OCR A Level History A Y306/01 Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors 1485–1603 May
2025 Combined QUESTION PAPER and MARK SCHEME
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Friday 23 May 2025 – Morning
A Level History A
Y306/01 Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors 1485–1603
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
*14 07 253 1 06 *
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer the question in Section A and any two questions in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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Section A
Read the two passages and answer Question 1.
1 Evaluate the interpretations in both of the two passages.
Explain which you think is more convincing as an explanation of the threat posed by the Western
Rebellion to the government. [30]
Passage A
Adapted from Mark Stoyle, Tudor rebellion, p22-5, BBC History Magazine 2022. From first line "The name the Prayer Book Rebellion (Western Rebellion) suggests a somewhat soft event." to last line "Even so, the protestors’ aims came close to being achieved during the factional struggle that then raged in
Passage B
Adapted from D MacCulloch and A Fletcher, Tudor Rebellions, p64, Routledge, 2020. From first line "The rebellion never had a real chance of forcing the government to make concessions in its religious policy," to last line " or perhaps the leaders’ nerve failed at the prospect of leaving their own terri
© OCR 2025 Y306/01 Jun25
2025 Combined QUESTION PAPER and MARK SCHEME
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Friday 23 May 2025 – Morning
A Level History A
Y306/01 Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors 1485–1603
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
*14 07 253 1 06 *
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer the question in Section A and any two questions in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
,© OCR 2025 [K/506/4293] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (KS) 355151/1 Turn over
, 2
Section A
Read the two passages and answer Question 1.
1 Evaluate the interpretations in both of the two passages.
Explain which you think is more convincing as an explanation of the threat posed by the Western
Rebellion to the government. [30]
Passage A
Adapted from Mark Stoyle, Tudor rebellion, p22-5, BBC History Magazine 2022. From first line "The name the Prayer Book Rebellion (Western Rebellion) suggests a somewhat soft event." to last line "Even so, the protestors’ aims came close to being achieved during the factional struggle that then raged in
Passage B
Adapted from D MacCulloch and A Fletcher, Tudor Rebellions, p64, Routledge, 2020. From first line "The rebellion never had a real chance of forcing the government to make concessions in its religious policy," to last line " or perhaps the leaders’ nerve failed at the prospect of leaving their own terri
© OCR 2025 Y306/01 Jun25
