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Y137/01 England 1547–1603: the Later Tudors
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Section A
Mid Tudor Crises 1547–1558
Study the three sources and answer both questions in this section.
1 Use your knowledge of the rebellions of 1549 to assess how useful Source B is as evidence of the
instability caused by the unrest in 1549. [10]
2 Using these three sources in their historical context, assess how far they support the view that the duke
of Somerset was responsible for his own downfall. [20]
Source A: William Paget, a trusted advisor to protector Somerset, writes to him criticising his conduct and its
consequences.
I told your grace the truth and was not believed. The king’s subjects are out of all discipline, out of obedience,
caring neither for protector nor king. And what is the cause? Your own softness? Your intention to be good to
the poor? Consider, I beseech you most humbly, that society in a realm is maintained by means of religion
and law. The use of the old religion is forbidden by a law, and the use of the new is not yet embraced by
eleven out of twelve parts of the realm. As for the law, the foot takes on him the part of the head, and the
common people are behaving like a king.
William Paget, letter, 7 July 1549.
Source B: The Privy Council considers the state of the nation in 1549 and suggests an explanation for the
critical situation that has developed within England.
The members of the king’s majesty’s Privy Council, considering among themselves the great rebellion of the
people in various parts of the realm and the great slaughter and shedding of blood that has lately happened.
The great disobedience remaining among the king’s subjects consider that if speedy remedy is not provided,
both his majesty’s royal person and the whole state might be brought into peril. And remembering that this
and other great disorders had proceeded from the ill government of the lord protector [Somerset]. The lord
protector, who being spoken to many times in open council and privately, has not only refused to give ear to
their advisers, but also deciding to follow his own fantasies from which all the said disorders and mischiefs
have arisen.
From the charges of the Privy Council against the duke of Somerset, 6 October 1549.
Source C: Sitting as a court, parliament discusses charges against the duke of Somerset, former lord
protector to Edward VI. It was commonly believed that the evidence was a forgery.
Northumberland feared Somerset as the only person who might take away his control of the king. The duke
planned to charge Somerset with treason for assembling men to kill him. The Lords debated but would not find
Somerset guilty of any charge except ‘conspiring to imprison Northumberland’. Several lords thought it unfit
that Northumberland should himself give his verdict because the actions were against him, but it was agreed
that a peer of the realm could not be challenged. After great debate, they all acquitted Somerset of treason,
but a majority found him guilty of felony* and condemned him to death.
* Felony - a violent crime
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AS Level History A
Y137/01 England 1547–1603: the Later 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 all the questions in Section A and one question in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
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• This document has 4 pages.
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Section A
Mid Tudor Crises 1547–1558
Study the three sources and answer both questions in this section.
1 Use your knowledge of the rebellions of 1549 to assess how useful Source B is as evidence of the
instability caused by the unrest in 1549. [10]
2 Using these three sources in their historical context, assess how far they support the view that the duke
of Somerset was responsible for his own downfall. [20]
Source A: William Paget, a trusted advisor to protector Somerset, writes to him criticising his conduct and its
consequences.
I told your grace the truth and was not believed. The king’s subjects are out of all discipline, out of obedience,
caring neither for protector nor king. And what is the cause? Your own softness? Your intention to be good to
the poor? Consider, I beseech you most humbly, that society in a realm is maintained by means of religion
and law. The use of the old religion is forbidden by a law, and the use of the new is not yet embraced by
eleven out of twelve parts of the realm. As for the law, the foot takes on him the part of the head, and the
common people are behaving like a king.
William Paget, letter, 7 July 1549.
Source B: The Privy Council considers the state of the nation in 1549 and suggests an explanation for the
critical situation that has developed within England.
The members of the king’s majesty’s Privy Council, considering among themselves the great rebellion of the
people in various parts of the realm and the great slaughter and shedding of blood that has lately happened.
The great disobedience remaining among the king’s subjects consider that if speedy remedy is not provided,
both his majesty’s royal person and the whole state might be brought into peril. And remembering that this
and other great disorders had proceeded from the ill government of the lord protector [Somerset]. The lord
protector, who being spoken to many times in open council and privately, has not only refused to give ear to
their advisers, but also deciding to follow his own fantasies from which all the said disorders and mischiefs
have arisen.
From the charges of the Privy Council against the duke of Somerset, 6 October 1549.
Source C: Sitting as a court, parliament discusses charges against the duke of Somerset, former lord
protector to Edward VI. It was commonly believed that the evidence was a forgery.
Northumberland feared Somerset as the only person who might take away his control of the king. The duke
planned to charge Somerset with treason for assembling men to kill him. The Lords debated but would not find
Somerset guilty of any charge except ‘conspiring to imprison Northumberland’. Several lords thought it unfit
that Northumberland should himself give his verdict because the actions were against him, but it was agreed
that a peer of the realm could not be challenged. After great debate, they all acquitted Somerset of treason,
but a majority found him guilty of felony* and condemned him to death.
* Felony - a violent crime
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Parliamentary record of charges made against the duke of Somerset, January 1552.
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