The Crisis of 1450

Question 1

What position held by York from December 1447 prevented him from
personally intervening to aid his Norman affinity?

Answer 1

Lieutenant of Ireland

Question 2

Which major Norman city did Somerset surrender in October
1449 in order to secure his personal freedom?

Answer 2

Rouen

Question 3

Which Norman city, held by a follower of York for him, was
lost in June 1450, arguably due to Somerset’s cowardice?

Answer 3

Caen

Question 4

Who was alleged to have been scheming to place Richard of
York on the throne as early as March 1450?

Answer 4

Sir William Oldhall

Question 5

Which prominent financier and mentor of Suffolk had become
dominant in England by the 1440s before dying in 1447?

Answer 5

Cardinal Beaufort

Question 6

Control of which group enabled Suffolk to dominate
government in the 1440s?

Answer 6

King’s household

Question 7

What was the king’s household widely accused of by 1450?

Answer 7

Corruption

Question 8

Whose inaction and disinterest arguably forced Suffolk to operate in a manner that was bound to fail eventually?

Answer 8

Henry VI

Question 9

What was Suffolk effectively controlling for the king which created a conflict of interest for him as a noble?

Answer 9

Duchy of Lancaster

Question 10

What was signed with France in 1444 when Suffolk’s faction was dominant?

Answer 10

Treaty of Tours

Question 11

Who was Henry VI unpopularly married to in 1445, for which Suffolk was unfairly blamed?

Answer 11

Margaret of Anjou

Question 12

Which territory was surrendered to the French by the Suffolk-dominated government in 1448?

Answer 12

Maine

Question 13

Which territory was the Suffolk-led government blamed for losing in 1449-1450?

Answer 13

Normandy

Question 14

Which Breton town was captured by Suffolk’s captain, Francois de Surienne, on 29 March 1449, breaking the truce with the French?

Answer 14

Fougeres

Question 15

Which Breton duke was driven into an alliance with Charles VII of France by the attack on Fougeres in March 1449?

Answer 15

Francis I

Question 16

Which government official was killed by a mob of unpaid soldiers at Portsmouth on 9 January 1450?

Answer 16

Adam Moleyns

Question 17

When was Suffolk arrested as unrest grew throughout the country?

Answer 17

28 January 1450

Question 18

For how many years did Henry VI banish Suffolk in an attempt to save his life?

Answer 18

Five

Question 19

Where was Suffolk’s body found after his ship was intercepted by English rebels in May 1450?

Answer 19

Kent

Question 20

Which pro-French war uncle of Henry VI was Suffolk widely blamed for the death of in 1447?

Answer 20

Humphrey of Gloucester

Question 21

Which potential ‘Lancastrian’ heiress did Suffolk marry to his son John in early 1450?

Answer 21

Margaret Beaufort

Question 22

When was the Norman capital Rouen surrendered to the French by Suffolk’s ally, the Duke of Somerset?

Answer 22

October 1449

Question 23

When was Jack Cade’s Rebellion?

Answer 23

May-July 1450

Question 24

The loss of control of Normandy led to increases in what?

Answer 24

French piracy

Question 25

When were the English ports Rye and Winchelsea burnt down by the French?

Answer 25

1448

Question 26

Where did the majority of the soldiers return to after Normandy fell?

Answer 26

South East England (Kent)

Question 27

Where did Jack Cade’s Rebellion originate?

Answer 27

Kent

Question 28

What did Jack Cade change his surname to?

Answer 28

Mortimer

Question 29

When did Cade change his surname to Mortimer?

Answer 29

June 1450

Question 30

What symbol, formerly associated with the deposed Richard II, was used as the name of the inn where Cade stayed?

Answer 30

White Hart

Question 31

Cade’s complaint explicitly denied that the rebels intended to replace Henry VI with whom?

Answer 31

Richard of York

Question 32

Which battle on 15 April 1450 was a decisive defeat for English forces in Normandy?

Answer 32

Formigny

Question 33

Who was the hated and corrupt former sheriff of Kent?

Answer 33

William Crowmer

Question 34

What did William Crowmer, former Sheriff of Kent, become notorious for?

Answer 34

Corruption

Question 35

How much was the crown’s debt increasing by each year?

Answer 35

£20,000

Question 36

What was the total debt of the English Crown by 1450?

Answer 36

£372,000

Question 37

What territorial loss was linked to Jack Cade’s Rebellion?

Answer 37

Normandy

Question 38

How many formal complaints were made by the Jack Cade’s Rebellion?

Answer 38

Fifteen

Question 39

In what year was Normandy lost to the French?

Answer 39

1450

Question 40

Which prominent Yorkist was later accused of inciting the Jack Cade’s rebels in order to put York on the throne?

Answer 40

Sir William Oldhall

Question 41

Which bishop of Salisbury, associated with Suffolk and the king’s marriage, was murdered in Wiltshire in June 1450?

Answer 41

William Ayscough

Question 42

Which corrupt supporter of Suffolk’s, and father-in-law of William Crowmer, was killed by Cade’s rebels?

Answer 42

Lord Saye

Question 43

Imports of what into England fell to barely a quarter of what they had been after the war with France restarted?

Answer 43

Wine

Question 44

Which two household men with close ties to Suffolk were specifically mentioned as corrupt enemies by the rebels?

Answer 44

Thomas Daniel and John Trevelyan

Question 45

What blocked English trade to Germany and the Baltic in retaliation for English piracy, prompting anger from Cade’s rebels?

Answer 45

Hanseatic League

Question 46

Who returned to London from Normandy on 1 August 1450, taking over leadership of the king’s household?

Answer 46

Edmund Beaufort (Somerset)

Question 47

When did Richard of York return from Ireland claiming a conspiracy against him and his family?

Answer 47

September 1450

Question 48

Where did York tour in October 1450 gathering armed support from the Duke of Norfolk?

Answer 48

East Anglia

Question 49

When did the York-supporting Commons in parliament petition for action to be taken against Somerset?

Answer 49

November 1450

Question 50

When was Somerset assaulted by a mob and placed in the Tower of London for his own protection?

Answer 50

December 1450