Tudor House Arrest Quiz

Being under lockdown makes me empathise with those Tudor people who upset the monarch and were kept under house arrest. Some of them spent years under house arrest and some were never given their freedom back. It really doesn't bear thinking about, does it?

This week's Sunday quiz tests your knowledge of those Tudors who had to suffer this punishment. How much do you know about them, their circumstances and where they were kept? Test those little grey cells with this fun quiz - good luck!

Q1) Elizabeth I was kept under house arrest on a number of occasions before her accession to the throne, but where was she kept under house arrest in February 1549 with Sir Robert Tyrwhitt supervising?

Hunsdon

Woodstock

Ashridge

Hatfield

Correct! Edward VI’s privy council were investigating whether Elizabeth was secretly plotting to marry Thomas Seymour, Edward VI’s uncle, helped by her servants, Katherine Ashley and Thomas Parry.

Wrong! It was at Hatfield. Edward VI’s privy council were investigating whether Elizabeth was secretly plotting to marry Thomas Seymour, Edward VI’s uncle, helped by her servants, Katherine Ashley and Thomas Parry.

Q2) In May 1554, Elizabeth was released from the Tower of London into house arrest at this place...

Whitehall

Somerset House

Woodstock

Ashridge

Correct!

Wrong! She went to Woodstock.

Q3) Lady Katherine Grey was imprisoned in the Tower of London for secretly marrying Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, and then kept under house arrest at which of the following properties? Tick all that apply.

Cockfield Hall, Suffolk

Pirgo, Essex

Ingatestone Hall, Essex

Gosfield Hall, Essex

Correct! She died still under house arrest at Cockfield Hall, Yoxford, Suffolk.

Wrong! It's all of them. She died still under house arrest at Cockfield Hall, Yoxford, Suffolk.

Q4) Following his release from the Tower, Katherine's husband, Hertford, was sent to his mother's home under house arrest. Which house was this?

Hanworth

Sudeley Castle

Somerset House

Chelsea

Correct!

Wrong! It was Hanworth.

Q5) Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, was put under house arrest here following his desertion of duty in Ireland in 1599.

Essex House

Leicester House

Rotherfield Greys

York House

Correct! He'd upset Queen Elizabeth I by deserting his post and then striding into bedchamber unannounced and seeing her without her makeup or wig.

Wrong! It was York House. He'd upset Queen Elizabeth I by deserting his post and then striding into bedchamber unannounced and seeing her without her makeup or wig.

Q6) True or false: Lady Margaret Douglas, Henry VIII's niece, was kept at Syon Abbey under house arrest in 1536 after being released from the Tower of London due to her ill-health.

True

False

Correct. She'd been imprisoned in the Tower because of her secret romance with Lord Thomas Howard, who was also imprisoned.

Wrong! It's true! She'd been imprisoned in the Tower because of her secret romance with Lord Thomas Howard, who was also imprisoned.

Q7) Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Westminster and of Ely, died in 1570 under house arrest in this London property.

Greenwich Palace

Whitehall Palace

Lambeth Palace

Eltham Palace

Correct! He'd been deprived of his sees and imprisoned due to his Catholic sympathies.

Wrong! The answer is Lambeth. He'd been deprived of his sees and imprisoned due to his Catholic sympathies.

Q8) This privy councillor and Lord Deputy of Ireland was kept under house arrest at Lord Burghley's house before being sent to the Tower of London after his enemies accused him of treason in 1590.

Robert Devereux

Charles Blount

Arthur Grey

John Perrot

Correct! He'd been accused of disobeying orders in Ireland and offering to help Philip of Spain conquer England and Ireland.

Wrong! It's Sir John Perrot. He'd been accused of disobeying orders in Ireland and offering to help Philip of Spain conquer England and Ireland.

Q9) True or false: Lady Mary Grey, sister of Lady Jane Grey, spent two years in house arrest at Chequers, in Buckinghamshire which is now the country residence of the Prime Minister of the UK?

True

False

Correct! She was under house arrest there under the care of William Hawtrey for two years following her secret marriage to Thomas Keys.

Wrong! It's true. She was under house arrest there under the care of William Hawtrey for two years following her secret marriage to Thomas Keys.

Q10) True or false: Lady Mary Grey was still under house arrest at her death in 1578?

True

False

Correct! She had been granted her freedom in 1572.

Wrong! She had been granted her freedom in 1572.