HVIII - Government

Question 1

What was Wolsey’s view of Parliament?

Answer 1

Dislikes it, only called 1 during his period of dominance

Question 2

What drew Henry’s attention to Thomas Wolsey?

Answer 2

His organisational and administrational skills as seen in the 1513 war with France

Question 3

Why did Wolsey remove Henry’s minions from the Privy Chamber?

Answer 3

Collectively, they didn’t trust him and represented a section of government that was out of his control. Replaced in 1519 by his own supporters

Question 4

What position did Wolsey hold that gave him control over the judicial system?

Answer 4

Lord Chancellor

Question 5

What issues did the Court of Chancery deal with? [2]

Answer 5

Enclosure, and land left to others in wills

Question 6

When did Wolsey extend the Court of Star Chamber and what cases did it hear?

Answer 6

1516, mainly alleged misconduct of people dominant in their localities.

Also heard private lawsuits

Question 7

What was the Amicable Grant introduced in 1525

Answer 7

In theory a gift given to the monarch, but in reality was a harsh tax that was not commissioned by Parliament

Question 8

What were the Eltham Ordinances and what did they achieve?

Answer 8

Laws in 1526 to reform the finances of the Privy Chamber. Allowed Wolsey to reduce the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber, the most important removal was Sir William Compton, Henry’s groom of the stool

Question 9

What was the King’s great matter?

Answer 9

The need for a divorce from Catherine of Aragon in order to marry Anne Boleyn

Question 10

What biblical reference did Henry use as grounds for his divorce from Catherine and how did she claim it was invalid?

Answer 10

The bible claimed that one couldn’t marry his brothers widow.

Catherine argued it was invalid as the marriage wasn’t consummated

Question 11

What dates did the case heard by Cardinal Campeggio run from?

Answer 11

15th June 1529 to 30th July 1529

Question 12

When did Wolsey die?

Answer 12

29th November 1529

Question 13

How did Cromwell suggest Henry secure the divorce?

Answer 13

Make a break from Rome and make himself the head of a new English church

Question 14

The Collectanea Satis Copiosa justified the Kings’s divorce on the basis of legal and historical principles? Who compiled it?

Answer 14

Thomas Cranmer and Edward Foxe

Question 15

How did Anne force the issue of annulment?

Answer 15

She agreed to a relationship with Henry, hoping she would become pregnant, which she did in December 1532

Question 16

When did Henry and Anne marry?

Answer 16

25th January 1533

Question 17

When did Henry and Catherine divorce?

Answer 17

May 1533

Question 18

When and what was the Act in Restraint of Appeals?

Answer 18

April 1533, claimed that appeals couldn’t be made to Rome

Question 19

What act was passed in November 1534?

Answer 19

The Act of Supremacy. Made Henry head of the English Church

Question 20

What did the Act of Succession in April 1534 declare? [2]

Answer 20

Made Henry’s marriage to Catherine void

Succession placed in the children of Anne’s marriage

Question 21

What was Anne Boleyn accused of and when was she killed?

Answer 21

Adultery, which was also treason. Executed on 19th May 1536

Question 22

What led to Cromwell’s downfall?

Answer 22

The suggestion of marriage to Anne of Cleves, which allowed the Duke of Norfolk to convince the King that Cromwell had committed treason

Question 23

When was Cromwell executed?

Answer 23

28th July 1540

Question 24

Who was Catherine Howard’s uncle?

Answer 24

Duke of Norfolk

Question 25

Why did the Duke of Norfolk fall out of favour with the King?

Answer 25

Catherine Howard committed adultery with her cousin.

Question 26

When did Henry VIII die and whose life did it spare?

Answer 26

28th January 1547, the Duke of Norfolk