Sources - LJG Plot

Question 1

LADY JANE GREY PLOT

Answer 1

LADY JANE GREY PLOT

Question 2

What did the 3rd Act of Succession 1543 state about the succession after Edward’s death?

Answer 2

That the throne would pass to Mary and then Elizabeth

Question 3

When was the Devise for Succession originally drawn up?

Answer 3

Spring 1553

Question 4

When did Edward catch smallpox, weakening his immune system?

Answer 4

April 1552

Question 5

What did Edward call the first Devise for the Succession?

Answer 5

‘My devise’

Question 6

What did the first devise for the succession do?

Answer 6

Aimed to make the unborn son of Lady Frances Grey or Lady Jane Grey the next person on the throne

Question 7

When did Northumberland’s son, Lord Guildford Dudley, marry Lady Jane Grey?

Answer 7

25th May 1553

Question 8

What religion were Edward and Northumberland?

Answer 8

Protestant

Question 9

What religion was Mary?

Answer 9

Catholic

Question 10

When did Northumberland become Lord President of the Privy Council?

Answer 10

January 1550

Question 11

When was the 2nd Devise drawn up, when it was clear Edward was going to die?

Answer 11

21st June 1553

Question 12

Who was made heir by the 2nd Devise drawn up on the 21st June 1553?

Answer 12

Lady Jane Grey

Question 13

When did Edward die?

Answer 13

6th July 1553

Question 14

How many prominent people in London were forced to sign the Devise between the 6th and 8th July?

Answer 14

102 - including all of the Privy Council

Question 15

When was Edward’s death announced?

Answer 15

8th July 1553

Question 16

When did Mary proclaim herself Queen and started acting like it?

Answer 16

9th July 1553

Question 17

When did the Privy Council declare Lady Jane Grey queen?

Answer 17

10th July 1553

Question 18

When did Charles V back Mary?

Answer 18

10th July 1553

Question 19

When did Northumberland leave London to fight Mary?

Answer 19

13th July 1553

Question 20

Where had Mary raised a small army?

Answer 20

East Anglia

Question 21

What % of East Anglia was Protestant?

Answer 21

50+%

Question 22

When did the Privy Council refuse to send Northumberland reinforcements?

Answer 22

15th July 1553

Question 23

When did Northumberland’s troops start to desert him?

Answer 23

17th July 1553

Question 24

When did the Privy Council back Mary and say they made an error on backing Jane?

Answer 24

19th July 1553

Question 25

When did Northumberland surrender and declare that Mary was the rightful Queen?

Answer 25

20th July 1553

Question 26

Where did Northumberland surrender?

Answer 26

Cambridge

Question 27

When did Mary arrive into London to cheering crowds?

Answer 27

3rd August 1553

Question 28

When did Northumberland renounce Protestantism and convert to Catholicism, believing it would spare him his life?

Answer 28

21st August 1553

Question 29

When was Northumberland executed?

Answer 29

22nd August 1553

Question 30

What did Mary do after Northumberland converted to Catholicism?

Answer 30

She made it public across Europe

Question 31

When were Lady Jane Grey and Lord Guildford Dudley both executed?

Answer 31

12th February 1554

Question 32

When was Lady Jane Grey’s father, the Duke of Suffolk, executed for his involvement in Wyatt’s Rebellion?

Answer 32

23rd February 1554