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!
Tudor House Arrest Quiz
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.
Correct!
Wrong! She went to Woodstock.
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.
Correct!
Wrong! It was Hanworth.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Correct! She had been granted her freedom in 1572.
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