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Quiz 20: The Six Thomases

  1. In what year was Cromwell  nominated for a seat in the House of Commons?
  2. Wriothesley’s title was….?
  3. Which of the six Thomases wrote The History of Richard III?
  4. Wolsey endowed Cardinal’s College at Oxford University; it is now called….
  5. Which of King Henry VIII’s marriages did Cromwell arrange?
  6. Which Thomas had a son who was executed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I?
  7. Who succeeded Cranmer as archbishop of Canterbury?
  8. Which Thomas inspired John Skelton to write the following verse: ‘Ye are so puffed with pride / That no man may abide / Your high and lordly looks’.
  9. Which Thomas said of King Henry VIII, ‘If a lion knew his strength, it were hard for any man to hold
    him.’
  10. Which of the six Thomases was the only one to die of natural causes in his own home?


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