Elizabeths

Question 1

Elizabeth and religious (opposition)

Answer 1

Father Henry VIII
In 1558 she inherits throne
Illegitimate as Anne Boleyn was beheaded and Elizabeth was a woman
Mary inherited a debt of £300,000
Elizabeth raised taxes
Took out new loans
In 1559 Queen Elizabeth does her religious settlement with some bits of Catholic and Protestant, Middle way
Initially Queen Elizabeth doesnt mind rescuancy
1580 Pope said it would not be a sin to kill Elizabeth
1581 fine for rescuancy increased 100x
1585 Death penalty for anyone sheltering a catholic priest
1593 Catholics stay within 5 miles of home
By 1603 just 40,000 Catholics

Question 2

Elizabeth royal

Answer 2

Royal court- Nobles and privy council members that surround the Queen
Control through patronage
Privy council- Trusted nobles
Lead by Secratary of State
William Cecil
1587 Cecil manipulates Elizabeth into executing Mary Queen of Scots
1590s Rivalry between Robert Cecil and Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux most favoured
1598- Reached for sword during argument
1600- Abandoned soldiers in Island
1601 Plotted a rebellion to make James I King
County controlled by a Lord Lieutenant
Appointed in Patronage, organised armies
40JPs in each county
Judged cases
Unpaid so were corrupt
Puritain MPs want Elizabeth to marry a protestant
Parliament only met 13 times during 45 year rule
1593 Peter Wentworth imprisoned in tower of London for saying Protestant heir
John Stubbs hand cut off in 1579 for asking to marry Catholic
Portraits of Lizzy show no weakness
Progresses show off wealth

Question 3

Catholic resistance

Answer 3

Jesuits arrived in England led by Edmund Campion go to England and 100 of them hide in priest holes
Francis Walsingham employed Priest hunters to catch Catholic Priests
1581 Campion captured by Walshingham
Mary had an heir and was cousin of Elizabeth
Mary had support of Spain and France
1571 Ridolfi Plot
1583 Throckmorton Plot
Plots with French to invade
1586 Babington Plot
Plotted with Phillip of Spain
Allegedly sent messages to Mary
1587 Mary Queen of Scots executed
Manipulated by Willaim Cecil
1588 Launch of Spanish Armada
Mary refused to Marry Phillip of Spain
Mary knighted Francis Drake
1585 sent 7000 solders to Netherlands
130 ships
80 ships make it back to Spain
Duke of Medina had no experience and it was a week late
The English used small maneuverable ships
English used fire ships
Armada driven north by a storm
40 ships shipwrecked