Mary I Flashcards
Mary’s reign
1553-1558
Religion- 1553
Archbishop Cranmer arrested
1st Parliament- 1st Act of Repeal passed
Mary gives up title of Supreme Head of the Church of England
Religion- 1554
2nd Parliament- heresy laws passed
3rd Parliament- 2nd Act of Repeal
Religion- 1555
First Protestant martyr burnt at the stake under the heresy laws
Reginald Apple made Archbishop of Canterbury- strongly Catholic
Religion- 1556
Cranmer burned at the Stake in Oxford
1st Act of Repeal
1553, removed Edwards Protestant reforms
Heresy Laws
1554, led to 289 Protestants being burned at the Stake under Mary’s reign
2nd Act of Repeal
1554, reversed all religious legislation since 1529 (pre-reformation)
Marriage- Who? When? Concerns?
King Philip II of Spain, 1554.
Concerned gentry that there may be Spanish influence over English issues- led to Wyatt’s rebellion
Wyatt’s Rebellion- When?
1554, after Mary’s marriage to Philip
Wyatt’s Rebellion- Reasons
Xenophobia- opposed Philip
Religion- Protestant rebellion
Desire to dethrone Mary
Decline in local cloth industry
Wyatt’s Rebellion- Events
Raised forces in Maidstone
Duke of Norfolk forced to retreat
Rebels March on City of London
Royal forces prevent them crossing London Bridge
Rebels cross the Thames further up and loop back towards City of London
Rebels reach City of London gates but are forced into surrender
Foreign Policy- Spain
Marriage to Philip in 1554
Powerful alliance is formed
Spain go to war with France in 1557 - England join war but weren’t prepared and were forced into surrender
Foreign Policy- France
Declare war on France in 1557
Destroyed by France and forced to surrender
Treaty of Câteau-Cambrésis in 1559 (began by Mary but under Elizabeth)
Treaty of Câteau-Cambrésis
1559, England lose Calais, look weak, Spain left isolated, English losses limited
(Technically occurred under Elizabeth I’s reign)
