Henry VIII Religious Reforms

Question 1

When did Henry VIII annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon

Answer 1

1533

Question 2

When was the act of supremacy

Answer 2

1534

Question 3

When was the treason act

Answer 3

1534

Question 4

When was the compilation of the Valor Ecclesiasticus

Answer 4

1535

Question 5

When was the act of Uses

Answer 5

1535

Question 6

When was the act of ten articles

Answer 6

1536

Question 7

When was the act for the dissolution of the smaller monasteries

Answer 7

1536

Question 8

When did the Lincolnshire rising happen

Answer 8

2nd of October 1536

Question 9

When pilgrimage of grace (beginning)

Answer 9

11 October 1536

Question 10

When was bigods rising

Answer 10

16th of January 1537

Question 11

When was the council of the north reestablished

Answer 11

1537

Question 12

What did Henry VIII appoint Cromwell in 1535.

Answer 12

Vicegerent in spirituals

Question 13

What did Cromwell do once he became Vicegerent in spirituals

Answer 13

He altered the churches doctrine
He appointed new bishops (ones who shared his religious views)
He launched a propaganda campaign in support of the supremacy through preaching in churches

Question 14

What is Viceregent in spirituals

Answer 14

This post was specially created for Cromwell and meant that he was henrys deputy in all spiritual and religious matters despite the fact that Cromwell was not a clergyman himself

Question 15

What is a doctrine

Answer 15

The beliefs set out by the church

Question 16

How was preaching controlled

Answer 16

Through government licenses
Clergy were ordered to give sermons against the pop and in support of henrys marriage to Anne Boleyn

Question 17

When were the royal letters sent about
Who were they sent to
And what did they say

Answer 17

April 1535
Bishops nobility and JPs
They ordered them to imprison clergymen who continued to preach in support of the popes authority

Question 18

What was the ten articles

Answer 18

The ten articles was the first attempt made to redefine the doctrine of the new English church

Question 19

In the ten articles what was the number of sacrements needed for salvation of the soul decreased to

Answer 19

7 to 3

Question 20

What did Cromwell injunctions in 1536 set onto the English clergy

Answer 20

They attacked traditional practices such as pilgrimages (emphasis placed on relics and images)
Worship of the saints
Holy days (feast days in honour of the saints) were banned

Question 21

Who was sir richard rich

Answer 21

He was a lawyer who rose at court because of his legal and administrative capabilities.
Helped gather evidence at the trials of both More and Fischer and used it to ensure their convictions for treason
He helped Cromwell in the dissolution of the monasteries
Appointed chancellor of the court of augmentations

Question 22

What was the court of augmentations

Answer 22

It was a financial court set up by Cromwell to manage the revenues from the dissolution of the monasteries

Question 23

how did henry enforce obedience to his royal supremacy

Answer 23

He made Mary illegitimate
There as parliamentary legislation made to claim that henrys break from Rome was completely legal

Question 24

Who after refusing to accept that act of supremacy was executed in 1535

Answer 24

Sir Thomas Moore who had once been henrys chancellor
John fisher, bishop of Rochester