OCR AS Level History A ( Y136/01 ) England 1485–1558: the Early Tudors Question paper June 2025

OCR AS Level History A ( Y136/01) England 1485–1558: the Early Tudors Question paper June 2025 Section A Mid Tudor Crises 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. Derrick Murphy 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.