factions in 1540s

Question 1

conservative faction

Answer 1

Accepted the break with Rome, but opposed
doctrinal changes

Led by the Thomas Howard (Duke of Norfolk),
Howard’s son the Earl of Surrey, and Stephen
Gardiner (Bishop of Winchester).

Associated with:
Passage of Six Articles, 1539
Fall of Thomas Cromwell
Catherine Howard, Henry’s fifth wife
Plot against Cranmer (1543)
Plot against Catherine Parr (1546)

Question 2

reformist faction

Answer 2

Accepted the break with Rome, seeing it as an
opportunity to introduce Protestant doctrines into
the Church

Led by Edward Seymour, Prince Edward’s uncle
(Earl of Hertford and later Duke of Somerset), and
Archbishop Cranmer

Associated with:
Fall of Catherine Howard
Catherine Parr, Henry’s sixth wife
Plot against Gardiner (1544)
Arrest of Norfolk (1546)

Question 3

evidence of conservative control

Answer 3

1540s- fall of thomas cromwell
1540- Henrys marriage to Catherine Howard
1546- plot against catherine parr

Question 4

evidence of reformist control

Answer 4

February 1542- Fall of Catherine Howard
religion in the 1540s
the fal of the conservative faction

Question 5

evidence of henry control

Answer 5

1540s fall of thomas cromwell
1543 cranmer plot (Prebendaries Plot)
religion in the 1540s