Henry VIII TestHenry VIII TestNumber 5

Sheets 14-19

1.What was the first suggestion which Cromwell had ever made to Henry?

Break with Rome

2.What were the two Oaths that Cromwell suggested important people take?

SUPREMACYand SUCCESSION

3. Name of the famous bishop who refused to take the oaths.

JOHNFISHER

4. What did the Pope do when he heard that this man was refusing to take the oaths?

Made him a Cardinal

5.What did Henry have to say about this?He would send the head to Rome so that

the Pope would not have to send the hat to England

6. Title and full name of one of Henry’s best friends who was also executed.

SIRTHOMASMORE

7.Why had he originally resigned as Lord Chancellor?

Disagreed with Henry over break with Rome

8. What name is given to people like these who suffer and even die for what they believe in?

MARTYRS

9. What did the Roman Catholic Church do to these two men in 1936?

Made them saintsORcanonized them

10. How many monasteries had Thomas Cromwell originally helped Wolsey to close down?

22

11. Explain fully why Henry needed money so badly at this time.

Church policycould lead to invasion or rebellion

12.Why did Henry not just ask Parliament for tax money?

Would be unpopular

13.Who suggested that Henry close down the monasteries?

Thomas Cromwell

14. He said that closing down the monasteries would make Henry the ……..?

Richest prince in Christendom

15. What proportion of the land in England did the monasteries own?

One quarter

16. What substance on the roof was very valuable?

Lead

17.What was the one religious reason for closing down the monasteries?

Many still supported Pope

18-21.What were the four Middle Ages tasks which most monasteries no longer carried out - for each one, explain why monasteries were no longer needed to carry them out.

Copying booksPrinting PressShelter travellersNew innsTeachingNew schoolsCaring for sickNew medical men

22.What title did Cromwell now have which showed that he was the King’s deputy in religious matters?

Vicar-General

23.What did Cromwell’s commissioners (inspectors ) know about the reports they had to produce - and why?

Bad reportsKeep In King’s favour

24 and 25. Give two of the questions which the commissioners asked at the monasteries.

Were the services at correct times?How many attended the services?Did women visit the monasteries?Were meals too good?Did the monks dress too well?

26.Give figures which show how little care the commissioners must have taken with their investigations.

Over 400 monasteriesin 4 months

27. Name two bad things about the monasteries in the reports.

Wiveschildrenstealingused as hotelsneglecting traditional tasks