Henry VIII

Question 1

What year did Henry VIII become King of England?

Answer 1

1509

Question 2

How long did Henry VIII rule England?

Answer 2

38 years (until 1547)

Question 3

Who were Henry’s six wives?

Answer 3

Catherine Parr, Catherine Howard, Anne of Cleves, Jane Seymour, Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon.

Question 4

When did he marry his first wife?

Answer 4

1509 (Catherine of Aragon)

Question 5

Who is Henry VIII’s brother?

Answer 5

Arthur Prince of Wales

Question 6

Name three of Henry VII’s Advisers that Henry VIII kept

Answer 6

Thomas Lovell, Richard Foxe and Archbishop Warham

Question 7

What was Thomas Wolsey known as?

Answer 7

Alter Rex (other king)

Question 8

When was Thomas Wolsey appointed as Lord Chancellor?

Answer 8

1515

Question 9

Why was Thomas Wolsey appointed as Lord Chancellor?

Answer 9

Wolsey delivered a well-equipped and supplied army for war with France

Question 10

What is the Amicable Grant?

Answer 10

Signed in 1525 by Thomas Wolsey, it is a forced loan, a levy of between one sixth and one tenth on the goods of the normal people (not the clergy) and on one-third of the goods of the clergy.

Question 11

When did Thomas Wolsey help negotiate the Anglo-French treaty?

Answer 11

1514

Question 12

When was “the field of cloth of gold?”

Answer 12

1520

Question 13

What did Thomas Cromwell do when Henry VIII felt threatened by the Marcher lords?

Answer 13

He took some territory from Wales by introducing the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542, which have been known as the Acts of Union.

Question 14

When was Thomas Cromwell born?

Answer 14

1485

Question 15

When did Thomas Cromwell die?

Answer 15

1540

Question 16

Who was Henry’s first child?

Answer 16

Mary I

Question 17

Who were Henry VIII’s children?

Answer 17

Mary I, Elizabeth I and Edward I

Question 18

When was the Privy council created?

Answer 18

1536

Question 19

Who were the Troop of Gentlemen?

Answer 19

They escorted the sovereign (king) in battles.

Question 20

When was the act of supremacy passed?

Answer 20

1534

Question 21

What was the act of supremacy?

Answer 21

It made Henry VIII head of the church of England.

Question 22

Who is Edward VI’s mother?

Answer 22

Jane Seymour

Question 23

Who was Henry VIII’s final wife?

Answer 23

Katherine Parr

Question 24

When was Anne Boleyn arrested for adultery and treason?

Answer 24

1536

Question 25

When did Henry marry Katherine Parr?

Answer 25

12 July 1543

Question 26

When did Edward VI become King of England?

Answer 26

1547