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mid tudor crisis
edward v
unrest and rebellion
stability of the monarchy
the devise
edward rewrote the act of succession of henry viii
he stated that francis greys son should be his heir if he did not get one himself - however francis grey only ahad a daughter so edward agreed she would become his sucessor
was to stop mary geting to the throne as she was a catholicand would revert all of edwards protestant changes
somersets policies
socio economic
population contnued to increase (2.3 mil to 3mil in 30 years)
added to cost of administration
threataned living standards as wages were not increasing
main cause of inflation because greater demands for goods increased prices
vagrancy act of 1547
more peole looking for employment - increased number of viagrants
any one without a job fore over 3 days was branded with a v and made a slave for 2 years
treason act of 1547
allowed people to discuss religion freely without censorship and enabled printing of religious pamphlets
led to a widespread debate on religion but eneded in disorder and riots and gave authorities much less power to deal with disorder
chantries act 1547
act to close chantries but mainly used to raise money for war
commissioners were sent oyut in 1548 to confiscate land and properties as well as all the gold and sliver attched to them
debasement
debasement continued after 1543 and silver content was to be reduced by 25%and replaced by copper
also added more coinage in circulation which increased inflation causing discontent from the poor
foreign policy
scotland
attempted to mary edward to mary queen of scots
however thehapsburgs and french could use mary as a way to claim the english throne as well so somerset tried to ally with the french
but death of francis ended these hopes and instead his heir henry ii made an alliance with scotland
naval and land attack on scotland in sep 1547 - battle of pinkie where scot defeated
meant somerset could control the border by army wasnt strong enough t occupy the rest of scotland
france
had troops in the north of france defending calais but too expensive so recalled
france claimed scotland as a united contry wit them as they took mary to be educated in france but then costs to keep control of france became too much so they withdrew
in withdrawing they redeployed their troops to attack calais and boulogne owed by english
with rranco scottish alliance and lack of money sommerset knew this war could not be won
religious changes
mary i
unrest and rebellion
stability of the monarchy
lady jane grey
edwards death was kept a secret for 2 days
then lady jane grey announced as his successor
mary was furious and declared herslef therightful heir - this meant that anyone who went against her was committing treason
however parliament didnt suport her and contiued to say that jane was the true heir
northumberland (janes main supporter) had to keave london to deal with marys army but only manage to get an army of 2000
mary managed to call up an army of 20,000 in east anglia
when nirthumberland arrived to fight mary his army deserted seeing the army they were against
this allowed mary to make it to london and on her arrival parliament said that northumberlasnd had bullied them into agree with jane becomeing queen and so welcomed mary with open arms
so did the rest of london adn therefore lady jane grey was pur in the tower of london asmary took the throne
government
main critisism was that it was too large as she had added lots pf untrained/unqualified catholics to the privy council
october 1554 - she added more moderate councillors from northumberlands reign with more political ability
but never fully in her confidence
strong rivalery between catholics (conservatives) and moderates
conservatives led by gardiner
moderates led by paget
privy council and parliamentrarely opposed mary and her ideas - not much internal conflict appart from marriage
transision of mary to elizabeth
the economy
court of wards retained independence
wanted to end debasement but didnt live long enough to see this through
revised book of rates in 1558
increase from 29000 to 85000
mainly benefited from by elizabeth
crown land rents increased
marriage
2 possible candidates for her hand in marriage
philip of spain (supported by paget)
edward courtney - earl of devon (supported by gardiner)
ended up marrying philip 1554 with a marriage contract to ensure her power and role as queen of england
marriage contract
philip was to have no regal power in england
no foreign people added to privy council
england was not to be involved in or made to pay for any spanish wars
if marriage was childless elizabeth was to be the heir
no heir was produced
lots of antispanish feelings as peiople still feared for spanish involvement or having to go to war for spain
led to wyatts rbellionin kent (3000 rebels) in 1554
foreign policy
no evidence that the buring of heretics was promoted / influenced by philip
philips advisors persuaded mary into getting involved in franco soanish war
she gave 5000 troops in 1557
joined spanish army of 70000 on an attck of st quentin
was a successful attack but philip decided to retreat
led to french troops attacking calais (final land owned by engalnd in france)
2000 english solidiers to defend from 30,000 french troops
held them off for a few weeks but then lost to the french
england had no real role in the new world due to spains dominance
treaty of vaucelles in 1556
peace between england and france for 5 years
socio economic
sweating sickness
plague
high mortality rates and food shortages
giov restricted movement from towns to countryside to try and reduce inflation
this was the opposite of what theyshould have done as it increased problems instead as it restricted number of new jobs that could be created for unemployed
religious changes