OCR A Level History A Y106/01 England 1485–1558: the Early Tudors June 2025
Combined QUESTION PAPER and MARK SCHEME
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Friday 6 June 2025 – Afternoon
A Level History A
Y106/01 England 1485–1558: the Early Tudors
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
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 Question 1 in Section A. Answer either Question 2 or Question 3 in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• 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
Mid Tudor Crises 1547–1558
Study the four sources and answer Question 1.
1 ‘There was widespread opposition to the religious changes under Edward VI.’
Use the four sources in their historical context to assess how far they support this view. [30]
Source A: A contemporary Catholic chronicle describes reactions to the religious changes in
the first year of Edward VI’s reign.
The 5th of September 1547 began the king’s visitation at St Paul’s, and all the images were pulled
down; and the 9th day of the same month the said visitation was at St Bride’s, and after that in
various other parish churches; and so all images pulled down through all England at that time, and all
churches new white-limed, with the commandments on the walls.
Adapted from the Chronicle of Grey Friars of London.
Source B: The religious demands of the Western rebels in response to the introduction of the
1549 Prayer Book.
Item, we will have the Laws of our Sovereign Lord King Henry VIII concerning the Six Articles, to be in
use again, as they were during his reign.
Item, we will have the mass in Latin, as it was before, and celebrated by the priest without any man or
woman communicating with him.
Item, we will have holy bread and holy water every Sunday, palms and ashes at the accustomed time,
Images set up again in every church.
Item, we will not receive the new service because it is like a Christmas game, but will have our old
service of Matins, mass, Evensong and procession in Latin.
The demands of the Western rebels, 1549 (selected).
Source C: Parliament issues an Act condemning Catholic service books and images.
The king has issued through Parliament a uniform, quiet and godly order of service called the Book
of Common Prayer, which contains nothing but the pure word of God. However, alongside it are still
practised corrupt, untrue and superstitious ceremonies, which allow some to attack the order and
meaning of the Prayer Book and encourage great diversity of opinion. Therefore, it is ordered that all
books used for the old mass be abolished, and any images of stone, timber or marble be defaced and
destroyed.
An Act for the abolition and putting away of images and various books, 1549.
© OCR 2025 Y106/01 Jun25
Combined QUESTION PAPER and MARK SCHEME
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Friday 6 June 2025 – Afternoon
A Level History A
Y106/01 England 1485–1558: the Early Tudors
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
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 Question 1 in Section A. Answer either Question 2 or Question 3 in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• 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 [R/506/4255] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (ST) 358891 Turn over
*1399 178 357*
, 2
Section A
Mid Tudor Crises 1547–1558
Study the four sources and answer Question 1.
1 ‘There was widespread opposition to the religious changes under Edward VI.’
Use the four sources in their historical context to assess how far they support this view. [30]
Source A: A contemporary Catholic chronicle describes reactions to the religious changes in
the first year of Edward VI’s reign.
The 5th of September 1547 began the king’s visitation at St Paul’s, and all the images were pulled
down; and the 9th day of the same month the said visitation was at St Bride’s, and after that in
various other parish churches; and so all images pulled down through all England at that time, and all
churches new white-limed, with the commandments on the walls.
Adapted from the Chronicle of Grey Friars of London.
Source B: The religious demands of the Western rebels in response to the introduction of the
1549 Prayer Book.
Item, we will have the Laws of our Sovereign Lord King Henry VIII concerning the Six Articles, to be in
use again, as they were during his reign.
Item, we will have the mass in Latin, as it was before, and celebrated by the priest without any man or
woman communicating with him.
Item, we will have holy bread and holy water every Sunday, palms and ashes at the accustomed time,
Images set up again in every church.
Item, we will not receive the new service because it is like a Christmas game, but will have our old
service of Matins, mass, Evensong and procession in Latin.
The demands of the Western rebels, 1549 (selected).
Source C: Parliament issues an Act condemning Catholic service books and images.
The king has issued through Parliament a uniform, quiet and godly order of service called the Book
of Common Prayer, which contains nothing but the pure word of God. However, alongside it are still
practised corrupt, untrue and superstitious ceremonies, which allow some to attack the order and
meaning of the Prayer Book and encourage great diversity of opinion. Therefore, it is ordered that all
books used for the old mass be abolished, and any images of stone, timber or marble be defaced and
destroyed.
An Act for the abolition and putting away of images and various books, 1549.
© OCR 2025 Y106/01 Jun25
