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1
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How many days after childbirth did Jane Seymour live till she died?

A

12 days

2
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What did Henry try to do after the death of Jane Seymour?

A

Arrange a marriage to the Duchess of Milan or a French Princess

3
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What prevented the arranged marriage Henry wanted

A

Treaty of Toledo

4
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What did Cromwell convince Henry to do?

A

Marry a German noblewoman in order to negotiate an alliance with the Protestant league of Schmalkalen

5
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Who did Cromwell want Henry to form an alliance with?

A

Protestant league of Schmalkalden

6
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What did the alliance of England with the Protestant league lead to?

A

Treaty signed at Hampton courts in October 1539

7
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What did the treaty signed at Hampton courts signify?

A

Alliance between Henry and Duke William of Cleves

8
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Where were Cromwells enemies?

A

On the conservative side

9
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When did Henry marry Anne of Cleves

A

Under protest 6th January 1540

10
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What happened on the 6th of January 1540?

A

Henry married Anne of Cleves

11
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Give examples of Cromwells enemies?

A
Duke of Norfolk 
Bishop Tunstalk
Sir William Fitzwilliam 
Lord Sandes 
Sir Anthony Browne
12
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What happened to Jane Seymour 12 days after giving birth?

A

She died

13
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When did Henry sign a treaty with the Duke of Cleves

A

October 1539

14
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What did Cromwell do Gardiner

A

Exclude him from privy council in 1539

15
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When was Gardiner excluded from the Privy council?

A

1539

16
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What did Lamberts burning show?

A

Showed the kings views were conservative.

17
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What did the kings conservative view show?

A

Conservatives ( Earl of Sussex, Sir John Russell, Sir Thomas Cheyney, Sir William Kingston) joined leaving Cromwell and Cranmer isolated

18
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What was the plan of the Act of Six articles?

A

Henry’s plan to create a religious settlement of his choosing

19
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When did Henry call Parliament to handle the Act of Six Articles?

A

28th April 1539

20
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Why did Henry call parliament on the April 1539?

A

Act of six articles

21
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What happened on the 5th of May?

A

Henry asked House of Lords for a Committed to work on it

22
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Who was the chairman of the committee appointed to carry out the act of six articles?

A

Cromwell but he could not oppose the King

23
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When did Henry asked the House of Lords were committee to work on the act of six articles

A

Fifth of May 15 39

24
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How did Cromwell distract the king from the act of six articles?

A

Another peacetime subsidy

25
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Who took charge after Cromwell failed to derive the kings attention?

A

Duke of Norfolk

26
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What did the act of six articles agree

A

Endorsed transubstantiation,
claimed Laity could not take communion in both kinds,
claimed that the vows of chastity must be followed, claim that private mass should continue,
priests could not marry
Auricular confessions was not necessary

27
Q

What did the act of six articles show?

A

Reversed Cromwells religious policy

28
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What was adopted to enforce the act of six articles?

A

Strict penal clauses

29
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What was the punishment for denying transubstantiation

A

Automatic burning

30
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What did the pre-1534 heresy laws allow

A

One Recantation was possible

31
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What did the act of Precedence do?

A

Advanced Cromwells position personally and highlighted his importance and specifically named the positions that were included in the privy council

32
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What was the disadvantage of the Act of Precedence

A

Cromwell has to accept that rivals were now members of the councils

33
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What did cromwell do after the disastrous parliament in April 1549?

A

Assumed leader of Privy Chamber

34
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In the position of leader of the privy chamber, what did Cromwell do?

A

Made Earl of Essex which allows him to appoint his own supporters in the privy chamber

35
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What did appointing his supporters in the privy chamber achieve for Cromwell

A

Offset disadvantage in the Privy council

36
Q

What did Cromwell do to take centre ground?

