Sources - Edward Religion

Question 1

EDWARD’S RELIGION

Answer 1

EDWARD’S RELIGION

Question 2

What % of London and East Anglia were Protestant?

Answer 2

Around 50%

Question 3

What % of Sussex was Protestant?

Answer 3

27%

Question 4

What % of Devon and York were Protestant?

Answer 4

Devon - 1%
York - 2%

Question 5

What was placed in every church in July 1547?

Answer 5

Book of Homilies

Question 6

What was ordered of churches in July 1547?

Answer 6

To perform church services in English and remove superstitious statues

Question 7

When was William Body murdered for removing superstitious images from churches in Helston?

Answer 7

5th April 1548

Question 8

What Act was passed by Parliament in Autumn 1547 which dissolved monasteries?

Answer 8

Chantries Act

Question 9

When was the Treason Act repealed, appeasing Catholics?

Answer 9

Autumn 1547

Question 10

What did the repeal of the Treason Act cause?

Answer 10

Radical street preaching

Question 11

What was the government forced to issue between January and April 1548 which limited public preaching?

Answer 11

A series of proclamations

Question 12

When was public preaching banned altogether?

Answer 12

September 1548

Question 13

What did proclamations between February 1548 and February 1549 do?

Answer 13

Removed images in churches

Question 14

When did the Book of Common Prayer become law?

Answer 14

December 1548

Question 15

When was the first Act of Uniformity passed? (Exact date)

Answer 15

21st January 1549

Question 16

After the first Act of Uniformity, what could the clergy be imprisoned for not doing?

Answer 16

Reforming

Question 17

What were 3 things stated in the first Act of Uniformity?

Answer 17

• Clergy could marry
• Communion in English
• Laity could receive bread + wine at communion

Question 18

How many sacraments were there in the first Act of Uniformity, appeasing Protestants?

Answer 18

5 instead of 7

Question 19

What days were allowed to remain, appeasing Catholics?

Answer 19

Fast days and holy days

Question 20

What were Catholic allowed to do under the first Act of Uniformity?

Answer 20

Worship saints

Question 21

Where did Bishop Hooper carry out visitations?

Answer 21

Gloucester

Question 22

Out of 311 clergy in Gloucester, how many could not recite the Lord’s Prayer in English?

Answer 22

10

Question 23

Out of 311 clergy in Gloucester, how many did not know the 10 commandments?

Answer 23

171

Question 24

When was Somerset removed in a coup?

Answer 24

Summer of 1549

Question 25

Who replaced Somerset and took power?

Answer 25

Northumberland

Question 26

When was the new Ordinal introduced, which revised the procedure for the ordination of priests?

Answer 26

January 1550

Question 27

What 2 Catholic elements remained in the new ordination service?

Answer 27

• Wear a surplice
• Swear an oath on the saints

Question 28

What bishop refused the ordinal and declined a role as the Bishop of Gloucester?

Answer 28

Bishop Hooper

Question 29

Why did Bishop Hooper eventually accept the ordination?

Answer 29

He was imprisoned

Question 30

What Catholic bishop was deprived of his see?

Answer 30

Bishop Gardiner

Question 31

What did the new Treason Act make punishable by death?

Answer 31

Questioning the royal supremacy

Question 32

When was the new Treason Act introduced?

Answer 32

January 1552

Question 33

When was the Second Act of Uniformity passed?

Answer 33

March 1552

Question 34

What did the 2nd Act of Uniformity make law?

Answer 34

To use the 2nd Book of Common Prayer

Question 35

How many people were burned for heresy during Edward’s reign?

Answer 35

2 - both under Northumberland