Northumberland

Question 1

Style of government

Answer 1

-aimed to secure and retain power
-staffed household with his men who could control access to Edward
-William Cecil chief administrator

Question 2

How much did Northumberland sell Boulogne back for?

Answer 2

£133,333

Question 3

What were some of Northumberland’s government policies?

Answer 3

-anti-enclosure measures were discontinued
-sheep tax repealed in 1550
-1551 government took control of stocks of grain to relive the crisis caused by harvest failures
-1547 vagrancy act was repealed
-1550 new treason laws

Question 4

How much was debt reduced by?

Answer 4

£300,000 to £180,000

Question 5

What happened to trade with Antwerp?

Answer 5

Collapsed between 1551-52

Question 6

Northumberland foreign policy aims

Answer 6

1. Reduce expenditure
2. Focus on defence and security over aggression
3. Use France as a counter-weight against the threat of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire

Question 7

Key religious reforms by Northumberland

Answer 7

Second common book of prayer 1552
Removal of bishops and replacement with radical Protestant ones 1550
Church plates to be disposed of 1551