Primary Sources

Question 1

(Edward I) Edward I vs. the Earls, According to Walter of Guisborough, 1189-1327

AND THE KING (angry)

Answer 1

…was angry and threatened some of them, that either they went or he would give their lands to other people

Question 2

(Edward I) The Chronicle of Peter Langtoft on the the year 1307 and the Death of Edward I

WAS KING EDWARD… (flower)

Answer 2

… the flower of Christendom. He was so handsome and great, so powerful in arms, that of him, one may speak as long as the world lasts”

Question 3

(Edward II) Articles Against Gaveston Presented by the Earl of Lincoln to the king, 1308

WHEN THE KING… (hurtful)

Answer 3

…will not right a wrong and remove that which is hurtful to the people at large and prejudicial to the crown

Question 4

(Edward II) Letter from Edward II to his wife, Queen Isabella and his son Prince Edward

THE KING KNOWS… (procured)

Answer 4

…for truth, and she knows, that Hugh has always procured her all the honour with the king that he could; and no evil or villainy was done to her

Question 5

(Edward II) The Death of Hugh Despenser the Younger According to Jean Le Bel

THE KING HIMSELF… (captive)

Answer 5

…as you’ve heard, was taken captive in this debacle, to the unanimous joy of the whole country

Question 6

(Edward III) John Stratford’s Letter to Edward III, 1341

AND BY THE… (profit)

Answer 6

…counsel of others who seek rather their own profit than your honour of the safety of the land

Question 7

(Edward III) Edward III resumes the the name and title of king of France

BUT EXPELLED KING… (superiority)

Answer 7

…Edward as well from his superiority and resort as from the castles, towns and lands of the king of England in the lordship of Poitou

Question 8

(Richard II) The Wonderful Parliament of (1386) According to Knighton’s Chronicle

IF THE KING… (foolish)

Answer 8

…through any evil counsel or foolish refusal or contempt, [then parliament have the right] to remove the king from his royal throne

Question 9

(Richard II) Bolingbroke’s Campaign and his meeting with Richard II according to the monk of Evesham

WAS ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOMED…

Answer 9

…by the lords and great men of the realm…and within three days all the king’s castles, or at least most of them, had been handed over to him. And this was a wonder to behold.

Question 10

(Henry IV) The Acts of Henry VI’s First Parliaments

THEY WISH THAT…

Answer 10

…he should be in as great royal liberty as his noble [predecessors]