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Tudor History Quiz

Claire Ridgway

Sir Thomas More

Thank you to Rebecca Larson for writing this week's quiz. This general Tudor history quiz should wake you up and get those brain cells working! Good luck!

General Tudor History Quiz

Q1) Henry VIII was known to buy this on a weekly basis.

Linen sheets

A pair of comfortable velvet shoes

A pair of hose

A new brooch

Correct! Elizabeth Norton writes of this in her book "The Tudor Treasury".
Wrong! It's a pair of comfortable velvet shoes. Elizabeth Norton writes of this in her book "The Tudor Treasury".

Q2) Which two of Thomas More's children married one of More's wards? (Select two)

Margaret

John

Elizabeth

Cecily

Correct! In 1527, John More became betrothed to his father’s ward, Anne Cresacre. They married and had eight children together: Thomas II, Augustine, Edward, Gerome, Thomas III, Bartholomew, Anne, Francis. More's daughter Cecily married Giles Heron who was also a ward of Thomas More.
Wrong! It's John and Cecily. In 1527, John More became betrothed to his father’s ward, Anne Cresacre. They married and had eight children together: Thomas II, Augustine, Edward, Gerome, Thomas III, Bartholomew, Anne, Francis. More's daughter Cecily married Giles Heron who was also a ward of Thomas More.

Q3) Shortly after Edward VI became King of England he suggested his sister Mary marry this person to "change her opinions."

Thomas Wyatt

Francis Bryan

Thomas Seymour

Robert Dudley

Correct!
Wrong! The answer is Thomas Seymour.

Q4) True or False: Henry VIII hated writing so much that he had a stamp made of his signature?

True

False

Correct! Elizabeth Norton writes of this in her "The Tudor Treasury".
Wrong! Elizabeth Norton writes of this in her "The Tudor Treasury".

Q5) Which man said this about Thomas Seymour after his execution: he "died very dangerously, irksomely, horribly."?

Hugh Latimer

Ralph Sadler

William Parr

William Sharington

Correct!
Wrong! It was Hugh Latimer.

Q6) Elizabeth Barton "The Nun of Kent" was executed on 20 April 1534. Implicated in her downfall were Edward Bocking, John Dering, Richard Master, Harry Gold, Hugh Rich and Richard Risby. One of the men listed received a stay of execution and was pardoned - which man was it?

John Dering

Richard Master

Hugh Rich

Edward Bocking

Correct! It is believed that Richard Master signed the oath of succession, which both Rich and Risby were also offered but they declined. At the time that Master swore the oath it coincided with the swearing of the citizens of London.
Wrong! The answer is Richard Master. It is believed that Richard Master signed the oath of succession, which both Rich and Risby were also offered but they declined. At the time that Master swore the oath it coincided with the swearing of the citizens of London.

Q7) On 17 March 1554 this woman was informed that she would be taken to the Tower of London as a prisoner of the queen for her involvement in Wyatt’s Rebellion.

Lady Jane Grey

Elizabeth Tudor, future Elizabeth I

Elizabeth Scrope

Kat Ashley

Correct! When informed Elizabeth requested a moment to write a letter to her sister, the queen. In it she asked not to be condemned without proof and protested her innocence. By the time she completed her letter the tide had changed and spared her one more night before being sent to the Tower.
Wrong! It was Elizabeth Tudor. When informed Elizabeth requested a moment to write a letter to her sister, the queen. In it she asked not to be condemned without proof and protested her innocence. By the time she completed her letter the tide had changed and spared her one more night before being sent to the Tower.

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