MTC 5.3 - Lady Jane Grey Plot

Question 1

Who was the throne supposed to be passed to after Edward died according to previous Succession Acts?

Answer 1

Mary

Question 2

Who was the driving force behind the Lady Jane Grey plot?

Answer 2

Northumberland

Question 3

Who did Northumberland’s son, Guildford Dudley, marry?

Answer 3

Lady Jane Grey

Question 4

What is there evidence to suggest about who was behind the Lady Jane Grey plot?

Answer 4

That it was actually Edward who was behind it

Question 5

What was Edward committed to?

Answer 5

Protestantism

Question 6

What altered the succession and when was it issued?

Answer 6

The ‘Devise for the Succession’ in May 1553

Question 7

When did Lord Guildford Dudley marry Lady Jane Grey?

Answer 7

25th May 1553

Question 8

When was the Second Devise drawn up?

Answer 8

21st June 1553

Question 9

Who was made heir in the Second Devise?

Answer 9

Lady Jane Grey

Question 10

On what date did Edward die?

Answer 10

6th July 1553

Question 11

How many people signed the Second Devise from the 6th to 8th June?

Answer 11

102 prominent men in London, including all of Privy Council

Question 12

When was Edward’s death announced?

Answer 12

8th July 1553

Question 13

When did Mary proclaim herself Queen?

Answer 13

9th July

Question 14

When was Lady Jane Grey proclaimed Queen, against her wishes?

Answer 14

10th July

Question 15

When did Charles V back Mary?

Answer 15

10th July

Question 16

When did Northumberland leave London to fight Mary, who had raised a small force in East Anglia?

Answer 16

13th July

Question 17

When did the Privy Council refuse to send Northumberland reinforcements?

Answer 17

15th July

Question 18

When did Northumberland’s troops start to desert him?

Answer 18

17th July

Question 19

Where and when did Northumberland surrender and declare that Mary is the rightful Queen?

Answer 19

20th July in Cambridge

Question 20

What did Northumberland do on the 21st August to prevent being executed?

Answer 20

He renounced Protestantism and converted to Catholicism

Question 21

When was Northumberland executed?

Answer 21

22nd August