Why was there a crisis of government in 1450?

Question 1

Who was in charge of Normandy when it was lost?

Somerset’s unpopularity

Answer 1

Somerset

Question 2

When was Rouen surrendered?

Somerset’s unpopularity

Answer 2

October 1449

Question 3

Why did Somerset surrender Rouen?

Somerset’s unpopularity

Answer 3

To secure his personal freedom

Question 4

When was Caen surrendered?

Somerset’s unpopularity

Answer 4

June 1450

Question 5

When were the English fully defeated in France?

Somerset’s unpopularity

Answer 5

12 August 1450

Question 6

What did Somerset believe he could do?

Somerset’s unpopularity

Answer 6

Lead the nobility in response to the problems in 1450

Question 7

When was Somerset attacked by a London mob?

Somerset’s unpopularity

Answer 7

December 1450 due to his increasing unpopularity

Question 8

How was Somerset’s rise in power linked to Suffolk’s previous role in power?

Somerset’s unpopularity

Answer 8

Suffolk’s former household supporters were looking for a new protector, so, in accepting this role, he became widely seen as connected to the discredited Suffolk and the hated household

Question 9

What did Somerset’s and Suffolk’s link lead to?

Somerset’s unpopularity

Answer 9

Somerset being targeted by York as he was seen as a part of Suffolk’s corrupt government

Question 10

What was Jack Cade’s revolt aimed at?

Failiures of government

Answer 10

The oppressive and corrupt officials apart of the government and the king’s household

Question 11

Who was William Crowmer?

Failiures of government

Answer 11

The former sheriff of Kent who was notorious for corruption

Question 12

What is nepotism?

Failiures of government

Answer 12

The practice of using power and influence to favour relatives, fiends, or associated in a workplace

Question 13

What is an example of nepotism within the King’s government?

Failiures of government

Answer 13

William Crowmer was married to the daughter of Lord Saye (treasurer)

Question 14

What did the commons petition for in 1450 parliament?

Failiures of government

Answer 14

The removal of a large list of people from the king’s presence (and government):
- Duke of Somerset
- Duchess of Suffolk
- William Booth ( Bishop of Chester)
- Thomas Daniel
- John Trevelyan

Question 15

How much was the crown in debt?

Failiures of government

Answer 15

£372,000

Question 16

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

Failiures of government

Answer 16

£20,000

Question 17

What did the call of resumption from the rebels and the commons involve?

Failiures of government

Answer 17

To take back royal land that had been granted to favourites

Question 18

How many exceptions were made by Henry VI from resumption?

Failiures of government

Answer 18

186

Question 19

What did the loss of Normandy do to the nobles?

Failiures of government

Answer 19

It removed the need for noble unity against a common foe, as well as show the governments impotence

Question 20

What does Carpenter argue?

Failiures of government

Answer 20

The nobility stopped working together to over the inability of the King to govern - the King was clearly unable to act independently and therefore led to competing approaches by York and Somerset to fill the void left by Suffolk

Question 21

When was Richard of York Lieutenant in Ireland?

York’s Ambition and Actions

Answer 21

1430s

Question 22

Who did some believe was the cause of Jack Cade’s Rebellion?

York’s Ambition and Actions

Answer 22

York

Question 23

When was the Ipswich uprising?

York’s Ambition and Actions

Answer 23

3 March 1450

Question 24

Who allegedly started the Ipswich uprising?

York’s Ambition and Actions

Answer 24

Sir William Oldhall, a loyal supported of York

Question 25

What did Richard plan to do in August 1450 without permission?

York’s Ambition and Actions

Answer 25

Return back to England from Ireland

Question 26

What did York’s return cause the government to do?

York’s Ambition and Actions

Answer 26

Recall Somerset to London from France to help defend them from the new threat

Question 27

Why were York’s actions seen as provocative, even though he did not want the throne?

York’s Ambition and Actions

Answer 27

He entitled dominance and power, threatening the King due to the closeness of his royal blood (Dynastic rivalries between Henry and York)

Question 28

What did York do in September 1450?

York’s Ambition and Actions

Answer 28

Claimed the right to govern as chief advisor

Question 29

What did York do in October 1450?

York’s Ambition and Actions

Answer 29

Toured East Anglia, gaining military support from the Duke of Norfolk (treason)

Question 30

Why did the nobility not respect York?

York’s Ambition and Actions

Answer 30

His methods of his appeal to the ‘communitas’ dangerously mimicked the language Jack Cade’s rebels and the angry soldiers in Kent used

Question 31

CA: What did York do on the 1 December 1450?

York’s Ambition and Actions

Answer 31

York and the Earl of Devon saved Somerset from a mob and executed a rioter to protect him