The spreading of rumours Flashcards
1
Q
What awaited anyone who spread rumours of Henry VII’s death of claimed to know of the existence of impostors?
A
Whipping, imprisonment, and public declamation
2
Q
What did Cromwell do the 1530s?
A
Insisted that rumours, prophesies, or false stories should be investigated and the perpetrators punished
3
Q
What happened in 1538?
A
The vicar of Muston in Yorkshire was executed for predicting that the king would ‘flee into the sea’
4
Q
What happened in 1542?
A
Rumour-mongering became a felony
5
Q
What happened in 1549?
A
The privy council declared that rumour-mongers would be chained to the galleys
6
Q
What did Mary introduce?
A
The decapitation of the right hand
7
Q
What did Elizabeth do in 1581?
A
Made sedition a capital offence
