The Tudor Society

Tudor Churchmen Quiz

Claire Ridgway

How much do you know about the prominent churchmen of the Tudor period? Test yourself with this fun quiz.

Tudor Churchmen

Q1) Which of these church offices was the highest in England?

Archbishop of York

Archbishop of Canterbury

Bishop of London

Bishop of Lincoln

Correct!
Wrong! It was Archbishop of Canterbury.

Q2) Who was the very first Archbishop of Canterbury, back in 597?

Augustine

Mellitus

Justus

Cuthbert

Correct! Augustine of Canterbury is considered founder of the English Church.
Wrong! It was Augustine. Augustine of Canterbury is considered founder of the English Church.

Q3) Who was Archbishop of Canterbury when Henry VII became king in 1485?

John Kemp

John Morton

William Warham

Thomas Bourchier

Correct! He was archbishop from 1454 to 1486.
Wrong! It was Thomas Bourchier. He was archbishop from 1454 to 1486.

Q4) How many Archbishops of Canterbury were there in the Tudor period?

6

15

10

20

Correct, although Thomas Langton died five days after being elected in January 1501 before confirmation of the deed.
Wrong! It's 10, although Thomas Langton died five days after being elected in January 1501 before confirmation of the deed.

Q5) How many Archbishops of Canterbury were executed during the Tudor period?

2

1

3

4

Correct! Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake for heresy on 21st March 1556 at Oxford. He had been deprived of his archbishopric on 4th December 1555.
Wrong! It was one. Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake for heresy on 21st March 1556 at Oxford. He had been deprived of his archbishopric on 4th December 1555.

Q6) What did Thomas Wolsey become in 1514?

Cardinal

Bishop of London

Papal legate

Archbishop of York

Correct!
Wrong! He became Archbishop of York.

Q7) Which man only agreed to become Elizabeth I's Archbishop of Canterbury because he was "so much bound" to her mother Anne Boleyn?

Matthew Parker

Edmund Grindal

John Whitgift

Thomas Cranmer

Correct!
Wrong! It was Matthew Parker.

Q8) What position did Matthew Parker hold before becoming Archbishop of Canterbury?

Bishop of Worcester

Bishop of London

Dean of Lincoln

Dean of Exeter

Correct!
Wrong! He was Dean of Lincoln.

Q9) Which prominent churchman died on the same day as Mary I in 1558?

Cardinal Reginald Pole

Bishop Stephen Gardiner

Bishop Edmund Bonner

Bishop John Stokesley

Correct!
Wrong! It was Cardinal Reginald Pole, Mary's Archbishop of Canterbury.

Q10) Which former Bishop of London died in Marshalsea Prison in 1569?

Cuthbert Tunstall

John Stokesley

Edmund Bonner

Edwin Sandys

Correct! He had refused to take the oath of supremacy and had also continued celebrating the mass.
Wrong! It was Edmund Bonner. He had refused to take the oath of supremacy and had also continued celebrating the mass.

Q11) Which prominent churchman died in 1530 of dysentery while travelling to London to answer charges of treason?

William Warham

Stephen Gardiner

Thomas Goodrich

Thomas Wolsey

Correct!
Wrong! It was Thomas Wolsey.

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