Lesson video

Hello, and welcome to today's lesson about the Reformation.

My name is Mrs. Goullee, and I'll be teaching you for this topic.

I hope you've been enjoying it so far, and that you're ready to find out what happens to your character in Morebath.

I know I'm looking forward to telling you.

For today's lesson, all you will need is a pen and paper, and if possible, a pencil as well.

Please take a moment now to clear away any distractions.

If you're able to, turn off the notifications on any apps you've got running, and find a quiet place where you can complete this lesson.

So, once you're ready, and I've got my PowerPoint open, we'll begin.

So now I've got my PowerPoint open, I've minimised my webcam so it's easier to focus on what's on my slides.

And we're going begin with a big question.

The big question we've been trying to answer over the last few lessons.

In what ways did the Reformation matter to ordinary people? In what ways did this time of religious change affect ordinary people? How did it make a difference to their lives? And we're answering that question by focusing in on one ordinary church and the ordinary people who go there.

So it's time to say, welcome back to Morebath church.

Hopefully you'll remember it from last lesson.

This little ordinary church in the village of Morebath in the Southwest of England.

And before we find out anymore, I just want to remind you what it looked like inside.

Because remember, it was a beautiful decorated church.

It had a giant crucifix, huge cross of Jesus hanging from the ceiling.

There were lots of beautiful statues of saints.

St.

Mary, St.

George, St.

Sidwell, that the villagers knew and loved.

There were candles, and kept burning in front of these statues or just to the side.

And also, as a result of Henry the Eighth's laws, a couple of Bibles, one in Latin and one in English, that the villagers of Morebath had been forced to buy.

And remember too your characters.

I don't know which character you picked, whether you were Sir Christopher Trychay or Lucy Scely or Thomas Norman, one of the Four Men, William Popyll, the carver, Elenor Nicoll.

You'll love St.

Sidwell.

The young woman, Margery Lake, or the young man John Timewell.

But all of these villagers loved Morebath church.

But things were about to change.

But before I tell you that, I have a bit of good news for you actually.

Remember the villagers have been saving up for a special set of vestments for Sir Christopher? A special set of black robes for him to wear for the church services, that looks like that picture on your side there? Well, in July 1547, the black vestments finally arrived.

They cost 20 shillings to buy.

The people of Morebath have been saving for 20 years to buy them.

But in 1547, after 20 years of saving, they arrived.

I bet Sir Christopher was especially delighted, getting to wear his new fancy vestments in church.

And I guess the people at Morebath were happy too.

All their hard work had paid off.

Like I said a moment ago, everything was about to change.

Let's have a look at this picture to find out more.

What can you see? If you're wondering why there's two big blue rectangles, that's because I've deliberately blocked out part of the picture.

All I'd like you to do, just pause this video and think about that question.

What can you see? Well, I'm sure you spotted the two people.

Probably registered that we've got one kind of older man in bed.

You might have registered he's possibly a bit sick.

You might even have figured out that that man in bed there is King Henry the Eighth.

You have King Henry the Eighth in bed.

And the reason King Henry the Eighth is in bed in this painting because he was dying.

1547, he was dying.

But the other person, he's certainly a lot younger.

Looks more like a boy really than a man.

And if we look closely, we can see that he's sat on a throne of some kind.

So maybe you've even actually figured out that that person is Henry the Eighth's son, Edward.

Because Henry the Eighth's son, Edward, is being made king.

And what we have in 1547 then, is King Henry the Eighth dying, and his son, Edward, who was only nine years old, becoming king.

And Edward was a strict Protestant.

That's why this is such a big deal.

Not only was Edward a strict Protestant, but he was helped by advisors who were also strict Protestants.

After all, the nine-year-old Edward can't rule the country by himself.

So he's helped to rule by a group of advisors who are strict Protestants, like Edward.

So in 1547, we have Edward, a Protestant king, helped to rule by a group of Protestant advisors who want to make England Protestant.

What's going to happen? What can you see now? Just press pause, and have a look very closely at this part of the picture.

Now this part of the picture, is a little bit tricky to make out.

You might have spotted we've got a couple of people looking at holding some poles or ropes, maybe pulling something down.

