QUEEN ELIZABETH I
Whole topic
, - Young- 25 but better educated & shrewder t
Mary
- Scandal with tomans Seymore- said he was a
Character & of much wit but little judgment
aims - Negotiated her way out of Wyatt plot implica
cross hatched the letter she wrote to Mary f
the tower when under arrest- to stop any fo
- Thought herself entitled to rule- in parliame
1559, she referred to and compared her hop
ruling like Henry VIII
- Not as involved as henry VII with gov but wa
to preserve prerogative powers of the crown
- Short term aims on coronation- consolidate,
religion and peace with the French
, Consolidation of
power
• Mary died 17/11/1558- she had recognised Elizabeth as her successor.
• Mary’s advisors did not interfere & Phillip of Spain signified acceptance by sending his
envoy – Count of Fiera before Mary’s death.
• But inherited difficulties- poor harvests, disastrous war V France including loss of Calais-
speculation on Elizabeth’s marriage and changes to faith would be on the way.
Path to secure power:
• Mary’s ministers accepted the succession- Lord chancellor (Archbishop of York)
announced death and proclamation of new queen to Parliament- should have dissolved
on Mary’s death but showed elite accepted new queen. 9 of Mary’s councillors rode to
Elizabeth to show their acceptance.
• William Cecil was principal secretary- little other initial changes made.
• Followed usual protocol of going to the tower and showed herself to the Londoners to
watch pagents.
• Coronation within 2 months.
• International confirmation- Spain- count of Fiera and attempt to broker marriage with
Phillip of Spain.
, Elizabeth’s religious
settlement
• Legal status of church and liturgical books
used needed confirming.
• Type of church- possibly:
• Anglo Catholic?
• Moderate Protestant church similar to Act of
Uniformity 1549?
• Radically reformed church like Act of
Uniformity 1552?
• Elizabethan settlement embraced Act of
Supremacy and Act of Uniformity also 39
Articles of Religion introduced in 1563.
Whole topic
, - Young- 25 but better educated & shrewder t
Mary
- Scandal with tomans Seymore- said he was a
Character & of much wit but little judgment
aims - Negotiated her way out of Wyatt plot implica
cross hatched the letter she wrote to Mary f
the tower when under arrest- to stop any fo
- Thought herself entitled to rule- in parliame
1559, she referred to and compared her hop
ruling like Henry VIII
- Not as involved as henry VII with gov but wa
to preserve prerogative powers of the crown
- Short term aims on coronation- consolidate,
religion and peace with the French
, Consolidation of
power
• Mary died 17/11/1558- she had recognised Elizabeth as her successor.
• Mary’s advisors did not interfere & Phillip of Spain signified acceptance by sending his
envoy – Count of Fiera before Mary’s death.
• But inherited difficulties- poor harvests, disastrous war V France including loss of Calais-
speculation on Elizabeth’s marriage and changes to faith would be on the way.
Path to secure power:
• Mary’s ministers accepted the succession- Lord chancellor (Archbishop of York)
announced death and proclamation of new queen to Parliament- should have dissolved
on Mary’s death but showed elite accepted new queen. 9 of Mary’s councillors rode to
Elizabeth to show their acceptance.
• William Cecil was principal secretary- little other initial changes made.
• Followed usual protocol of going to the tower and showed herself to the Londoners to
watch pagents.
• Coronation within 2 months.
• International confirmation- Spain- count of Fiera and attempt to broker marriage with
Phillip of Spain.
, Elizabeth’s religious
settlement
• Legal status of church and liturgical books
used needed confirming.
• Type of church- possibly:
• Anglo Catholic?
• Moderate Protestant church similar to Act of
Uniformity 1549?
• Radically reformed church like Act of
Uniformity 1552?
• Elizabethan settlement embraced Act of
Supremacy and Act of Uniformity also 39
Articles of Religion introduced in 1563.
