History - Henry

Question 1

henry: what act of parliment does wolsey pass in 1515?

Answer 1

in 1515 wolsey passes an act of parliment that takes back lands the king has given out to make money on it
he also many a new tax called a subsidy baced on the wealth of the people, this made the king more money

Question 2

henry: what are the eltham ordinances and what year where they devised

Answer 2

in 1519 wolsey devised a plan to get rid of the staff in the royal household that did not like him, no changes were ever made

Question 3

henry: what is an annulment and why could henry get one

Answer 3

it is a cancelling of a marrage, similar to a divorce, on the bacis that the marrage was not valid from the start. Henry’s argument was that he could not marry the wife of his dead brother. (Catherine of argon)

Question 4

henry: what was the amicable grant and what was the affect

Answer 4

in 1525 wolsey collected a tax without asking parliment to fund a war against france. it was to be given out of the kindness of the people hearts. people could not afford to pay, the church did not want to pay, there was a rebellion is suffolk and wolsey had to abandon the grant, Henry abandoned his plans to war with France

Question 5

henry: who had power over the pope was the nephew of Henry’s wife when henry wanted to get his great matter solved?

Answer 5

Charles V

Question 6

henry: what was the kings great matter

Answer 6

this was the kings want for an anulment with catherine of aragon

Question 7

henry: what was the oath of succession and what was its punishment

Answer 7

this was an oath that all of the people of Britain had to swear (a promise to god) that anne boelyn was the rightfully queen and any children would be the heir (Elizabeth) this also removed princess Mary as a possible heir, if you refused to swear this meant you’d be punished as a traitor, meaning execution.

Question 8

henry: what is the act of suppression and when was it passed

Answer 8

1534, this act said that Henry’s marrage to catherine of aragon was invalid, giving henry his annulment, princess mary was declared invalid and was now not the legitemate heir to the throne

Question 9

henry: what was the act of supremacy and when was it

Answer 9

in 1534 the act of supremacy was declared to be the head of the church

Question 10

henry: what was the impact of the act of supremacy

Answer 10

it did not make that big of a difference to the way that the church was run in england

Question 11

henry: how many ‘religious houses’ where there in england and wales

Answer 11

825

Question 12

henry: what is the dissolusion of the monasteries

Answer 12

the dissolusion of the monostaries was where all of the monasteries in england where claimed by the Crown and destroyed

Question 13

Henry: what and when was the valor eclesiasticus

Answer 13

1535, Crommwell commisioned a survey of the regigious (ecclesiastical) property in england, he found that many of them were breaking their monistic vows.

Question 14

Henry: what and when was the act for the dissoolusion of lesser monostaries

Answer 14

1536, The act for the disolusion of lesser monasteries was an act that said the all monasteries with an income of 200 or less were dissolved, due to them being sinful places

Question 15

Henry: what and when was the act for the dissulusion of greater monasteries

Answer 15

In 1537 the government mad the total dissolusion of the monasteries its aim. There was a rebellion called the pilgramage of grace that some of the monasteris were said to have been involved in, these were destroyed, then more royal commisioners were sent to abbots to give up their lands, the last one surrendered in 1540

Question 16

Henry: what was the court of augmentations

Answer 16

1536, the cour to agmentations was a court in which royal commissioners were appointer to oversee the closure of the lesser monostaries, they made sure that the monasteries wealth was given to the king

Question 17

Henry: what was the cause of the pilgramage of grace

Answer 17

It was caused by the dissulotion of the monasteries

Question 18

Henry: was the pilgramage of grace violent

Answer 18

No it was non violent

Question 19

Henry: where and what was the first uprising of the pilgramage of grace

Answer 19

In october 1536, a small uprising broke out in linconshire, news of this spread causing other people to take action

Question 20

Henry: who was robert aske

Answer 20

He started the pilgramage of grace by asking the people to defend the catholic church

Question 21

henry: what did Cromwell do in 1534 to stop rebellions

Answer 21

he joined wales to England and created councils in the north, also he set a permanent millatry in Ireland

Question 22

Henry: what was the privy councit and how did cromwell change it in 1536

Answer 22

He made the kings council smaller giving each remaining member more power

Question 23

Henry: what were the 3 complaints in the york articles

Answer 23

• the closing of the monasteries
• the new tax on sheep and cattle owners
• low-born man getting rich on the churches money

Question 24

Henry: how many people marched on yourk and what was written there during the pilgramage of grace

Answer 24

10000 people marched on york, robert aske wrote the york articles, these were a list of grievences

Question 25

Henry: what happened in pontifract during the pilgramige of grace

Answer 25

Askes group of flooweres marched on pontifract, lord darcy handed over the castle there. The king forces were heavily outnumbered, all of eh pilgrims took an oath of obidience and promiced to remain peacefull.

Question 26

henry: what did Cromwell do to deal with henries problems with passing laws

Answer 26

in 1534, he made the house of commons physically divide so that those not in support of the king were very visible

Question 27

henry: what were the 5 things the pontifract articles complaned about

Answer 27

• to have extreme protestant ideas removed
• the pope as the head of the church again
• mary was made the legitimate heir to the throne again
• to have the abbeys restored
• to have the men who closed the monasteries punished (cromwell, richie rich)

Question 28

henry: what and when was the treaty of london

Answer 28

it was a treaty signed by many European countries in 1518 for peace made by wolsey

Question 29

henry: when and what was the battle of the spurs

Answer 29

1513, the battle of the spurs was a battle in France that got its name because when henry won you could see the French cavalries spurs glinting as they ran

Question 30

henry: what are 2, reasons other than he failure to get henry the annulment, that Wolsey fell

Answer 30

• other powerful people at court
• henry was persuaded that Wolsey was plotting against him because he had been persuaded by Wolsey’s’ enemies

Question 31

henry: what year was Thomas Cromwell appointed to the royal council

Answer 31

1531

Question 32

herny: what was the field of cloth of gold

Answer 32

it was a very expensive meeting organized by Wolsey in 1520 with the king of france

Question 33

henry: who was thomas more and what did he oppose

Answer 33

he was chancellor for a short time after wolseys fall, he opposed the reformation, he refused to swear the oath of succesion and was exicuted in 1535

Question 34

henry: what and when was the act of 6 articles

Answer 34

the act of six articles was passed in 1538 and reverted some of the protestand changes amde during the reformation, this suggests that henry may not have believed in the changes he made

Question 35

henry: what are 3 reasons it was hard for wodsey to getg henry the annulment

Answer 35

• henry had had to get permission to get his marrage in the first palce, breaking down his argument a bit
• Charles the 5th had control over the pope, he was catherine of aragons nephew
• catherine of aragon had a lot of popular support

Question 36

henry: when was cromwell made chief minister

Answer 36

1533

Question 37

henry: when was cromwell exicuted

Answer 37

1540

Question 38

henry: what did the royal injunctions do

Answer 38

they put an english bible in every church in 1538

Question 39

henry: who was john fisher

Answer 39

he was a well respected bishop that was henries garndmothers bishop, he refused to swear the oath of succesion and was exicuted in 1535

Question 40

Henry: when did Henry the eighth become king

Answer 40

1509

Question 41

Henry: what title was Wolsey given

Answer 41

He was Henries chief minister

Question 42

Henry: when does Cromwell get killed

Answer 42

1540