Elizabethan Parliament 1563-1603

Question 1

While parliament was occasionally important for legislative and revenue raising purposes what was its secondary feature of the Elizabethan political system?

Answer 1

Giving advice

Question 2

In which 2 years did the Privy Council openly press the issue of marriage?

Answer 2

1563

1566

Question 3

Who proposed a bill to reform the Book of Common Prayer which angered the Queen in 1971?

Answer 3

Strickland

Question 4

What was the significance of when Strickland proposed a bill to reform the Book of Common Prayer which angered the Queen in 1971?

Answer 4

the Council removed him from attendance at the Commons as they were angered from his open means of reform

Question 5

When did Parliament call for the execution of the Duke of Norfolk and Mary Queen of Scots?

Answer 5

1572 following the Ridolfi Plot

Question 6

What year did Parliament petition Elizabeth for Mary to be executed?

Answer 6

1587

Question 7

What year were a few Presbyterian MPs sought religious reforms imprisoned for their infringement of the royal prerogative?

Answer 7

1587

Question 8

When was Parliament called so that revenue could be raised for the war against Spain?

Answer 8

1589

Question 9

What was the 1593 Parliament largely concerned with?

Answer 9

against those who refused to attend church

Question 10

Why was Parliament imprisoned in 1593?

Answer 10

for raising the issue of the succession thereby infringing the royal prerogative

Question 11

What year was Elizbeth desperately short of cash at a time of economic and social crisis and called Parliament who granted a triple subsidy for a comprehensive poor law

Answer 11

1598

Question 12

How many Acts were passed by Elizabeth’s parliaments?

Answer 12

438

Question 13

What years were two acts of Parliament for social policy which addressed poor relief?

Answer 13

1598 and 1601

Question 14

What was the most important function of Parliament under Elizabeth as under the previous Tudor monarchs?

Answer 14

Their function to grant extraordinary revenue to the Crown

Question 15

How many parliamentary sessions was there in Elizabeth’s reign?

Answer 15

13

Question 16

To whom did meetings of Parliament give useful opportunities to gauge opinion amongst members of the ‘political nation’?

Answer 16

Privy Councillors and other senior figures

Question 17

How many MPs did historian John Neale believe existed in a ‘Puritan Choir’ which began an emergence of oppositions elements in Elizabeth’s reign?

Answer 17

40MPs

Question 18

Who later attacked the Puritan Choir concept of John Neale who argued there was 40MPs?

Answer 18

Elton and Graves

Question 19

What is a perfect example of the patronage system of Elizabethan England in order to maintain loyalties?

Answer 19

Elizabeth created 62 new borough seats in the HOC for local gentry who wanted prestige and who were then able to reward their local supporters and maintain a system of loyalty to the Crown

Question 20

Who played an important role in preparing the Crown’s legislative programme, and often framing and shaping bills?

Answer 20

Sir William Cecil

Question 21

Who did Cecil use to help him manage the Commons?

Answer 21

his own men of business, MPs typically lawyers and experts on parliamentary procedure who could promote measures which Cecil considered important

Question 22

In what 2 years did Elizabeth outburst in irritation when the HOC at the urging of the Privy Council sought to debate the issues of marriage and succession?

Answer 22

1563 and 1566

Question 23

How many bills across her whole reign did Elizabeth refuse the royal assent?

Answer 23

60 bills

Question 24

What did the Crown sought to pass through Parliament in 1593 with the support of Archbishop Whitgift even though this was openly opposed by MPs?

Answer 24

a punitive act against sectaries (members of Protestants who rejected the Church of England and the royal supremacy)

Question 25

Why was MP Wentworth imprisoned in 1593?

Answer 25

for arguing for a named successor to Elizabeth

Question 26

Who was imprisoned for arguing in Parliament for a named successor to Elizbeth?

Answer 26

Wentworth

Question 27

What year was the Golden Speech?

Answer 27

1601

Question 28

What was the Golden Speech of 1601?

Answer 28

This was delivered by the Queen to a number of Mps s the final parliamentary session drew to a close which suggests she was aware it would be her last

Question 29

Why was MP Wentworth imprionsed in 1576 by orders of the HOC itself?

Answer 29

for asserting the right of Parliament to discuss matters which Elizabeth regarded as part of her prerogative powers

Question 30

What happened to Wentworth after his arrest in 1593 for arguing for a named successor?

Answer 30

he was held in prison until his death in 1597