Mary's Catholic bishops who, with one exception, refused to serve in Elizabeth’s protestant church.
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Giving somebody an important job or position, usually to secure their loyalty.
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Approximately 19 leading advisers to the monarch who met at least three times a week.
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Those seeking to ‘purify’ Protestantism by removing anything not in the bible, including all remaining elements of Catholicism.
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A set of instructions to the clergy including on how to worship God and structure church services.
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Made Elizabeth the supreme governor of the church – all clergy had to swear an oath of allegiance to her in this role.
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Set out the appearance of churches and the form of the services that they held.
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Elizabeth successfully insisted all members of the clergy wore ‘special vestments’ despite the opposition of puritans. 37 bishops lost their jobs over this issue
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Routine inspections of churches to check on the enforcement of the settlement in religion. In 1559 400 clergy were dismissed for failing these checks.
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Elizabeth’s mother and executed wife of Henry VIII
