Persecution and reform

Question 1

What did the synod do under Pole and when?

Answer 1

1556; Issued twelve decrees on clerical discipline against abuses

Question 2

When was Pole recalled to Rome and by who?

Answer 2

1557; Pope Paul IV

Question 3

When did Mary’s burnings begin?

Answer 3

1555

Question 4

Who were the Oxford martyrs and when were they burned?

Answer 4

Bishop Hooper, Bishop Ridley and Hugh Latimer; 1555

Question 5

Why did persecutions begin?

Answer 5

The reintroduction of heresy laws in 1555

Question 6

How many members of the clergy were burned between 1555 and 1557?

Answer 6

21

Question 7

Who was burned while giving birth and her baby was thrown back on the fire after she threw it from the flames?

Answer 7

Perotine Massey

Question 8

What belief system did Mary’s Catholicism centre around?

Answer 8

Humanism

Question 9

How many editions of the Sarum Primer were made?

Answer 9

35

Question 10

How many editions of primers were made during Edward’s reign?

Answer 10

17

Question 11

What Catholic practices were left out of Mary’s reforms?

Answer 11

Icons and pilgrimages

Question 12

Which group did Pole refuse help from?

Answer 12

The Jesuits

Question 13

How many copies of Bonner’s book were published?

Answer 13

10,000

Question 14

Who did Mary use to reform the Church without including rituals?

Answer 14

Oxford academics

Question 15

Give an example of a Protestant book widely circulated during Mary’s reign

Answer 15

The Hunting of the Romish Wolf

Question 16

What wider changes hindered Mary’s reforms?

Answer 16

Paul IV becoming pope in 1555

Question 17

When did the counter-reformation begin?

Answer 17

1545 with the Council of Trent

Question 18

How many exiles did Mary make?

Answer 18

4000

Question 19

How did Hull react to the persecutions?

Answer 19

They drove their priest out of town

Question 20

How did Suffolk react to the persecutions?

Answer 20

They put out their fires so the coal could not be used for pyres

Question 21

When did burnings peak?

Answer 21

1557

Question 22

When did the burnings begin?

Answer 22

1555

Question 23

When was Cranmer burned?

Answer 23

1556

Question 24

When were the Oxford martyrs burned?

Answer 24

1555

Question 25

What reform did Mary plan but died before she could perform it?

Answer 25

A recoinage programme to reduce debasement/inflation

Question 26

When were crown finances restructured and what did this give the Treasury?

Answer 26

1552; Control over 75% of the crown income instead of the previous 30%

Question 27

How many new ships did Mary build?

Answer 27

Six

Question 28

How much extra money did the crown earn in 1558 and why?

Answer 28

£29,000; Mary surveyed crown holdings and increased rent on crown land