The Puritan Threat Topic 7

Question 1

Types of puritans

Answer 1

Moderate puritans - no calls for further reforms in church
Presbyterians - wanted further church reforms
Seperatists - most radicle group, break away from national church

Question 2

Vestments controversy 1566

Answer 2

37 Bishops refused to wear vestments - Elizabeth dismissed people from jobs

Question 3

Thomas Cartwright 1570

Answer 3

Gave lectures where he called for introducing Presbyterianism to church systems - sent to Geneva and lost his job

Question 4

John Stubbs 1579

Answer 4

Wrote pamphlets criticising the queens marriage talks - hand was cut off and he went to prison for 18 months

Question 5

Marprelate tracts 1588-89

Answer 5

Anonymous pamphlets attacking the church and bishops, bad language - authors never identified

Question 6

Puritan beliefs

Answer 6

Opposed marriage rings
Wanted rid of all catholic associations
Opposed role of bishops

Question 7

Puritan opposition in parliament

Answer 7

Some MP’s used their position to introduce bills which proposed further church reform
-Walter Strickland
-John field
-Peter wentworth

Question 8

Measures taken to deal with Puritan challenge

Answer 8

Archbishop Grindal ordered to ban prophesyings, refused and was dismissed, Whitgift was harsher on puritans
Radical puritans who went underground wanted an independent church, Robert Browne was arrested and exiled
Separatism was seen as treason and Elizabeth passed Act against seditious sectaries in 1593.

Question 9

Walter Strickland

Answer 9

Proposed new book of common prayer
Wanted vestments banned
No rings at weddings
Elizabeth closed parliament

Question 10

39 articles

Answer 10

Rules for the clergy to follow

Question 11

Archbishop Grindal

Answer 11

Encouraged prophesying
This concerned Elizabeth
She believed the meetings were dangerous
Ordered grindal to stop
He refused and Liz placed him on house arrest

Question 12

Whitgift

Answer 12

Replaced Grindal when he dies
Wanted to purge the church from puritans
Issued 3 articles

Question 13

3 articles

Answer 13

Acceptance of bishops, accept everything in prayer book, accept 39 articles
300-400 ministers refused it

Question 14

Separatists

Answer 14

Puritans driven out of church, many imprisoned for a long time
Small group established their own church
Robert Browne formed brownists
Sentenced to hanging