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Which Tudor Thomas?

Thomas was a very popular Tudor name and there were lots of famous Tudor Thomases and Thomases that served at the royal court.

How well do you know your Tudor Thomases? Find out in today's fun quiz. Good luck!

Which Tudor Thomas?

Q1) This Tudor Thomas came from Ipswich and began his career at court as the king's almoner, rising to become his Lord Chancellor and chief advisor.

Thomas Cromwell

Thomas More

Thomas Wolsey

Thomas Audley

Correct!
Wrong! It's Thomas Wolsey.

Q2) This Tudor Thomas was a statesman, but also wrote "Utopia" and "History of King Richard III".

Thomas More

Thomas Wolsey

Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Howard

Correct!
Wrong! It's Thomas More.

Q3) This seventy-year-old Tudor Thomas led the English forces at the Battle of Flodden in 1513 and was victorious against the Scots.

Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Thomas Boleyn

Thomas Seymour

Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk

Correct!
Wrong! It's Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk.

Q4) This Tudor Thomas was born in 1505, was Earl of Southampton, a Tudor statesman, and helped turn the rack to torture Anne Askew illegally at the Tower of London.

Thomas Audley

Thomas Wriothesley

Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Boleyn

Correct!
Wrong! It's Thomas Wriothesley.

Q5) This Tudor Thomas set up the commissions of oyer and terminer that were used to try Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton in 1536.

Thomas Audley

Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Wriothesley

Correct!
Wrong!

Q6) This Tudor Thomas was a diplomat and scholar who founded a library in Oxford.

Thomas More

Thomas Wolsey

Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Bodley

Correct!
Wrong! It's Thomas Bodley.

Q7) This Tudor Thomas born in around 1499/1500 served as a royal physician, a member of Parliament and a member of the privy chamber.

Thomas Tusser

Thomas Cogan

Thomas Linacre

Thomas Wendy

Correct!
Wrong! It's Thomas Wendy.

Q8) This Tudor Thomas was a diplomat and has been called "The Father of English Poetry" and "The Father of the Drab Age".

Thomas Wyatt the Younger

Thomas Tallis

Thomas Wyatt the Elder

Thomas Nashe

Correct!
Wrong! It's Thomas Wyatt the Elder.

Q9) This Tudor Thomas's maternal grandfather was Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, chamberlain to Elizabeth of York and Catherine of Aragon.

Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Thomas Boleyn

Thomas Seymour

Thomas Culpeper

Correct!
Wrong! It's Thomas Boleyn.

Q10) This Tudor Thomas had a brother with exactly the same name.

Thomas Wriothesley

Thomas Tusser

Thomas Culpeper

Thomas Wyatt

Correct! They were both Thomas Culpeper.
Wrong! It's Thomas Culpeper. He and his brother were both Thomas Culpeper.

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