Mid-Tudor Dates Flashcards
When was the Act of Six Articles?
1539
When was Cromwell executed?
1540
When were Mary and Elizabeth restored to the line of succession (third act of succession)?
1544
When was Wroithelsey appointed Lord Chancellor?
1544
When was Somerset appointed Lord Protector?
February 1547
When were the Royal Injunctions issued?
July 1547
When was the Battle of Pinkie?
September 1547
When was the Enclosure Commission?
June 1548
When was the Sheep tax?
March 1549
When was the First Book of Common Prayer issued?
January 1549
When was the First Act of Uniformity?
January 1549
When was Thomas Seymour executed?
March 1549
When was the Western Rebellion (Prayer Book Rebellion)?
June-August 1549
When was Kett’s Rebellion?
July-August 1549
When did Somerset fall from power?
October 1549
When was the Treaty of Boulogne?
1550
When was the Second Book of Common Prayer?
January 1552
When was Somerset executed?
January 1552
When was the second Act of uniformity?
April 1552
When was the Poor Law?
1552
When was the Device written?
1553
When did Edward die?
July 1553
When was Lady Jane Grey proclaimed Queen?
July 1553
When was Northumberland executed?
1553
When was the First Act of Repeal?
October 1553
When was the Wyatt Rebellion?
Jan-Feb 1554
When did Mary I detain Elizabeth I first?
March 1554
When did Mary marry Philip?
July 1554
When was the Second Act of Repeal?
January 1555
When did Mary I begun her persecution of the Protestant ‘heretics’?
1555
When is Thomas Cranmer burnt at the stake?
March 1556
When did Mary lose Calais?
January 1558
When does Mary die?
Novemeber 1558
How many parliaments under Edward VI?
2
What year was the only year without a parliament?
1551
How many Principal Gentlemen was there and how many ordinary gentlemen?
6 and 26
When was there a period of acute price inflation?
1540s
How much did the debased coinage continue to raise?
£537,000
When was there a bad harvest under Edward?
1548
When were there harvest failures under Mary?
1555 and 1556
When did sweating sickness affect the country?
1557 and 1558
Who created plans to fix the debased coinage and when?
Mary, 1556 - 1558
What kind of financial reform was done under Mary?
revenue administration - court of the exchequer took over first fruit and tenths and augmentations and used superior methods.
