key topic 3

• who was elizabeth barton?

  • elizabeth barton was a 16yr old nun
  • she was famous for having visions of the virgin mary
  • she claimed that God disapproved henrys plan to divorce catherine and said that people should stay loyal to the pope
• what happened to elizabeth barton?

  • her books with her prophecies were all destroyed in 1533
  • she was forced to confess all of her visions were false
  • taken to the tower of london for execution
  • same day londoners took oath of succession
• who was john fisher?

  • well known scholar and catholic bishop of rochester
  • he opposed annulment because he supported catherine
  • he believed the popes power was given by God and thus no one should interfere with this
  • only bishop who refused to change his mind to support henry
• what happened to john fisher? nd what did he do

  • charged w treason in 1533 bc he was linked with barton
  • he wrote to charles V to invade england
  • 1534 he refused to take the oath of succession
  • executed at tower of london
  • only bishop executed for opposing act of supremacy
• who was thomas more?


  • scholar and devout catholic
  • became lord chancellor in 1529 and tried his best to remove protestantism and even burned 6 protestants at stake
  • he resigned as lord chancellor in protest of break with rome
• what happened to thomas more?

  • taken to the tower of london for a year but still refused to accept henry as the head of the church
  • 1534 refused to take oath of supremacy
  • 1535 he was executed
• features of the pilgrimage of grace (1536)

  • restored 16 religious houses
  • over 40,000 rebels headed south to london
  • they carried the banner of st cuthbert from durham cathedral
  • started in the north