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Question	Answer	% Correct
Roughly how many people were subject to burnings due to their faith?	300	89%
Who rebelled in January 1554 in response to Mary's marriage? He was a committed Protestant and cautiously marched on London. However, Mary showed resiliance and refused to leave the city. The rebellion was stopped at Ludgate after failing to rally support and being unable to enter London.	Sir Thomas Wyatt	78%
How many new ships were built under Mary for the navy? This was assissted with a regular peacetime allocation of funds for the navy.	6	67%
Which territory did Mary lose due to war with France that Philip brought her into?	Calais	67%
Who was burned in March 1556? It is said that he was so courageous in his burning that it served to weaken the Catholic cause rather than strengthen it.	Thomas Cranmer	67%
How many abbeys were refounded in Mary's reign? Consider that over 800 were dissolved by Henry VIII.	7	56%
Who was the driving force behind the London Synod that stressed the importance of ending the practices of pluralism, nepotism and absenteeism?	Cardinal Pole	56%
What Act of Parliament restored the religious situation to that of 1547? This occurred in October 1553.	First Act of Repeal	44%
What was an epidemic between 1556-1558 that severely hurt England?	Typhoid	44%
Roughly how many Protestants left England during Mary's reign? This was mostly educated and wealthy gentleman who could afford to move to Germany or Switzerland.	800	33%
What was created out of the amalgamation of the Court of Augmentations and First and Fruit and Tenths?	The Exchequer	33%
Who grew to dominate the court after Philip's departure in 1555 and the death of Gardiner? This allowed for the establishment of a conciliar form of government which boosted the administrative efficiency.	William Paget	33%
When was Northumberland executed?	22 August 1553	22%
What was reintroduced in April 1554, which allowed Mary to imprison and burn religious opposition to Mary?	The Heresy Laws	22%
When did Mary I die?	17 November 1558	11%
How much did Mary raise her debts to throughout her reign? Consider that it was £185,000 at the start of her reign.	£300,000	11%
How much had agricultural wages fallen by compared to what it had been fifty years earlier? This was in large part due to the worst harvests of the century in 1555-56.	59%	11%
When was Mary's marriage treaty to Philip of Spain put forward to the Council? It was approved in January 1554.	7 December 1553	11%
What was established in 1555 which boosted the administrative efficiency of England?	An Inner Council	11%
How many people did Mary execute after the rebellion suggesting that she did not consider the rebellion a serious threat?	Less than 100	11%
How much did the re-evaluated rents on crown lands raise per annum?	£40,000	0%
How much did customs revenues raise to by 1558? It wwas £29,315 in 1556, which was prior to the introduction of a new book of rates that fixed the level of duty to be paid on certain products.	£82,797	0%
When was the Second Act of Repeal passed? It undid all religious legislation passed since 1529. However, it did protect the property rights of those who had bought church land since 1536 as a compromise to Parliament.	November 1554	0%
What was introduced in the spring of 1554 to restore traditional practices and to deprive large numbers of married clergymen from becoming priests once again, though some were restored when they abandoned their wives?	Royal Injunctions	0%
What office was created to centralise control of commerce?	Surveyor General of the Customs	0%