1541 Quiz - The Tudor Society

As it has been the anniversary of the execution of Margaret Pole, this week, I thought it would be interesting to pick the year 1541 and to write a quiz about the events of that year. How much do you know about this year in Henry VIII's reign? Grab a coffee and/or your breakfast and let's get started. Good luck!

The Year 1541

Q1) Margaret Pole was executed on 27th May 1541. She held a title in her own right; she was Countess of .......

Worcester

Wiltshire

Oxford

Salisbury

Correct!

Wrong! She was Countess of Salisbury.

Q2) On 30th June 1541, King Henry VIII and his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, set off on progress. Which part of the country were they going to visit?

South-west

South-east

North

Norfolk and Suffolk

Correct!

Wrong! Their progress was to the north of England.

Q3) Which city did Henry VIII and Catherine Howard enter on 19th September 1541?

York

Hull

Newcastle

Lincoln

Correct! The mayor and the aldermen of the city begged forgiveness from the King for the North’s rebellion during the Pilgrimage of Grace, and gave the King and his wife, Queen Catherine Howard, a gold cup each full of gold coins.

Wrong! It was York. The mayor and the aldermen of the city begged forgiveness from the King for the North’s rebellion during the Pilgrimage of Grace, and gave the King and his wife, Queen Catherine Howard, a gold cup each full of gold coins.

Q4) Poet and diplomat Thomas Wyatt was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1536, at the fall of Anne Boleyn, but also in 1541. What was he accused of in 1541?

Incorrect use of heraldry

Plotting a rebellion

Plotting to kill the king

Passing intelligence on to Spain

Correct! His Oxford Dictionary of National Biography biographer Colin Burrow explains: Bonner's "accusation that Wyatt had said ‘By goddes bludde, ye shall see the kinge our maister cast out at the carts tail, and if he soo be served, by godds body, he is well served’ (Muir, 67) might mean that Wyatt had treasonably compassed the king's death by words, since Bonner claimed Wyatt meant that the king should be hanged like a thief. " He was taken to the Tower on 17th January 1541.

Wrong! He was accused of plotting to kill the king. His Oxford Dictionary of National Biography biographer Colin Burrow explains: Bonner's "accusation that Wyatt had said ‘By goddes bludde, ye shall see the kinge our maister cast out at the carts tail, and if he soo be served, by godds body, he is well served’ (Muir, 67) might mean that Wyatt had treasonably compassed the king's death by words, since Bonner claimed Wyatt meant that the king should be hanged like a thief. " He was taken to the Tower on 17th January 1541.

Q5) Who was Henry VIII due to meet in York in September 1541?

Charles V

The Earl of Northumberlamd

James IV

James V

Correct!

Wrong! He was due to meet his nephew James V of Scotland.

Q6) On 3rd January 1541, who was greeted at Hampton Court Palace by Henry VIII and Catherine Howard? The person brought "two fine and large horses caparisoned in mauve velvet, with trappings and so forth to match" as a New Year gift for the king.

Francis I

Anne of Cleves

Henry VIII's daughter Elizabeth

Henry VIII's daughter Mary

Correct!

Wrong! It was Anne of Cleves.

Q7) Which of these people died on 18th October 1541?

Mary Tudor, Queen of France

Thomas Wyatt

Agnes Tilney, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk

Margaret Tudor

Correct! She died of a stroke at Methven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

Wrong! It was Margaret Tudor. She died of a stroke at Methven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Q8) Who did Catherine Howard allegedly meet in secret while on royal progress in 1541?

Francis Dereham

Thomas Culpeper

Henry Manox

John Lascelles

Correct!

Wrong! She met with Thomas Culpeper.

Q9) On which feast day in 1541 did Henry VIII find out about Catherine Howard's sexual past?

All Souls' Day

All Saints' Day

Halloween

Martinmas

Correct! Archbishop Cranmer gave him a letter when the king arrived in the Holy Day closet at Hampton Court Palace for mass.

Wrong! It was on All Souls' Day. Archbishop Cranmer gave him a letter when the king arrived in the Holy Day closet at Hampton Court Palace for mass.

Q10) Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham were executed on 10th December 1541. True or false: they both suffered a full traitor's death.

True

False

Correct! Culpeper was beheaded while Dereham was "hanged, membered, bowelled, headed, and quartered".

Wrong! Culpeper was beheaded while Dereham was "hanged, membered, bowelled, headed, and quartered".