Mary Royal Authority

Question 1

What was the early problems of government and royal authority which mary faced?

Answer 1

• Religious divide
• Substantial protestant population
• her lyal and trusted supports such as rochester weren’t polically expeiranced
• she would have to rely on her brothers old councillors many of whom were protestant
• She was overtly dependent on bishop gardner and after his death 1555 she had a huge gap in government
• she was therefore in huge reliance oif her husabdn phillip of psian, the ambasador of spain simon renard and charles v

Question 2

What was the Spanish Marriage 1554?

Answer 2

• There was a hostile backlash to the Spanish marriage hwoever a treaty was drawn up
• The treaty included that phillip was to be given the tiutle of king but was to exercise none of the power that went with the title
• no foreigners were to be permitted to hold english offices
• if mary preeased him than he would have no claim on the english throne

Question 3

What was parliaments response to the marriage?

Answer 3

• parliament was not happy either
• 1554 parliament rejected phillips inclusio in the treason bill
• 1555 they rejected his cornoation

Question 4

What rebellion was caused because of the spanish marriage? Conseuquences?

Answer 4

The Wyatts rebellion of 1554
- Xenophobia
- There was a clear motive to get rid of mary and off the marriage
- 3,000 men of sir wyatt in the kent area which was
-decline cloth industry
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Question 5

What was parliaments response to the marriage?

Answer 5

• parliament was not happy either
• 1554 parliament rejected phillips inclusio in the treason bill
• 1555 they rejected his cornoation

Question 6

What rebellion was caused because of the spanish marriage? Conseuquences?

Answer 6

The Wyatts rebellion of 1554

• Xenophobia
• The