A

Condemning the rashness of radicals and superstition of the traditionalists

37
Q

What did Cromwell appoint

A

Committees to reform the Bishop book

38
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When did the Duke of Norfolk travel to France

A

February 1540

39
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What did the Duke of Norfolk do in February 1540

A

Persuaded French that they would be in a better bargaining position if Cromwell was to be removed

40
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What happened in February 1540

A

Duke of Norfolk travel to France to persuade them that they will be in a better bargaining position if Cromwell was removed

41
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What did the disagreement between France and Spain cause

A

Less likely chance of Catholic crusade against England

42
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What did the reduced chance of a Catholic crusade cause

A

Treaty of Cleves was Unnecessary

43
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Who was blamed for exaggerating the beauty of Anne of Cleves

A

Cromwell

44
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What was Henry’s nickname for Anne of Cleves

A

Flanders Mare

45
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Who did Henry marry after Anne of Cleves

A

Catherine Howard

46
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What did Cromwell do wrong during the annulment with Anne of Cleves

A

, Hesitated in arranging the divorce which in theory should have been easy as the marriage was unconsummated

47
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What did Norfolk discover in spring 1539

A

Cromwell was harbouring over 60 Protestants

48
Q

When was it discovered that Cromwell was harbouring over 60 Protestants

A

Spring 1539

49
Q

What did the kings requested reports show?

A

Cromwell was not enforcing the six articles

50
Q

When was it found that Cromwell was not fully employing the 6 articles

A

King ordered a full enquiry

51
Q

Who did Cromwell try to reconcile with after his position became weak?

A

Gardiner

52
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Why did Cromwell have dinner with Gardiner

A

Reconcile with him and to be readmitted into the Privy council

53
Q

What did Sir Gregory Botolf do?

A

Defected to Rome

54
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Who defected to Rome?

A

Sir Gregory Botolf

55
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What did Cromwell try using the Botolf conspiracy for?

A

Shift blame onto Norfolk. He claimed that accusers were involved in conspiracy and trying to turn Henry against him

56
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What conspiracy did Cromwell use to shift blame onto Norfolk

A

Botolf conspiracy

57
Q

What was happening to Henry

A

Excruciating pain from ulcers that covered his legs and feet

58
Q

What did the ulcers all over Henry legs cause?

A

Bouts of anger and frustration which would cloud his judgement and lash out at those closest to him

59
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What clouded Henry’s judgment

A

Ulcers all over legs causing anger

60
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What did Cromwell fail to do that was the last straw?

A

Unable to obtain a divorce for the king

61
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When was Cromwell arrested?

A

June 1540

62
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What made Cromwell useless to the king

A

King obtained evidence for his divorce meaning that Cromwell was no longer needed and incompetent

63
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When was Cromwell executed

A

28th July 1540

64
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What happened on 28th July 1540

A

Cromwell was executed

65
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When was Cromwell arrested

A

June 1540

66
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What did the act of attainder do against Cromwell?

A

Confiscated all land

67
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What did the Act of Attainders mention?

A

How he protected those who were accused of treason and how he made a speech in March 1539 supporting English Lutheran Robert Barnes

68
Q

What did the act of attainders saying that Cromwell hiding people accused of treason suggest?

A

Linked to the conservative factions attacks against him

69
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When did the act of attainder say that Cromwell made a speech supporting Lutheran Robert Barnes

A

March 1539

70
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Who did the act of attainder say that Cromwell made a speech supporting I. March 1539?

A

English Lutheran Robert Barnes

71
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What did the act of attainders accusing Cromwell of making a speech supporting English Lutheran’s show?

A

Indicating religion had a big part to play

72
Q

When did Henry marry Catherine

A

28th July 1540

73
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What did Henry do to symbolise the Importance of the conservative faction and Cromwells Failure

A

Cromwells execution on the same day as the Henry’s marriage to Catherine Howard

74
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Why did Henry execute Cromwell and Marry Catherine Howard on the same day?

A

Show importance of the conservative faction and highlight Cromwells failure to obtain a divorce

75
Q

What did the conservative faction use Catherine Howard for?

A

Manipulate Henry

76
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Who did the Conservative faction use to manipulate Henry

A

Catherine Howard