Mid Tudor Crisis Edwards Consolidation of Power

Question 1

Till how long did Somerset remain Lord Protector?

Answer 1

2 years

1547-1549

Question 2

Why was somserset executed in 1552?

Answer 2

• After somerset was re admitted into the council he decided to overhtrow northumbaland

Question 3

How did Somersets Coup affect Northumbalands leadership style?

Answer 3

• Northumbalend resacted ot the coup by becoming less councillor in his approach to governmetn. Therefore he started to behave in precisely the way that somert had before he was removed.
• Paget was removed for treason
• Northumbaland consolidated more power within himself

Question 4

What was the Devyse and how did Northumbaland use it?

Answer 4

• The devyse was a plan created by Northumbaland whcih was done so as to alter the succession line.
• This was since in henry 8th will of 1545 that after edward the line of succession would be mary and elizabeth
• Northumbaland knew that if mary came to power he ruined cuz she catholic
• 1553 he therefore decided to pass a parliament bill devyse and have it ratfieid which would change the line of scuession to lady jane greay
• since the king died in 1553 it could neve be ratified and was therefore illegal

Question 5

What was Somersets agenda with Scotland?

Answer 5

• Somersets had a huge focus on Scotland
• His aim was to have edward married to the infant mary queen of scots, and thereby unite both the houses
• He wanted to defeat the scots in batttle, build and garrison an number of forts in the border and south of scotland so as to force the scots into surrender

Question 6

What was the battle with scotland in 1547?

Answer 6

• The first battle with Scotland in 1547 was the battle of pinkey which was a win for england

Question 7

Overall why was Somersets FP a failure?

Answer 7

• The garrison and fort building enedevour became too costly for somerset to handle
• The English couldn’ty capture the signficant castles in edinburgh such as Dunbar
• Underestimated the cooperation between the scottish and the french
• He failed at stopping the French aid to scotland and therefore they were able to recapture edinburgh
• This had disastorous consequeunces since then MQS was able to be moved to marry the dauphin of france who was heir to the french throne
• this had disastorous consequences since it meant that not only did he spend 500,000 pounds he also furthur debased the coinage and furthur led to inflation
• he didn’t achieve his main fp goal of having edward and mary married
• he was also vunerable to french invasion in 1549 when england was very vunerable due to the threat of the rebellions which furthur soured his relation with the pirvy chamber

Question 8

What was Northumberlands FP?

Answer 8

• Northurmblanads FP was a huge success
• He was able to make peace with France and Scotland
• He was able to make peace with France by singining the Treaty of Boulgne 1550 which ensured he returned it back to france which some consdiered to be a humiliaiting defeat, but had great financial benefit since france paid 133,000 pounds for it
• He also removed all garrisons from the scottish border therefore his FP iniatives helped stablise the crowns financial position