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Henry VIII TestHenry VIII TestNumber 6

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1. How many monasteries were closed down as a result of these reports?

400

2. What was the name of the rebellion in the North of England against the closing down of the monasteries?

Pilgrimage of Grace

3. Why would monasteries in the North be missed?

Helped sick and poor

4. Name one rumour which went around about what Henry would do next.

Rob/close churchesORAllow high fees for christenings, weddings

and funerals.ORHigh taxes on food

5. Why did many northern nobles support the rebellion?

Not like being ruled by southern commoners

6. Who led this rebellion?ROBERT ASKE

7. How many followers did he have?40,000

8. What did the rebels say about their attitude to the King?

Loyal to him

9. What did the rebels call the King’s ministers?

“evilcounsellors”

10. Why did Henry tell his general to agree to the rebels’ demands?

Short of troops in the North

11. What did Henry later use as an excuse for cancelling his promises?

Some of rebels had looted and murdered

12. Why did the rebellion make Henry even more determined to continue closing the monasteries?

To prove he was in charge

13. What happened to abbots who refused to close their monasteries?

Hanged

14. Name one abbot who suffered this fate

Abbot of Glastonbury

15. What two things were allowed to monks if they went quietly?

PensionsCould become priests

16. Name of the special office set up in London to deal with the sale of monastic property.

Court of Augmentations

17. Which famous saint’s tomb was destroyed at the same time?

Becket

18. Why did Henry order this?Wanted no reminder of another King’s

failure to control Church

19. What change was made to the Bible under Henry VIII?

Translated from Latin to English

20.What was the name of the law of 1539 which laid down clearly that England was to follow Catholic beliefs and not Protestant ones.

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