Henry's Early Years

Question 1

When did Henry V111 come to the throne?

Answer 1

2 months before his 18th birthday

Question 2

Why was Henrys impetuous (without care)approach have considerable implications for the quality of decision making within Henry’s administration?

Answer 2

as he could intervene suddenly in the business of government and contradict decisions or actions which had already been taken

Question 3

What did Henry V111 lack which many historians had attributed to his father?

Answer 3

work ethic

Question 4

What reflects Henry V111’s preference for good company rather than government business?

Answer 4

the courtly activities which followed his accession such as pageants, sports, hunting and tournaments

Question 5

How did the structure of government evolve differently with that of the reign of Henry V11 in the short term?

Answer 5

-In the short term there was a renewed emphasis on governing through the council

Question 6

How did the structure of government evolve differently with that of the reign of Henry V11 in two periods?

Answer 6

-Henry relied upon the work of a chief minister who shaped the structures of government to meet his own needs such as Wolsey and Cromwell

Question 7

Who appointed Wolsey cardinal in 1515?

Answer 7

Pope Leo X

Question 8

What year was Wolsey appointed papal legate?

Answer 8

1518

Question 9

Who did Wolsey outrank as papal legate?

Answer 9

the Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 10

When was Wolsey made Lord Chancellor?

Answer 10

1515

Question 11

What was Wolsey’s acquisition of Church offices complemented by?

Answer 11

an accumulation of secular powers within the kings government

Question 12

How much £ did Henry V11 leave in his death?

Answer 12

£300,000

Question 13

What 4 things had Henry V11 left in legacy?

Answer 13

• money
• peaceful foreign policy
• unpopular but efficient mechanisms for extracting money
• a conciliar form of government, decisions were made through a council

Question 14

Why did the conciliar form of government disappear in the short term?

Answer 14

as a result of the emergence of Fox’s former protégé Wolsey as the focus of government

Question 15

Who secured the arrest of Empson and Dudley?

Answer 15

Richard Fox who was assisted by Lovell and Weston

Question 16

When and how was the Council Learned abolished?

Answer 16

by an Act of Parliament in 1510

Question 17

How did Henry ensure popularity amongst the nobility?

Answer 17

Through the abolition of the Council Learned and the execution of Empson and Dudley as the nobility had considered themselves victims of his fathers approach to taxation

Question 18

What were Henry’s 3 aims in the first years of his reign?

Answer 18

1) To establish his status amongst European monarchs through marriage
2) to re-establish the role of the nobility
3) to establish himself as a warrior king through success in battle

Question 19

When were Henry and Catherine married?

Answer 19

June 1509, (Henry V11 had died 21st April)

Question 20

How much older was Catherine to Henry?

Answer 20

5 years

Question 21

What had Henry V11’s peaceable foreign policy denied the nobility?

Answer 21

the traditional outlet of the pursuit of military glory

Question 22

Who accompanied Henry to war in northern France, or the Marquis of Dorset to south-west France, or the Earl of Surrey to Scotland?

Answer 22

the sons of the nobility

Question 23

Why was the Duke of Buckingham tried in court by his peers headed by the Duke of Norfolk and then executed?

Answer 23

for taking discussion in what will happen after the kings death which was a treasonable offence

Question 24

What had Henry V111 broaden in his reign to achieve political ends?

Answer 24

the use of statute law (Acts of Parliament)

Question 25

What demonstrated Henry V111’s impulsiveness?

Answer 25

• marriage with Catherine
• aggressive foreign policy
• execution of Empson, Dudley and Duke of Buckingham