You might have spotted there's a big pile of stuff on fire in the background.

You might even perhaps have figured out, although this quite tricky to figure out, that these men are pulling down statues.

Because in Edward's reign, orders were given to destroy the statues of saints that were in churches in England.

Because like I said, Edward and his advisors wanted to make the church completely Protestant.

And that's kind of reflected in the final part of the painting.

What we have then, can look a bit strange, but the man in the pink there, who's just come up, that's the Pope.

And on top of him, crushing him down, is the Bible.

And that represents how Edward and his Protestant advisors wanted to make the church completely Protestant.

They wanted to focus on the Bible, and they wanted to ignore the Pope's teachings.

They wanted to make the church completely Protestant.

And so they gave these orders.

These orders, that every single church in England, would have to follow.

These orders, that Morebath church would have to follow.

Listen up.

Edward's Orders.

One, there can be no praying using rosary beads.

Two, there can be no candles in church, except two on the altar.

Three, there should be no images and statues in the church.

As if that wasn't enough, four, all statues must be destroyed.

Not just removed, but destroyed.

Five, there can be no ales or feasts anymore.

Six, every church must have a locked box to collect money for the poor.

Seven, every church must buy a copy of the new Protestant Prayer Book.

Gosh, wonder how your character's feeling now.

What will this mean for Morebath church? How will these orders affect the church? Well, based on the orders I've just told you about, I'd like you to have a think about these two questions.

What will they have to get rid of? Which of these things in this picture of Morebath, are they now going to have to get rid of? Two, what will they have to buy for their church? There are a couple of things that were mentioned at the end of the orders.

What do they have to buy? Just figure out as much as you can.

So pause the video now, and just spend 30 seconds thinking about those questions.

What will they have to get rid of? What will they have to buy for their church? There's a lot.

They have to remove their statues.

Surely, that one came to your mind? Every single one of their statues, St.

Mary, St.

George, St.

Sidwell, they all have to go.

They also have to remove all of their candles, other than two, because they're only allowed to keep two candles.

I'm afraid there's even more they had to get rid of.

That beautiful crucifix.

The crucifix carved by William Popyll, that he had spent years making.

That had to go as well.

And is if that wasn't enough, this cloth, this altar cloth, had to go as well.

So the church would now look very bare indeed.

Just look at that picture.

That's what Morebath church looked like because of Edward's changes.

No more statues, only two candles, no big crucifix.

Gosh, I think the people of Morebath must have been devastated to see their statues go.

But there were also two things they had to buy as well.

Things they probably didn't even want to buy.

The new locked box to raise money for the poor.

And also, a new Protestant Prayer Book with Protestant services in it.

Gosh.

Well, before I tell you any more of the story, let's see what we can remember so far.

What did Morebath church have to get rid of? Choose all the correct answers.

So, I'd like you to pause the video now, and see if you can figure out the answers to that question.

Which of these options are correct? What did Morebath church have to get rid of? Well, Option one, two and three are all correct.

Morebath church had to get rid of all of their statues of their saints.

They had to get rid of all of their candles, apart from two.

They had to get rid of their beautiful crucifix, that huge cross with Jesus on it, hanging from the ceiling.

Now Option four, they didn't have to get rid of their English Bible.

'Cause remember, Edward was a Protestant.

He wants to make the church Protestant, and he believed in the Bible.

Protestants believed it was important to read the Bible.

And so he wanted churches to keep the English Bible they had had to buy in Henry the Eighth's reign.

And Morebath church got rid of their statues and candles and their beautiful crucifix.

So with that in mind, I'd like you to just finish this sentence.

When Edward was king, Morebath church had to get rid of their.

What did they have to get rid of? I've included some spellings there to help you, but be careful not all of those things are things that Morebath had to get rid of, So, please pause the video, and complete that sentence.

When Edward was king, Morebath church have to get rid of their.

Alright, great work.

You've probably got a sentence like, when Edward was king, Morebath church had to get rid of their statues of saints, their crucifix, all their candles other than two.

But there were more changes as well, because the people of Morebath also had to buy two things.

What did Morebath church had to buy because of Edward? Choose all the correct answers.

So, just pause the video, and see if you can figure out the answer to that question.

