Faction in the 1540s

Question 1

Catherine Howard

Answer 1

Married July 1540
Stripped of her title in 1541
Executed in February 1542 on the grounds of adultery

Question 2

Catherine Parr

Answer 2

Married July 1543
In September 1544 she was appointed as regent while Henry was in France and in the case that he lost his life she was to rule until Edward was of age
Reformist
Involved in the education of Elizabeth and Edward

Question 3

Third Succession Act

Answer 3

1542
Catherine Parr was heavily involved
Restored Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession

Question 4

Duke of Suffolk

Answer 4

Supported Henry’s ecclesiastical policy
Received a large share of land after the dissolution of the monasteries
Command of the English army for their invasion of France in 1544

Question 5

Paget

Answer 5

Friends with Gardiner
1532 Clerk of the Signet
Member of the Privy Council
1543 Secretary of State
Appointed to Edward’s minority council

Question 6

Wriothesley

Answer 6

Secretary of State, Lord Chancellor, Lord High Admiral
Loyal instrument to Henry during the break from Rome
Rewarded from the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Prosecuted Calvinists and Protestants when the winds changed

Question 7

Richard Rich

Answer 7

Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations in 1536 (in charge of the disposal of monastic revenues)
Rewarded by the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Prosecuted and tortured those opposed to the official church, be it Catholic or CoE
Lord Chancellor during Edward’s reign

Question 8

Anne Askew

Answer 8

Protestant martyr condemned as a heretic
Interrogated by the traditionalists to try and gain information on Catherine Parr and her ladies in waiting (but she gave no information)

Question 9

Gardiner

Answer 9

Secretary to Wolsey 1524, Bishop of Winchester 1532
Conservative who led the opposition to Cromwell’s reforms, falling out of favour with Henry
Recovered his position and led the Catholic faction with the Duke of Norfolk
Forced out of government by Edward

Question 10

Duke of Norfolk

Answer 10

Uncle of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard and was important in many of the royal marriages
Led troops against the Pilgrimage of Grace 1536
Challenged Cromwell’s reforms and was influential in the Act of Six Articles
Imprisoned in the Tower due to his son, Earl of Surrey

Question 11

Earl of Surrey

Answer 11

Put part of the royal coat of arms on his family emblem without permission. He was imprisoned and his father sentenced to death

Question 12

Sir Anthony Denny

Answer 12

Gentleman of the Privy Chamber
Became very close to Henry whom confided in him, he was knighted in 1544
He increasingly controlled access to the King e.g. barred Gardiner from interceding with the King after he was removed the Privy Council in 1546
Given control of the dry stamp in 1546 giving him the opportunity to act independently of the King

Question 13

Fall of Catherine Howard

Answer 13

Norfolk and the Catholic faction seized on her lack of love for Henry
Cranmer had to break the news to Henry but was so scared of his reaction that he left it in a sealed envelope

Question 14

Cranmer

Answer 14

Protestant
Archbishop of Canterbury
Defended Cromwell after he was charged
Saved from execution by Henry giving him his ring whilst he was in the Tower