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6. In 1571 Wentworth spoke on the common's privilege - what happened?

  • received widespread support - particularly in the commons
  • was stopped midflow and sent to the tower by the commons
  • was sent to the tower by parliament
  • Elizabeth interevened and sent him to the tower

7. Robert Bell was speaker from when

  • 1566
  • 1572
  • 1571
  • 1576

8. The commons grew in this period, by how much?

  • 412 to 530 seats
  • 400 seats to 462 seats
  • 350 to 487 seats

9. what proportion of seats in the House of Commons were controlled by the House of Lords?

  • 2/3
  • 3/4
  • 1/3
  • 1/4

10. What did Dr Turner try to introduce in 1584 which was so controversial

  • Genevan services
  • a revised Prayer Book and Genevan Service
  • A revised prayer book
  • the alphabet bills

11. What did the Royal Prerogative cover?

  • Foreign Policy, Religion, the Queen's spending and income, Succession and marriage
  • anything she decided
  • The Queen's spending and income, Succession and marriage
  • Religion, succession and marriage

12. Neale assumed the House of Lords was in decline so ignored its importance

  • true
  • false

13. Who argued that Elizabeth never thought about not having Parliament?

  • post revisionist
  • revisionist and post revisionist
  • orthodox
  • neale

14. William Strickland was arrested in 1571 - why

  • impinging on the royal prerogative (wanted to reform the canon law and prayer book)
  • spoke out against the queen
  • impinging on the royal prerogative (asked to debate succession)
  • heresy and treason- presented a bull of papal excommunication

15. Parliament tried to use public pressure to influence the queen when was this seen?

  • 1581 Anti- Catholic legislation
  • 1584 petitions against whitgifts suspensions
  • 1586 Huge petitions to replace the Prayer Book with the Book of Discipline
  • 15746 - petition to remove Wentworth from the tower of London

16. Elizabeth could use her veto if she felt bills could risk the public, how often did this happen?

  • 23/36
  • 21/34
  • 16/36
  • 16/34

17. Which Historians pioneered the idea the Parliament was controlled by the Privy Council

  • John Foxe - Orthodox
  • Geoffrey Elton - Revisionists
  • John Guy and Patrick Collinson - Post Revisionists
  • Norman Jones - Revisionists

18. Neale pointed out a group known as the Puritan choir - how many members did it contain?

  • 68
  • 46
  • 59
  • 107

19. When did Wentworth speak out about freedom of speech

  • 1567, 1571, 1576 and 1586
  • 1567, 1571
  • 1567, 1571 and 1576
  • 1571, 1576 and 1586

20. Which members of the Privy Council intervened to help with Religious legislation

  • Walsingham, Knollys, Mildmay, Norton
  • Walsingham, Knollys, Mildmay, Norton and Burghley
  • Walsingham
  • Walsingham, Knollys and Mildmay