Henry & Becket

Question 1

In what year did Henry I surrender the right to appoint bishops and abbots?

Answer 1

1107

Question 2

In what year did Archbishop Theobald die?

Answer 2

1161

Question 3

What year was Thomas Becket duly elected as Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer 3

1162

Question 4

Explain the term Canon Law?

Answer 4

The law of the church, giving clergymen the right to be tried in an ecclesiastical court which was often more lenient.

Question 5

What was the aim of the Constitutions of Clarendon?

Answer 5

Limiting the power of ecclesiastical courts by stating those who were found guilty were to be handed over to the King’s court for punishment.

Question 6

What happened at the Council of Woodstock in 1163?

Answer 6

Becket refused the payment of Sheriffs aid.

Question 7

What year were the Constitutions of Clarendon put forward?

Answer 7

1164.

Question 8

What happened at the Council of Westminster?

Answer 8

A dispute between Henry and the church regarding criminous clerks.

Question 9

What year was the Council of Wesminster?

Answer 9

1163

Question 10

What year did Henry’s younger brother William die?

Answer 10

1164

Question 11

Why did Henry blame Becket for his brother’s death?

Answer 11

Becket refused to allow his brother’s marriage due to family relations.

Question 12

What happened at the Council of Northampton?

Answer 12

Becket was forced to stand trial and charged with a series of financial offences regarding his time as chancellor.

Question 13

What year did Becket flee England?

Answer 13

1164

Question 14

How many years did Becket spend exiled in France?

Answer 14

6

Question 15

Which Baron showed Henry great support during the Becket dispute?

Answer 15

Gilbert Foliot

Question 16

What year did Henry organised the coronation of his son Young Henry?

Answer 16

1170

Question 17

In what year did Henry offer a compromise on the Constitutions of Clarendon?

Answer 17

1167

Question 18

Did Becket accept Henry’s compromise on the Constitutions of Clarendon?

Answer 18

No, many papal legates accepted but Becket himself refused.

Question 19

What did the pope do in 1168?

Answer 19

Wrote to Henry and Becket to suspend the feud until 1069 when Becket was to have his authority restored.

Question 20

What did Becket do in 1169?

Answer 20

Excommunicated Gilbert Foliot among other bishops.

Question 21

What year did Becket threat an interdict?

Answer 21

1170

Question 22

What year did Becket and Henry meet at Freteval?

Answer 22

1170

Question 23

What was Becket’s first act upon his return?

Answer 23

to excommunicate those involved in Young Henry’s coronation.

Question 24

What was the date of Becket’s murder?

Answer 24

29 December, 1170.

Question 25

Did Pope Alexander confirm the Constitutions of Clarendon?

Answer 25

No, he refused to confirm them in 1164

Question 26

What happened to those excommunicated by Becket during the feud?

Answer 26

Pope Alexander III pardoned those excommunicated during the feud.

Question 27

How did people react to Becket's murder?

Answer 27

He became a martyr

Question 28

What year was Henry pardoned from his involvement in the murder?

Answer 28

1172

Question 29

How was Henry 'punished' for Becket's murder?

Answer 29

He was threatened with an interdict which the Pope eventually refused. Henry had to pay to provide 200 Knights to Jerusalem in the crusade. Henry also agreed to abolish the changes he made to the church, including the constitutions of Clarendon.