Must know facts Northumberland and details of his rule

Question 1

When did the crown start to confiscate Church Plate?

Answer 1

1551

Question 2

When did Northumberland stage a coup overthrow Somerset?

Answer 2

Oct 1549

Question 3

How much did Northumberland raise in parliamentary taxes?

Answer 3

£537,000

Question 4

Who was the architect of the 1552 Book of Common Prayer?

Answer 4

Thomas Cranmer

Question 5

What is Northumberland’s failed coup in 1552 known as?

Answer 5

The Devyse

Question 6

What was Lady Jane Grey’s relation to the Duke of Northumberland?

Answer 6

Daughter-in-law: Married to Northumberland’s son Guildford Dudley.

Question 7

How much was Bolougne sold for back to France?

Answer 7

£133,333

Question 8

What was included in the poor law of 1552?

Answer 8

• Parish responsibility for poor

* Compulsory contributions ordered

Question 9

What religious changes occurred in 1552?

Answer 9

• Treason Act
• Book of Common Prayer
• Second Act of Uniformity

Question 10

What happened to cloth trade to Antwerp?

Answer 10

It dropped in 1551 leading to unemployment in England

Question 11

What was the Forty-Two Articles of Religion, 1553?

Answer 11

Issued by Cranmer to define the doctrine of the Church – not implemented as Edward died before it was passed

Question 12

How much did Northumberland reduce the debt by?

Answer 12

Reduced by £120,000 between 1550 and 1553

Question 13

By what names / titles is Northumberland also known?

Answer 13

• John Dudley

* Earl of Warwick

Question 14

What tax was repealed in 1550?

Answer 14

Sheep tax

Question 15

When was Northumberland’s final debasement and how much did it raise?

Answer 15

May-August 1550 and £114500

Question 16

When was Northumberland in power and how ?

Answer 16

• 1549-1543
• Orchestrated a coup (1549) against Somerset and then a second coup against the conservatives so he could exercise unlimited power (executed Arundale)

Question 17

Style of Government

Answer 17

• Close to his own political objectives
• Organised the government and council to secure his position eg controlled access to EVI
• He held the dry stamp

Question 18

FP aims

Answer 18

• To reduce expenditure
• To focus on defence and security over aggression
• to use France as a counter weight against the threat of HRE and Spain

Question 19

Successes of FP

Answer 19

• Abandoned English Garrisoning + ended war un France and the French paid £133,333 to recover the port of Boulogne (treaty of Boulogne 1550)
• Wars were extremely costly
• 1550 Marriage treaty between EVI and Elizabeth (daughter of HII of France)