Tudor August events quiz

Today is the 1st of September, so the perfect time to test how much you've remembered from my "on this day" videos, articles and talks from August. Let's get those little grey cells working with this fun Sunday quiz. Good luck!

Q1) Robert Samuel, a former minister who was burned at the stake on 31st August 1555, was one of the ....... Martyrs.

Ipswich

Dartford

Oxford

Coventry

Correct!

Wrong! He was one of the Ipswich Martyrs.

Q2) This woman acted as guardian to Mary Seymour, who was born on 30th August 1548, after her parents, Catherine Parr and Thomas Seymour, died.

Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII

Mary, daughter of Henry VIII

Catherine Brandon (née Willoughby)

Anne Parr

Correct!

Wrong! It was Catherine Brandon (née Willoughby), Duchess of Suffolk.

Q3) Who was the Lord Chancellor who was sent to visit Mary (future Mary I) on 28th August 1551, to order her to stop celebrating Mass?

Anthony Wingfield

Thomas Wriothesley

Thomas Audley

Richard Rich

Correct!

Wrong! It was Richard Rich.

Q4) Protestant martyr Richard Atkins was burned in this city on 2nd August 1581.

London

Rome

Venice

Antwerp

Correct!

Wrong! It was in Rome.

Q5) Which of these men led an army against the rebels of the Prayer Book Rebellion in August 1549?

Thomas Seymour

John Dudley

Robert Dudley

John Russell

Correct!

Wrong! It was John Russell, Earl of Bedford.

Q6) Where was Elizabeth I on 9th August 1561 when she sent out a mandate that no women should reside in the precincts of cathedrals or collegiate churches?

Bristol

Colchester

Kenilworth

Ipswich

Correct!

Wrong! She was in Ipswich.

Q7) What was the name of Henry VIII's ship that sank at the Battle of Saint-Mathieu on 10th August 1512?

The Regent

The Peter Pomegranate

The Mary Rose

The Grace Dieu

Correct!

Wrong! It was the Regent.

Q8) The friars of this order were expelled from their houses on 11th August 1534.

Friars observant

Greyfriars

Carthusian

Benedictine

Correct! They were expelled from their houses due to their support of Catherine of Aragon and their refusal to accept the King's supremacy.

Wrong! They were the friars observant and they were expelled from their houses due to their support of Catherine of Aragon and their refusal to accept the King's supremacy.

Q9) Thomas Phaer, who made his will on 12th August 1560, is known for writing the first book on .............

Childbirth

Contraception

Paediatrics

Digestive Health

Correct! "The Boke of Chyldren".

Wrong! It's paediatrics. He wrote "The Boke of Chyldren".

Q10) Margaret Pole was born on 14th August 1473. Her father was George, Duke of Clarence, but who was her mother?

Anne Neville

Ursula Stafford

Isabel Neville

Anne de Beauchamp

Correct! Isabel was daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and "the Kingmaker".

Wrong! Isabel Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and "the Kingmaker", was her mother.

Q11) In whose reign did the Battle of Spurs take place?

Edward VI's

Mary I's

Henry VII's

Henry VIII's

Correct! It was on 16th August 1513.

Wrong! It was on 16th August 1513, so in Henry VIII's reign.