★ Somerset's Foreign Policy

Question 1

What was Somerset’s main problems?

Answer 1

★ Scotland and France

Question 2

Why was France a threat?

Answer 2

★ Henry VIII had beaten France in 1544 and kept Boulogne
★ Wanted to isolate France but when Henry II came to the throne in 1547 he renewed his alliance with Scotland and sent 4,000 men to Scotland to defend them against England

Question 3

Why was Scotland a threat?

Answer 3

★ Somerset had inherited a potentially ruinous policy towards Scotland from Henry VIII (Greenwich treaty) to try marry Mary Queen of Scots to Edward

Question 4

When was the Battle of Pinkie?

Answer 4

★ 10th September 1547

Question 5

How many people did Somerset send to Scotland during the Battle of Pinkie?

Answer 5

★ 16,000 Infantry
★ 4,000 Cavalry
★ 30 Warships
★ 50 Supply Ships

Question 6

What was the impact of the Battle of Pinkie?

Answer 6

★ Cemented links between France and Scotland
★ Showed Somerset to not be decisive enough to be in a position of leadership
★ Cost Somerset £600,000
★ Somerset wasn’t able to control entirety of Scotland due to France’s military, only the border region