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Early July Tudor Events Quiz

Claire Ridgway

How much do you know about the important events that took place early in the month of July in the Tudor period? Well, lots if you tune into my "on this day" videos regularly!

Test your Tudor history knowledge with this week's fun quiz. Good luck!

Early July Tudor Events Quiz

Q1) At which of her estates did Mary (future Mary I) declare herself queen in front of her household on 8th July 1553?

Framlingham

Hunsdon

Kenninghall

Kimbolton

Correct!
Wrong! It was Kenninghall.

Q2) According to the 1543 Treaty of Greenwich, young King Edward VI would marry....

Mary, Queen of Scots

His half-sister, Mary

Lady Jane Grey

Renée of France

Correct!
Wrong! It's Mary, Queen of Scots.

Q3) On 12th July 1543, King Henry VIII married Catherine Parr in the Queen's Closet in the Chapel Royal of this palace.

Whitehall

Greenwich

Oatlands

Hampton Court

Correct!
Wrong! It was at Hampton Court Palace

Q4) In which city was Pilgrimage of Grace leader Robert Aske hanged in chains on 12th July 1537?

York

Lincoln

Lancaster

London

Correct! Outside Clifford's Tower at York Castle.
Wrong! He was executed outside Clifford's Tower at York Castle.

Q5) True or false: Thomas Cromwell was appointed as Lord Privy Seal in place of the recently executed George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, in July 1536.

True

False

Correct! He actually replaced Thomas Boleyn, George's father.
Wrong! He actually replaced Thomas Boleyn, George's father.

Q6) Pretender Perkin Warbeck landed here on 3rd July 1495 with his men and ships.

Sandwich

Dover

Falmouth

Deal

Correct! It was a failed invasion.
Wrong! He landed at Deal and it was a failed invasion.

Q7) True or false: Gregory Cromwell, son of Thomas Cromwell, died of sweating sickness on 4th July 1551?

True

False

Correct!
Wrong! It's true!

Q8) This killed over 200 people in Stratford-upon-Avon in July and August 1564.

Dysentery

Plague

Sweating sickness

Typhus

Correct!
Wrong! It was the plague.

Q9) True or false: On 5th July 1535, Sir Thomas More wrote his final letter, to his daughter, Meg Roper, with coal?

True

False

Correct!
Wrong! It's true!

Q10) At which royal palace did Edward VI die on 6th July 1553?

Richmond

Windsor

Greenwich

Whitehall

Correct!
Wrong! He died at Greenwich.

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