The Dissolution of the Monasteries

Question 1

When was the Pilgrimage of Grace?

Answer 1

1536

Question 2

What were the political motives behind the Dissolution of the Monasteries?

Answer 2

Breaking the power of Rome, establishing an independent state, and upholding patronage

Question 3

What were the financial motives behind the Dissolution of the Monasteries?

Answer 3

Cromwell knew that the monasteries had enough money to finance Henry’s military ambitions

Question 4

Name one Monastery and its net income

Answer 4

Glastonbury; £3311

Question 5

When was the Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries?

Answer 5

1536

Question 6

When did larger monasteries begin to voluntarily surrender?

Answer 6

1538

Question 7

When was the Act for the Dissolution of the Larger monasteries

Answer 7

1539

Question 8

By what year were all the monastic houses dissolved?

Answer 8

1540

Question 9

Who led the Lincolnshire rising?

Answer 9

Nicholas Melton “Captain Cobbler”

Question 10

Who led the York uprising?

Answer 10

Robert Aske

Question 11

Which castle was quickly yielded to the York rebels and who by?

Answer 11

Pontefract Castle; Lord Darcy

Question 12

Who was invited to Parliament following the Pilgrimage of Grace?

Answer 12

Robert Aske

Question 13

What were the religious motives for the dissolution of the monasteries?

Answer 13

The monks and nuns broke their vows of chastity, were lazy, self-indulgent, and had children

Question 14

Which parts of the Pontefract Articles suggested economic motives for the Pilgrimage of Grace?

Answer 14

The request for the repeal of the Statute of Uses, a request to end Enclosures, and concern over tenancy prices

Question 15

Who was sent to deal with the Lincolnshire rebels?

Answer 15

The Duke of Suffolk

Question 16

Who was sent to deal with the York rebels and what was he instructed to do?

Answer 16

The Duke of Norfolk; not to negotiate

Question 17

What caused Henry to be more harsh with the rebellions and how many executions took place?

Answer 17

Sir Francis Bigod’s failed rebellion; 144

Question 18

Which leading figures were executed after the Bigod rebellion?

Answer 18

Bigod, Aske, Lord Darcy, Lord Hussey, Thomas Miller, Sir Thomas Percy

Question 19

How many of the 300 monasteries did Henry VIII exempt from the dissolution?

Answer 19

67

Question 20

What political power did the abbots have in the 1530s?

Answer 20

They sat in the house of lords

Question 21

What was the wealthiest monastery in the 1530s?

Answer 21

Glastonbury

Question 22

When were commissioners as part of Valor Ecclesiasticus set out to investigate the wealth of the monasteries and behaviour of monks?

Answer 22

1535

Question 23

What was the threshold income for institutions affected by the Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries in 1536?

Answer 23

£200

Question 24

Where did the 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion begin?

Answer 24

Lincolnshire

Question 25

What was on the badge of the rebels demonstrating their religious motivation?

Answer 25

Five wounds of Christ

Question 26

Who headed the king’s army sent to put down the rebellion?

Answer 26

Duke of Suffolk

Question 27

Who was the leader of the rebellion?

Answer 27

Robert Aske

Question 28

What was the name of the list of demands from the rebels?

Answer 28

The Pontefract Articles

Question 29

Who led the secondary uprising in Yorkshire in 1537?

Answer 29

Sir Francis Bigod

Question 30

Name one of Cromwell’s commissioners sent out as part of the Valor Ecclesiasticus

Answer 30

Richard Leighton