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1
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Who was Robert Burnell?

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Edward’s chancellor

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2
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When did Edward get married and to who

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1254 to the Spanish king daughter

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3
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How many marks did Burnell loan the king and when

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3000 in 1282 and 1285

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4
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Examples of Burnell diplomacy

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  • sent to Paris in 1286 to sort out land issues
  • Gascony in 1288 to sort out government there
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5
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How many sheep were in England in 1300

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12mil

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Statute of Acton Burnell

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1283
- could force debts to be paid
- imprison debtors who couldn’t pay their debts
- force sale of goods and collect debts

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7
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What did a royal charter do

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Give rights to
- homd a market
- build walls and gates to protect
- have their own laws and courts

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8
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Edward’s solution to fix finance

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  • moneyers were arrested if they were found to be selling coins with not enough silver
  • 273 Jews were hung -> moneylenders
  • 1279 -> recoinage with his face on
  • introduced new values so there was no need to clip coins
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9
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How much did he borrow from the Riccardi family

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390,000 by 1294

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10
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How much profit did Edward get from fixing his finance

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£25,000

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11
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How much did Edward charge on tax in initially and when

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7s 6d in 1275

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12
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What did Edward increase duty on wool to

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40s in 1294 to fund his war with France

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13
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When did Edward remove the wool tax and why

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1294 because there was a lot of opposition

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14
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Who was a Jewish financed

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Aaron of Lincoln

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15
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How many Jews lived in England

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Around 3000 -> 1% of the population

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16
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What was the catalyst for the expulsion of the Jews

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  • in 1290 Isaac de pulet was accused of murdering a young boy in Oxford
  • Edward was given a £100,000 parliamentary grant in return for expelling them
17
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Statute of Jewry

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1275 -> made it illegal for Jews to lend money to

18
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What unis were controlled by the church and how many went

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Oxford and Cambridge -> over 3000 students were at Oxford in the 1290s

19
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Where did Franciscan Friars set up training colleges

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Durham, Oxford and Gloucester -> wanted to teach science and medicine

20
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Assizes

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1294 -> replaced general eyre + instead of waiting in prison for trial for months judges would registry visit each area so cases could be dealt with quicker

21
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Why didn’t Edward succeed in his legal reform

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  • corruption
  • judges were poorly paid and easily bribed
  • economic hardships caused by Edward’s wars and poor harvest meant more turned to crime
22
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How did Edward respond to his failure of legal reform

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  • 1305 Ordinance of Trailbaston -> delivered swift justice
23
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Statute of Winchester

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1285 -> men should have weapons available- to be used in the hue and cry

24
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When and where did Edward order a bridge be built

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1303 in Kings Lynn

25
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Siege of Stirling Castle

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1304 -> Edward had sulphur and saltpetre hurled inside the castle to try and burn it down
- used 13 siege engines -> largest was warwolf which took 50 workers to build

26
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Statute of Arms of Tournament

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1292 -> banned use of pointed weapons in tournaments + only organised by authorised ppl

27
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First Welsh campaign and outcomes

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1277
- Edward imported 100 French horses
- marcher lords secured land around Gwynedd
- Welsh stayed in the rugged countryside
- aug: E went to Anglesey with 2000 men and destroyed crops

  • treaty of Aberconwy -> lost land that was given to his brother + had to pay homage
28
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2nd Welsh campaign and outcomes

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1282-83
- Welsh attacked the castle of Builth and took control of River Irfwen

  • Welsh defences destroyed
  • daddy’s hanged drawn and quartered
29
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How much was spent on Beaumaris

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20,000

30
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Treaty of Birgham

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1290
- Edward’s son would marry the Scottish heir Margaret + Scotland could be an independent country but only if the marriage took place

31
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Auld Alliance

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Scotland France

32
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Berwick

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  • Scotland’s main port
  • 7000 died
  • Edward refortified it and brought in English settlers
33
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Battle of Stirling bridge

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1297
- 5000 English infantry died
- Scots won

34
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Falkirk

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  • Edward used archers with longbows
  • Wallace used schiltrom
  • Scots defeated

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