Cards (26)

  • The price increase in edwards reign was what?
    50%
  • How many of the councillors voted to give Somerset the power of protector
    13/16 as 3 were absent
  • Why did Somerset appoint men from his own household
    As he wanted them to be in control of the privy chamber, such as micheal Stanhope and sir Thomas smith
  • When did Somerset debase the coinage?
    1548
  • What taxes were introduced to raise funds for war? ( Somerset)
    Sheep and cloth
  • When were the sheep and cloth taxes introduced ( Somerset
    1548
  • When was the Vagrancy Act? ( ed )
    1547
  • What happened to vagabonds in the vagrancy act?
    Branded with a V, find work or be sold into slavery for 2 years
  • What did the vagrancy act order local officials to do?
    Provide housing and poor relief for deserving poor , those who couldn't work
  • When did Somerset propose enclosure commissions?
    1548 and 1549
  • Who blocked the enclosure commissions? ( Ed)
    Landlords eg Norfolk
  • What did Somerset do to raise funds for war
    Debase coinage
  • Why did Somerset call war on Scotland?
    Refused to negotiate his betheothal of Ed to Mary
  • How big was somersets army in pinkie
    18,000
  • Somerset did what to towns in Scotland
    Garrisoned them in Scotland
  • When were garrisons withdrawn from Scotland? ( Ed )
    1549
  • The content of silver decreased by how much from 1541-1551
    8%
  • Who did Somerset bring along to the Battle of Pinkie
    German and Italian mercenaries
  • How many proclamations did Somerset issue?
    77
  • What book stressed obedience to Somersets religious policy?
    Homily on Obedience by Cranmer
  • How much did garrisoning and bibles cost all together? For Somerset
    £600,000
  • How many chapels were destroyed in the dissolution of chantries
    2374
  • Who was imprisoned for pointing out somersets religious changes were illegal?
    Stephen gardiner
  • What did Northumberland reduce crown debt to?
    £260,000 to £180,000
  • Who did Northumberland appoint for finance?
    William Paulet
  • What title did William Paulet gain?
    Lord of Treasures