The Establishment of Royal Supremacy -The Kings Great Matter&Wolsey's Downfall

Question 1

How much older was Catherine to Henry ?

Answer 1

6 years

Question 2

How many children of Catherine’s survived, who?

Answer 2

one child, Princess Mary

Question 3

Who did Henry consider legitimising out of fear for his kingdom should he die without a male heir?

Answer 3

his son Henry Fitzroy

Question 4

Who was Henry Fitzroy?

Answer 4

Henry v111’s son from his mistress Bessie Blount

Question 5

Who was Anne Boleyn related to ?

Answer 5

the niece of Thomas Howard, the Duke of Norfolk

Question 6

What was Thomas Howard’s title, who was the uncle of Anne Boleyn?

Answer 6

Duke of Norfolk

Question 7

In order to marry Anne Boleyn , what did Henry have Wolsey do?

Answer 7

Henry required Wolsey to secure a papal dispensation for the annulment of his marriage to Catherine

Question 8

What did Henry use as biblical justification which formed the basis of his annulment case?

Answer 8

the book of Leviticus

Question 9

What did the book of Leviticus include?

Answer 9

contained a prohibition on a man marrying his brothers widow

Question 10

How did the book Leviticus apply to Henry and Catherine’s situation?

Answer 10

As Catherine had been very briefly married to Henry’s brother Arthur, Henry argued that the papal dispensation issued by Julius 11 in 1503 to permit his own marriage was invalid

Question 11

What did Henry believe because of the biblical justification Leviticus?

Answer 11

that in God’s eyes his marriage to Catherine was illegal and he was therefore free to marry Anne

Question 12

What was the fundamental problem with Henry’s argument due to Catherine’s defence?

Answer 12

Catherine argued that her marriage to Prince Arthur had never been consummated and that therefore the biblical ban did not apply

Question 13

What date did Emperor Charles V send troops and invaded Rome?

Answer 13

6th May 1527

Question 14

Although in normal circumstances the Pope might have been prepare to issue a dispensation for the annulment, what prevented him?

Answer 14

Emperor Charles V invaded Rome , 6th May 1527 and the Pope effectively became the emperor’s prisoner

Question 15

How was Emperor Charles V related to Catherine?

Answer 15

He was Catherine’s nephew

Question 16

In May 1527 what did Wolsey use his power as the personal representative of the Pope to do?

Answer 16

He brought Henry before a fake court to ‘accuse’ him of living in sin with his supposed wife

Question 17

How did Catherine dispute the verdict of May 1527 whereby Wolsey used his powers as the personal representative of the Pope to bring Henry before a fake court to accuse him of living in sin with his supposed wife?

Answer 17

Catherine in accordance to cannon law, appealed to the Pope

Question 18

What did Wolsey do between 1527-1529?

Answer 18

he stalled with 2 years of fruitless diplomacy

Question 19

After 2 years of fruitless diplomacy, who did the Pope send to hear the case along with Wolsey?

Answer 19

an envoy, Cardinal Campeggio

Question 20

When did the hearing open in London with Cardinal Campeggio and Wolsey?

Answer 20

15h June 1529

Question 21

When did Cardinal Campeggio adjourn the court hearing which opened on the 15ht June 1529?

Answer 21

30th July

Question 22

Why did Cardinal Campeggio adjourn the court hearing which opened on the 15th June 1529 and ended 30th July?

Answer 22

In order to go back to Italy for the hot Italian summer

Question 23

Why was Wolsey already unpopular with those at court? (2)

Answer 23

due to his 1523 subsidy though Parliament

imposing the Amicable Grant in 1525

Question 24

In October 1529 what was Wolsey charged with?

Answer 24

praemunire

Question 25

What was praemunire which Wolsey was charged with?

Answer 25

a parliamentary statute enacted in 1393 to prevent papal interference in the rights of the crown to make appointments to Church office

Question 26

When Wolsey was charged with praemunire in October 1529, what did he surrender to the king? (3)

Answer 26

• himself
• his possessions
• his sumptuous Hampton Court

Question 27

When was Wolsey arrested?

Answer 27

4th November 1530

Question 28

What was supposed to happened to Wolsey after his arrest and what actually happened?

Answer 28

He was supposed to be tried and executed but instead he died at Leister Abbey on 29th November

Question 29

When and where did Wolsey die?

Answer 29

29th November

Leister Abbey

Question 30

What did Polydore Vergil say about Thomas Wolsey?

Answer 30

that he ‘aroused against himself the hatred of the whole country’

Question 31

Who said that Wolsey , ‘aroused against himself the hatred of the whole country’

Answer 31

Polydore Vergil

Question 32

What did John Skelton claim about Wolsey’s Hampton Court?

Answer 32

,’Hampton Court hath the pre-eminence’

Question 33

What did John Skelton mean when he claimed , ‘Hampton Court hath the pre-eminence’

Answer 33

it was more important that the kings court and was therefore a monument to Wolsey’s arrogance

Question 34

What did John Guy consider Wolsey as?

Answer 34

the most gifted administrator for over 300 years