What did Morebath church have to buy? Well, the correct answers are Option two and three.

Morebath church had to buy a locked box to raise money for the poor, and a new Protestant Prayer Book.

Option one, their special vestments, well, they'd have liked to buy that; and they'd have also liked to buy Option four, a new statue of St.

Sidwell.

But Edward was forcing them to get rid of all their decorative objects, so they couldn't buy those things anymore.

Instead they had to buy the locked box to raise money for the poor, and a new Protestant Prayer Book.

So, with that in mind, see if you can finish off this sentence.

Morebath church had to buy.

And again, I put some spellings there to help you, but not all of those are things that Morebath church had to buy.

So, pause the video to complete your task and finish off that sentence.

Morebath church had to buy.

You've probably got a sentence like, Morebath church had to buy a locked box to raise money for the poor, and a Protestant Prayer Book.

Great work so far.

It's all seeming pretty gloomy, isn't it? The statues are gone.

There's basically no more candles.

There's no crucifix.

These changes would have a huge impact on Morebath church.

And actually the changes we've talked about so far only scratch the surface.

The changes would run even deeper.

And that's what you're going to find out now.

You are going to read the story of how Edward's reign affected Morebath church.

And as you read the story, you are going to create a storyboard.

And by storyboard, you just need to draw little pictures to show what happened to Morebath church.

And I would aim for one or two pictures for each paragraph.

So, just to be crystal clear, as you read this story, you are going to draw a storyboard.

And this storyboard, it doesn't need to be really fancy.

You don't need lots of boxes with all your drawings neatly laid out.

You just need to do something like I've done, that you can see in the picture on the slide.

You just need to draw some little pictures.

And as you can see from my pictures, they don't have to be beautiful, they don't have to be amazing.

They just need to show what changed.

You just need to show what happened to Morebath church in Edward's reign, in Edward's time as king.

Just to talk you through what I've drawn, the little picture in the top left, the two other people and with a cross through, that shows how the statutes of saints had to go.

I've then drawn a crucifix in a fire, because that had to get burned, as you'll find out.

And so I've just drawn a quick fire with a cross sticking out.

And show the vestments and the rosary beads had to go as well.

I've drawn in the top right of my picture, those vestments.

You can see they don't actually look very good.

And that's why I've labelled them vestments underneath, to remind myself what I've drawn.

That's absolutely fine.

And then my rosary beads, I've labelled that as well.

So, just to be clear, you don't need to worry about how good your pictures are.

They just need to show what changed.

How did Edward's reign affect Morebath church? And as you read the story, try and draw one or two pictures for each paragraph.

So you need to pause the video now, and you need to read the slides on the next page, and use the information to create a storyboard, with one or two little pictures for each paragraph in the story.

So, pause the video, read the slides on the next page, and use the information to create your storyboard.

Well, fantastic work.

Well done.

I'm sure your storyboards are a lot better than mine.

Now, I'm just going to talk you through the answers now.

I'm going to talk you through some things that you've hopefully included.

Now, don't worry if you've drawn your pictures in a way slightly different to how I suggest.

That's absolutely fine.

I'm just going to tell you some things that you've probably included.

If there's something I mentioned that you have not included at all, then what I would do is just pause the video and add in the things that you've missed out.

But please don't worry if you've drawn something a bit differently.

All you need to do, as I talk you through the answers, is have a look at your pictures, check you've included each of these things, and if not, just press pause and add it in.

So, the first part of the story, special objects gone.

The statues were gone.

So you've probably drawn a little picture of the statues, maybe with a cross going through it to show they had gone.

Next, the crucifix was burned.

So you might draw a crucifix in the fire.

You might draw instead, a fire with a cross out of it.

Or you might draw the crucifix with a cross through it.

Either is fantastic.

The vestments were gone.

Sir Christopher's special fancy robes had gone.

So you'd probably draw a picture of the robes with a cross through them.

You might even have drawn Sir Christopher looking very sad that his beautiful vestments had gone.

And the rosary beads had to go as well.

So you might have drawn a little necklace with a cross through them.

You might even have drawn the women in the church.

Women like Margery Lake looking very sad they couldn't pray with their special rosary beads anymore.

