HVI SLC Henry VI Dates

Question 1

Henry VI became king

Answer 1

1422

Question 2

Henry declares his minority at an end

Answer 2

Nov 1437

Question 3

Henry VI was committed to peace with France after

Answer 3

1445 - by then he had secretly agreed to hand over Anjou and Maine

Question 4

Marriage of H to Margaret of Anjou

Answer 4

1445

Question 5

End of York’s Lieutenancy in France

Answer 5

1445 Sep

Question 6

Somerset appointed Lieutenant General in France

Answer 6

1446 Dec

Question 7

York appointed Lieutenant in Ireland

Answer 7

1447

Question 8

Surrender of Maine and Anjoy

Answer 8

1448 March

Question 9

French invasion of Normandy

Answer 9

1449 April

Question 10

York takes up his post as Lieutenant of Ireland

Answer 10

1449 July

Question 11

Exile and murder of the Duke of Suffolk

Answer 11

1450 April

Question 12

Cade’s Rebellion

Answer 12

1450 May-June

Question 13

Loss of Normandy

Answer 13

1450 August

Question 14

Somerset defeated in France, returned to England

Answer 14

1450 Aug

Question 15

York returns from Ireland

Answer 15

1450 Sep

Question 16

Duke of Suffolk created Lord Chamberlain

Answer 16

1447

Question 17

Truce of Tours

Answer 17

1444

Question 18

Henry’s uncle, Gloucester, accused of treason and died in the Tower

Answer 18

1447

Question 19

H’s endowment of Eton

Answer 19

1440

Question 20

H’s endowment of King’s College

Answer 20

1443

Question 21

An Act of Resumption passed

Answer 21

1450

Question 22

English force attacked Fougeres, breaking the Truce of Tours

Answer 22

1449 March

Question 23

Parliament called to grant a tax to finance the renewal of war with France

Answer 23

1449 Feb

Question 24

The Battle of Rouen

Answer 24

1449 Oct, following the attack on Fougeres

Question 25

Adam Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester, killed by unpaid soldiers and sailors

Answer 25

1450 Jan

Question 26

The Bishop of Salisbury killed by his own parishioners

Answer 26

1450 March

Question 27

York was owed £26,000 by …

Answer 27

1450

Question 28

King’s Council at Coventry - York did not attend, retiring instead to his estates

Answer 28

1451 Sept

Question 29

York’s attempted coup

Answer 29

1452

Question 30

York reached Dartford

Answer 30

1452 March 2nd

Question 31

Henry was ill

Answer 31

1453 Aug - 1455 Jan

Question 32

Battle of Castillon and the subsequent loss of Gascony

Answer 32

1453 July 17

Question 33

Death of Cardinal Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor

Answer 33

1454 March

Question 34

York appointed Protector

Answer 34

1454 March

Question 35

Birth of Prince Edward

Answer 35

Oct