Henry VIII - Cromwell

Question 1

What had Cromwell’s position been before Wolsey’s fall from power?

Answer 1

Wolsey’s secretary

Question 2

What specifically made Cromwell rise to chief advisor so quickly?

Answer 2

Cromwell’s suggestion that Henry break from Rome and make himself Head of the Church

Question 3

When did Cromwell become Chief Advisor?

Answer 3

1532

Question 4

Which noble became a rival of Cromwell?

Answer 4

Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk

Question 5

What years did the ‘Reformation Parliament’ sit?

Answer 5

1529-1536

Question 6

What is ‘statute law’?

Answer 6

State/Parliamentary laws

Question 7

What is ‘canon law’?

Answer 7

Church law

Question 8

Henry’s divorce of Catherine of Aragon enforced which law as dominant in England, statute or canon?

Answer 8

Statute law

Question 9

What was the ‘Collectanea Satis Copiosa’

Answer 9

A collection of legal documents by Thomas Cranmer and Edward Fox, justifying the kings divorce on legal principle

Question 10

When was the ‘Restraint of Annates’ enforced?

Answer 10

1532

Question 11

What was the ‘Restraint of Annates’?

Answer 11

Act that withheld the years’ income from the church

Question 12

When was the ‘Supplication against the Ordinances’ enforced?

Answer 12

1532

Question 13

What was the ‘Supplication against the Ordinances’?

Answer 13

Act designed to increase anticlerical pressure in Parliament (House of Commons)

Question 14

When was the formal submission of the clergy to Henry VIII?

Answer 14

1532

Question 15

What was the consequence of the formal submission of the clergy to Henry VIII?

Answer 15

Resignation of Sir Thomas More as Lord Chancellor (executed soon after)

Question 16

How did Anne Boleyn act as a catalyst to push ahead with the divorce of Catherine of Aragon?

Answer 16

She had sex with Henry - if she became pregnant, they would need to be married for the child to be legitimate

Question 17

Who became Archbishop of Canterbury in March 1533?

Answer 17

Thomas Cranmer

Question 18

When did Anne Boleyn become pregnant?

Answer 18

December 1532

Question 19

When did Henry marry Anne Boleyn?

Answer 19

25th January 1533

Question 20

When was Henry’s annulment to Catherine of Aragon completed?

Answer 20

May 1533

Question 21

Who was born on 7th September 1533?

Answer 21

Princess Elizabeth

Question 22

When was the Act of Supremacy?

Answer 22

1534

Question 23

What was the Act of Supremacy?

Answer 23

Established the King as ‘Supreme Head of the Church of England’

Question 24

What did the Act of Succession decree?

Answer 24

Henry’s marriage to Catherine was void
Succession should go through Henry’s children through Anne (Mary declared illegitimate)
To deny Henry’s marriage to Anne was treason
Everyone should take an oath to accept Henry’s new marriage

Question 25

When was the first Act of Succession enforced?

Answer 25

November 1534

Question 26

When was the Treason Act enforced?

Answer 26

November 1534

Question 27

What was the Treason Act?

Answer 27

Declared it treason to either speak or write of Henry as ‘heretic, schismatic, tyrant, infidel or usurper’

Question 28

When was the Act of First Fruits and Tenths?

Answer 28

November 1534

Question 29

What was the Act of First Fruits and Tenths?

Answer 29

The money that had been previously been banned from being collected by the church, could not be perfectly fine to be collected by the king

Question 30

When did the Dissolution of the Monasteries begin?

Answer 30

1536

Question 31

How did Cromwell conspire to remove Anne Boleyn?

Answer 31

convinced Henry she was guilty of Adultery and Incest

Question 32

What is Adultery?

Answer 32

Engaging in physical relations outside of marriage

Question 33

When was Anne Boleyn executed?

Answer 33

May 1536

Question 34

Who did Henry marry after Anne Boleyn?

Answer 34

Jane Seymour

Question 35

What key event led to Cromwell’s downfall?

Answer 35

The failure of the Anne of Cleves marriage

Question 36

Who played a key part in Cromwell’s downfall and how?

Answer 36

Duke of Norfolk, by gaining influence through his niece, Catherine Howard

Question 37

What was Cromwell charged with?

Answer 37

Treason and heresy

Question 38

When was Cromwell executed?

Answer 38

July 1540