The next part of the story, community projects gone.

Now it's a little bit harder to draw some of these.

So you've probably drawn them differently to how I might suggest.

Firstly, there were no more stores to raise money for candles for each statue.

And I think this is one of the hardest things to draw properly.

Just remember though, the stores were these pots of money that raised money for the candles for each of the statues.

So if I were drawing this, I think I would draw a little pot of money with candles next to it, to show that this money was raising money for the candles.

And I would then draw a cross through it to show that these stores, these pots of money that have raised money for the candles, the statues, have gone.

I mean, after all, if the church isn't allowed more than two candles, there's no point in them existing any more.

Now next step, I think I would draw the young men and the young women looking sad, because both the young men like John Timewell, and the young women like Margery Kempe, they'd both been involved in a store, the Young Men's store or the Young Maiden's store.

And so they've now lost this important job that both helped raise money for these stores.

And they can't do that anymore.

And I think it would have been sad that they'd lost that responsibility.

So you might want a little picture of the young men and the young women looking sad.

No more ales, well.

Definitely got John Timewell looking sad here because he was the one who helped organise these things.

Now, you could have drawn this, I think, in different ways.

But you might want a picture of some ale with a cross through it.

Or you might have even, if you're feeling a bit fancy, drawn a table with some people around it having a feast with lots of little glasses of ale and a big cross through it.

However you've drawn it, do you make sure you've got that there were no more ales.

None of these church feasts anymore.

Lastly, struggling for money.

There was no way of raising money.

Now, this is a hard one to draw as well.

I think I might have drawn Thomas Norman, one of the Four Men.

Well, I'd have drawn a little stick man.

And I'd have had a little thought bubble coming out of this stick man's head saying, "How do I raise money?" Because Thomas Norman is one of the Four Men who would have been worried about not knowing how to raise money anymore.

Oh, you might have represented it in a different way.

That's absolutely fine.

Next up, spending money on the locked box and the Protestant Prayer Book.

I think I'd just draw a locked box, the Protestant Prayer Book, just a simple book really, with some money next to it to show that they were expensive.

Lastly, no money left.

I think for this one, I'd have drawn money bag with a big cross through it to show there's no money left.

Some of you might even have drawn Thomas Norman, one of the Four Men, and Lucy Scely, really worried, because they've now had to give some of their own money to try and help the church.

Whatever you've drawn, fantastic work you're doing so well.

I'm afraid though, as if that wasn't enough change, there's even more change in store.

This picture, you can see on the side, is the Protestant Prayer Book.

And this Prayer Book was introduced in 1549, and this really was the final straw for the people of Morebath.

Their statues had gone, their candles had gone, their stores had gone, their ales had gone, and now they had a new Protestant Prayer Book.

And you might look at that and think, I really don't get what the big deal is.

But it did matter to the people of Morebath.

Because this Prayer Book had services in English, rather than the traditional Latin.

This would change the church services that the people of Morebath, had known and loved throughout their whole lives.

Sir Christopher, the priest, would have to do services in English rather than the traditional mysterious Latin.

They were going to have to change.

And this change was really the final straw, and it led to the Prayer Book Rebellion, which was when, funnily enough, people rebelled.

They fought back against this new Prayer Book.

And people were so angry that thousands of people were involved.

And this rebellion took place in the Southwest of England, in the area where Morebath was.

And you've got thousands of people from the Southwest of England involved, and they marched on Exeter, a big city in the area, to make their stand.

And these thousands of people included five young men from Morebath, including John Timewell.

So if your character's John Timewell, listen up particularly closely now.

Because John Timewell was one of the five young men from Morebath who went to join in this rebellion, to join in this protest and fight against the Prayer Book.

The people of Morebath, we know from the church records, actually paid the swords to be given to the young men, including John Timewell.

They used up some of the little money they had left to pay for swords to make sure they were armed, the rebellion.

But this rebellion did not go well.

4,000 local men were killed.

Edward sent in his army, and the rebellion was over.

4,000 local men, and the thousands of people all across the Southwest who had been involved in this rebellion, were killed.

Only two of the five young men from Morebath actually returned.

We know John Timewell came back.

