Henry VIII - Domestic threats faced by Henry VIII - The Pilgrimage of Grace

Question 1

Why was the 1534 Treason Act passed?

Answer 1

• Under the previous law, Government found itself unable to charge those who opposed the King - usually regarding religion - unless they had evidence in words.
  The 1534 Treason Act made it easier to charge people on counts of Treason against the Crown.

Question 2

What three things did the 1534 Treason Act make a treasonable offence?

Answer 2

• To call the King in words or writing a heretic or tyrant
• To attempt the death of King, Queen or heir by act or malicious desire expressed in words or writing
• To seize royal castles or ships.

Question 3

What was the main point of the Treason Act 1534?

Answer 3

Men could die for words only; no plotting or other actions was needed.

Question 4

Henry had a personal involvement with the burning of which Protestant in 1538?

Answer 4

John Lambert

Question 5

How did the burning of John Lambert in 1538 act as a national security threat?

Answer 5

Lambert was burnt at a time when international hostility to Henry’s reforms was at its height and the Truce of Nice between Charles V and Francis I made real the possibility of a joint invasion of England.