Mary Flashcards
1
Q
Pole deprived of position of Papal Legate
A
1557
2
Q
Crown finances restructured
A
1554
- Finical problems inherited from Edward and Henry, crown lands had to be sold and value of currency had gone down.
- Tried to make a new currency but never went through due to the harvest problems from 1556 to 1557= wheat and influenza problems
- Mary was successful in introducing new system for finances= Crown lands were revalued and control of finances given to treasury
3
Q
Start of naval rebuilding programme
A
1555
- Payments of 6 new ships and rebuilding of other ships such as the Mary Rose which sank in 1545
- Not significant in short term but helped in long term to defeat Spanish Armada
4
Q
Plans for recoinage
A
1556
5
Q
Cardinal Pole arrives in England
A
1554
6
Q
Heresy Laws established
A
1554
- All called heretics if went against the teachings of the church
- All heretics had the chances to repent once apart from people who were in high profile positions such as Cranmer who repented 6 times
7
Q
Act restoring papal supremacy
A
1555
8
Q
Pole appointed Arch-Bishop of Canterbury
A
1555
9
Q
Mary becomes queen
A
1553
10
Q
Publication of the marriage treaty
A
1554
11
Q
Wyatt’s rebellion
A
January 1554
- Going against the marriage treaty= xenophobia
- Cloth central area= those areas most likely to be Protestant areas
- Little evidence to support Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey involved.
- January= Muddy roads, bad weather and little support
- Wyatt responsible for Kent= close to ports
- Mary gained support by making a speech claiming her love for the people
- 480 people arrested, 100 killed. Courtenay sent to exile and Lady Jane Grey executed
12
Q
Repeal of Edwardian religious laws
A
1553
13
Q
War with France
A
1557
- Depended on France with grain exports due to bad harvest in 1556 but was drawn into war due to Spanish and France tensions in 1557
- France was tolerating of English exiles (protestants) until Thomas Stafford launched an attack on Scarborough using French weapons and ships= making war unavoidable
- Calais was captured by France and was humiliating for Mary and was exaggerated by Elizabethan properganda
14
Q
Military Reforms
A
1558
15
Q
Cranmer arrested
A
1553
