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Edward VI (Government (Henry VIII's will (They hid the death of the…

- - - - Re-admitted Somerset to the council in 1551 then later executed him for plotting against him
      - Sir Gresham was sent to manipulate the Antwerp Cloth Markets in order to reduce foreign debt
      - Reliant on key allies like Cecil and Gates who held enough power to remove him if they wanted
      - Crown and former chantry land was sold off
    - - He allowed Edward to attend council meetings (reform meetings)
      - Revived the idea of ruling through a council rather than by decree and expanded the council to 33 members
      - Succeeded in manipulating the stock market in Antwerp
      - Made himself Lord President instead of Lord Protector so as to be seen as more inclusive
      - The debt was reduced from £300,000 to £180,000 by 1553
      - Introduced new accounting methods that reduced corruption and increased efficiency
      - Raised £133,333 with the treaty of Boulonge in 1550
      - Ended the costly war with France and Scotland
      - Supported voyages of discovery from 1552 onwards as a way of expanding and promoting trade to reduce the effect of the Antwerp crash
      - The new poor law made parishes responsible for looking after the "deserving poor"
      - Increased his popularity by repealing the hated sheep tax
      - He ended the debasement of the currency in 1552 by re coinage
  - - - 1547 Vagrancy act Branded people who were unemployed for more than 3 days. However this was rarely used
      - Wages were stagnant leading to public unrest
      - 1549 Somerset faced 2 rebellions The Western rebellion and the Kett rebellion at the same time and had to hire a mercenary army in order to deal with them as the crown was too poor to raise the army themselves. These were caused by Somerset's religious and social reform
      - Subsidy act in 1548 nicknamed the sheep tax put half a penny tax on every sheep owned and created unnecessary pressure on sheep farmers and didn't really effect crown finances
      - Poor harvest in 1548 meant people were earning less and going hungry
      - Decline in the wool trade due to the Antwerp wool market crash in 1551
      - Food prices double between 1520-1550
      - Debasement of the currency increased leading to a greater rate of inflation
      - There was a great cost in garrisoning Scotland which was done very poorly
      - Heavy military expenditure (£600,000) which left a deficit of £300,000 by 1550
    - - His favour towards anti-enclosure polices made him popular with farmers and earned him his nickname "The friend of the poor"
      - Won the Battle of the Pinke against Scotland in 1547
      - Issued 76 proclamations over his 2 years in power
      - He dominated and often bypassed the regency council
      - His household officials dominated government eg. Cecil and Stanhope
      - Raised £500,000 by debasing the currency
- - - - It removed the remaining Catholic ceremonies this meant Catholics could not longer find things in the book that they could accept
      - It rewrote baptism and confirmed burial services this change was put in place to make services more easily understood by congregations and showed Cranmer's desire to see greater simplicity in the church
      - There was radical reform of the communion service and replaced the wafer with bread which showed a decisive change from the first book that was needed to confirm the governments stance on religious reform
      - It also banned vestments and music from the church as those objects were seen as superstitious the ban of music was because Protestants believed that music corrupted peoples understanding of their religion and the banning was another example of Cranmer wanting more simplicity in the church
  - - - 1547: The treason act was repealed which allowed people to talk freely about religion as it removed old heresy, treason and censorship laws
      - 1547: Act of Six Articles was repealed The act left the church with no official doctrine and removed the last remnants of the Catholic faith from the churches
      - 4 November-24 December 1547: Chantries Act: Parliament reissued the 1545 Dissolution of the Monasteries Act and added an new clause condemning prayers to the dead
      - July 1547: Royal injunctions preachers had to preach in English and had to preach protestant literature. Iconoclasm began with the removal of all religious imagery from churches
      - Book of Homilies and Paraphrases July 1547: The new books were put in every church in England. The books were written by Archbishop Cranmer and were based on Lutherian ideas (Importance of faith and good deeds)
    - - April - September 1548: Royal proclamations Sated the organised clergy could preach and that no new ideas could be preached until liturgy had been agreed
      - February 1548: All images were removed from all churches for example the saints statues which was carried out with little to no opposition and was one of the only visible changes to reform for ordinary church goers
    - - November 1549: Parliament removed all laws preventing the clergy from marrying which was an issue as many of the clergy were now married
      - 1549: The first book of common prayer stated all services had to be in English, it allowed clerical marriage and the worship of saints was discouraged though not banned Traditional robes remained and fasting and holy days remained
    - - June 1553: Issuing of the 42 articles proclaimed the centrality of the bible in all matter of doctrine. Gave English people their first encounter with Calvinist ideas like Predestination which was the belief your life had already been planned for you
      - April 1552: Act of uniformity It became an offence for both clergy and laity not to attend Church of England
      - January 1552: Second Book of Common Prayer The sign of the cross was abolished and traditional robes were not to be worn by any member of the clergy