Society

Question 1

When did Henry execute the Duke of Buckingham and why?

Answer 1

1521 - to ensure full support when there was any doubt of loyalty

Question 2

By 1547 what portion of land transferred from the church to the crown had been sold off?

Answer 2

2/3 to fund Henry’s foreign policy

Question 3

What period did the dissolution of the monasteries take place?

Answer 3

1536-1540

Question 4

When were there outbreaks of disorder?

Answer 4

1513 and 1525

Question 5

What full-scale rebellions took place during Henry VIII’s reign?

Answer 5

The Lincolnshire Rising and the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536

Question 6

How many people compromised the Lincolnshire Rebellion?

Answer 6

40,000 - largest single rebellion in Tudor England

Question 7

What further rebellion broke out as a result of the PofG?

Answer 7

Cumberland in 1537

Question 8

What were the religious motives of the rebellions?

Answer 8

fears of dissolution + Cromwell’s injunctions of 1536

Question 9

What were the secular motives of the rebellions?

Answer 9

economic grievances, imposition of Suffolk upon Lincolnshire as magnate + courtly conspiracy by former supporters of Catherine of Aragon

Question 10

What was the rebels demands listed in the Pontefract Article?

Answer 10

religious = concerns for both common people + the clergy, and attempts to restore some of the religious houses that had been suppressed
regional = e.g. call for Parliament in York
specific = e.g. resentment for Cromwell