Yes, it's Sunday already! How time flies! Grab your favourite beverage and a yummy snack, get comfortable and have some fun with this little Tudor history quiz. It'll get those brain cells working!
Tudor History Quiz - 18 June 2017
Correct!
Wrong! It's Earl of Norfolk.
Correct! Beginning in 1541 among a group disgruntled clerics in Canterbury, the Prebendaries Plot developed by 1543 into an attempt to arrest and imprison Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.
Wrong! It was an attempt to arrest and imprison Archbishop Cranmer. Beginning in 1541 among a group disgruntled clerics in Canterbury, the Prebendaries Plot developed by 1543 into an attempt to arrest and imprison Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.
Correct! The Act for the Queen's Safety passed by Parliament in 1585, extended throughout the kingdom the protections erected around Elizabeth I by the Bond of Associations. This was especially important in light of the recent assassination of William, Prince of Orange, by a Catholic agent and the continuing plotting of the Catholic supporters of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Wrong! The Act for the Queen's Safety was passed by Parliament in 1585. It extended throughout the kingdom the protections erected around Elizabeth I by the Bond of Associations. This was especially important in light of the recent assassination of William, Prince of Orange, by a Catholic agent and the continuing plotting of the Catholic supporters of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Correct!
Wrong! The answer is John Rastell.
Correct! The Court of Requests was a prerogative court of equity that developed out of the Tudor council as a means of providing speedy, efficient redress for subjects too poor to avail themselves of the costly and complicated procedures of the courts of common law.
Wrong! It was known as the Court of Poor Men's Causes. The Court of Requests was a prerogative court of equity that developed out of the Tudor council as a means of providing speedy, efficient redress for subjects too poor to avail themselves of the costly and complicated procedures of the courts of common law.
Correct! It was in 1497, in Henry VII's reign.
Wrong! It was in 1497, in Henry VII's reign.
Correct! Penelope Rich, Lady Rich, was born Penelope Devereux. She was proposed as a bride for Philip Sidney in 1576 but it did not happen. In 1581 she married the wealthy Robert Rich, Lord Rich.
Wrong! It was Penelope Rich. Lady Rich, was born Penelope Devereux. She was proposed as a bride for Philip Sidney in 1576 but it did not happen. In 1581 she married the wealthy Robert Rich, Lord Rich.
Correct! Henry VII pardoned him and gave him a job in the royal kitchens. He later became a falconer.
Wrong! It's false. Henry VII pardoned him and gave him a job in the royal kitchens. He later became a falconer.
Correct! Perkin Warbeck was executed and both Rizzio and Stuart were murdered.
Wrong! It's Thomas Boleyn. Perkin Warbeck was executed and both Rizzio and Stuart were murdered.
Correct! It took place near Edinburgh and was between the Protestant nobles and the army of Mary, Queen of Scots and her husband, the Earl of Bothwell. Mary surrendered and was imprisoned. It was the end of her relationship with Bothwell.
Wrong! It was in 1567. It took place near Edinburgh and was between the Protestant nobles and the army of Mary, Queen of Scots and her husband, the Earl of Bothwell. Mary surrendered and was imprisoned. It was the end of her relationship with Bothwell.