Protestant Party and King

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1.1 - The Protestant Party and the King

EDWARD VI

• Upbringing

• Long awaited - most protected upbringing

• Until 6 was only among women - cared for by Mother Jack

• Real mother - Jane Seymour, died

• Catherine Parr - offered maternal affection, often called mother

• Traditional father-son relationship - saw infrequently, reports on Ed sent to Hen’s ministers

• Servants - 3 physicians, 6 surgeons, 2 apothecaries, French cook, stone engraver, organ maker, 3 court painters, French tutor, 5 scholars,

• 3 grooms and 5 gentlemen always present - 1 in the bedchamber (protect Ed)

• Not allowed to do contact sports - jousting

• Character

• Naturally studious, intelligent and devout

• Enjoyed hunting, rackets, archery, jousting (observing), horse riding

• Serious - very few known moments of him laughing

• Cold to others - in Chronicle only 2 mentions of sis Eliz

• Fever at 4yo and measles at 14yo - but rather healthy and strong

• Education

• Run from 1543-52

• Richard Coxe - protestant

• John Cheke - humanist

• Exclusive palace school - 14 high born boys

• Barnaby Fitzpatrick - whipping boy

• Devoted to studies

• Interested in logic, philosophy and astronomy

• William Thomas - Discourse on religion and economy

• Government

• Reduced number of servants

• Close control under uncle

• After fall of Somerset - more serious role in government

• 1551 - attended PC meetings

• 1552 - made more decisions

• 1552 - maturity age of 16 - self confident and assertice

• Most serious act - change succession to Lady Jane Grey

AIMS, BELIEFS, POLICY AND IMPACT OF SOMERSET (Edward Seymour)

• Social

• Vagrancy Act - 1547

• Number of poor increasing

• More mobile - expansion of towns

• Unpopular law

• Able-bodied ppl who were out of work for 3 day branded with V and sold into slavery for 2 years

• Further offence - permanent slavery

• Children taken from parents and made apprentices

• Never put into effect - most Government had done about poor

• Enclosure - 1549

• Commissions to investigate enclosure

• March 1549 - 5% tax on personal property and special tax on sheep

• Created unrest among landed class

• EFFECTIVENESS

• Vagrancy Act never put into place

• Enclosure Act created unrest among landed class

• NOT VERY EFFECTIVE

• Economic

• Problems

• Henry began large-scale debasement - lowers value of money

• Henry spent heavily - borrowed from home and abroad - debt

• Spent much money of wars with Scotland and France

• Somerset also spent a lot on…