Henry VIII and Government under Cromwell

Question 1

Who was the Privy Council in HVIII’s reign different from his father’s?

Answer 1

Smaller, no more than 20 people - contatined lawyers and professionals instead of nobles

Question 2

What four new finance departments were created under Cromwell?

Answer 2

Augmentations, General Surveyors, First Fruits and Tenths, Wards

Question 3

Why did Cromwell use Parliament extensively?

Answer 3

To enact legislatin needed for the Break with Rome

Question 4

When did parliament meet and then consequently last for seven years?

Answer 4

1529

Question 5

What changed in parliament following the dissolution of the monasteries?

Answer 5

The clergy became a minority in the House of Lords

Question 6

What gave HVIII suspicions about Cromwell’s personal interests?

Answer 6

Protestant alliance, personal religion, Cleves marriage

Question 7

who was Cromwell’s bitterest rival on the Privy Council?

Answer 7

Duke of Norfolk - Uncle of Catherine Howard

Question 8

When was Cromwell eecuted?

Answer 8

July 1540 - same day as the marriage to Catherine