Mary I Flashcards
When was Mary I crowned Queen?
19th July 1553
What were the main concerns at the beginning of Mary’s reign from the people of England?
She was still illegitimate, she was Catholic, fear of her devotion to her Spanish blood and she was a woman!
How does John Knox describe the idea of women ruling?
“Repugnant to nature”, “unnatural and insulting to God”
Who was Mary’s first marriage interest?
Edward Courtenay, who didn’t want to marry her.
When and what was the Wyatt Rebellion?
January 1554: 3000 men marched with Wyatt to London over concern of Mary’s marriage to Phillip and over her determination to return England to Papal Authority.
What happened to Elizabeth as a result of the Wyatt Rebellion?
She was imprisoned
When was Mary expecting to give birth to a child?
The spring of 1555
When were Lady Jane Grey and Guilford executed?
12th February 1554
When were Mary and Phillip married?
25th July 1554
When and what was the Heresy Act?
January 1555: Heresy is reinstated as being treason and therefore able to be punished by execution (heresy = going against the set religion at the time)
When does Mary I die?
17th November 1558
When was Thomas Cranmer executed? (And what religion was he?)
21st March 1556: he was a Protestant who granted Henry VIII’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon
When was the harvest failure during Mary’s reign?
1556
When did the war with France begin during Mary’s reign?
1557
When was the influenza epidemic during Mary’s reign?
1557-1558
When was the loss of Calais?
1558
How many Protestants did Mary burn?
300
When and where was the first Catholic mass after Edward’s rule?
23rd August 1553, Oxford
When did Mary officially give up her title as head of the C of E?
The end of 1553
How many copies of the revised Book of Common Prayer were smuggled into England under Mary’s reign?
19,000
What was one of the problems with Mary burning heretics?
There was sympathy for the Protestant Martyrs, and heretics would not renounce their faith, showing Mary had underestimated the faith of Protestants
Who was Cardinal Pole?
Advises Mary on her policies with heretics, pushed for Catholic reform. He was recalled to Rome on charges of heresy and died in 1558.
Who was Bishop Gardiner?
Lord Chancellor under Mary I, protested the Protestant reform under Edward
When did Mary release the Catholics imprisoned by her father?
3rr August 1553
