’s Majesty”

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