Henry Fact Test 2

Question 1

What was Cromwell alleged to have memorised when he travelled across France?

Answer 1

The New Testament

Question 2

Name one of the courts Cromwell established to deal with the new income from the church?

Answer 2

First Fruits and Tenths

Question 3

Which historian said that Cromwell was the “ most remarkable revolutionary in English history”?

Answer 3

Elton

Question 4

Which Pope excommunicated Henry in 1538, raising the possibility of a catholic crusade?

Answer 4

Pope Paul III

Question 5

How big was Henry’s waist in the 1540s?

Answer 5

50”

Question 6

What were the two factions called who jostled for power in the 1540s?

Answer 6

Progressive and conservatives

Question 7

Which act of 1533 gave Henry “whole and entire power” over all legal cases in his realm?

Answer 7

Act in Restraint of Appeals

Question 8

Name one of the high-profile figures who was executed for refusing to swear the oath of allegiance to Henry as supreme Head of the Church and Anne as the rightful queen?

Answer 8

Thomas more

Question 9

How many pages of law were passed by Parliament between 1509-47?

Answer 9

1032

Question 10

Which area lost its County Palatine statue and became fully integrated into England in 1536?

Answer 10

Durham

Question 11

Name two of the councils established by Cromwell to increase royal authority in the regions

Answer 11

Council of the North and the Council of the West

Question 12

Which noble dangled his niece in front of Henry in an attempt to gain influence in 1540?

Answer 12

Norfolk

Question 13

What noble title was Cromwell promoted to only months before his execution in July 1540

Answer 13

Earl of Essex

Question 14

Which gentleman of the privy chamber was executed for treason after allegedly having intimate relations with Catherine Howard in the toilet at Pontefract castle

Answer 14

Thomas colpepper