So John Timewell, you survived.

But we don't know what happened to the other three of the five young men.

There's no mention of them in the church records again.

So it's possible that these young men died.

Gosh.

How might your character have felt then, about the changes during Edward's reign? Which of these words sum up how your character might have felt? The words in the first column are all words about being happy.

The words in the middle column, are all words to do with being sad.

And the words in the last column, are about being angry or worried.

So I'd like you to pause the video now, and pick one or maybe two of these words to sum up how might your character have felt about the changes during Edward's reign.

Just think of the words in your head.

Well, I certainly don't think any of you would have picked the words on the left.

None of your characters would have been happy or content or joyful.

All of their precious objects that they had loved and known for so long were gone.

I think Sir Christopher, I think he'd have been miserable, maybe even devastated, that the church that he'd built up was completely different.

I think he would have been specially devastated that his new special vestments had to go, after they'd only just arrived! I mean, talk about bad timing.

I think Elenor Nicoll, who had loved St.

Sidwell and found comfort in praying to her, I think she'd also have been miserable and devastated that she couldn't pray to St.

Sidwell anymore.

I have a feeling that William Popyll, who carved the crucifix, would have also been miserable and devastated, well, maybe even angry, that this beautiful crucifix he'd spent years carving, had been destroyed.

I wonder whether some of the villagers might have been left feeling empty as well.

I wonder whether Margery Lake and John Timewell might have been left feeling empty, now they couldn't raise money for the candles for the church in the way they had before.

I have a feeling John Timewell would have been left feeling particularly empty and maybe frustrated that he couldn't organise the ales anymore, that he loved.

And he might also, I guess, have been left maybe very sad or angry that he'd seen some of his fellow young men killed in this rebellion.

What about Lucy Scely and Thomas Norman then? Well, I think they'd have both been very, very worried.

I mean, they were involved in looking after the church's belongings.

Thomas Norman, one of the Four Men, was involved in managing the money.

And I think they'd have been so worried that the church was running out of money, they even had to get their own money to help out.

So the villagers of Morebath were certainly devastated, angry, frustrated, worried, miserable, sad, maybe even empty.

So let's come back to our big question.

In what ways did the Reformation matter to ordinary people? Did the Reformation, did Edward's changes to the church, did they matter to ordinary people? Well from what you've just thought about, from how sad or devastated or angry these changes made the people of Morebath feel, we know the answer is yes.

Edward's changes did matter.

But how, how did Edward's reign, how did Edward's time as king, affect Morebath church? Which of these statements do you agree with? Edward's reign didn't affect the ordinary people of Morebath? Edward's reign only affected the religion of Morebath church? Edward's reign had a huge emotional impact on the people of Morebath.

It affected how they felt.

Edward's reign affected the community of Morebath.

It affected the time they spent together.

Edward's reign affected the wealth of the church and its people.

It affected how much money they had.

If you'd like to pause the video now, and just think, don't write yet, just think, which of these statements do you agree with? Let's go through them in turn.

Well, I think you know the first one is wrong.

We know that Edward's reign did affect the ordinary people of Morebath.

It affected them hugely.

It left them sad, angry, worried, devastated.

So we know that's wrong.

The second one, I guess it's sort of right.

I mean Edward's reign, his time as king, did affect the religion of Morebath church.

It went from Catholic to Protestant.

But it didn't only affect their religion, did it? There was more to it than that.

It affected how the people felt, it affected their money.

It affected their community.

So I'm not sure that's quite right.

Edward's reign had a huge emotional impact on the people at Morebath.

Yes, definitely.

It left them devastated and angry and worried.

Edward's reign affected the community of Morebath.

This is a slightly trickier one, but I think it's right as well because, well, the stores went, didn't they? The ales went.

Morebath now had less time to spend together.

Edward's reign did affect the community of Morebath, because they couldn't do as many things together as they used to.

Lastly, Edward's reign affected the wealth of the church and its people.

Well, definitely.

Because the church ran out of money.

Thomas Norman had to give some of his own money to help out.

Lucy Scely had to try and sell some of the church belongings in a desperate attempt to raise money.

So, now we've discussed them.

I'd now like you to write two to three sentences to answer this question.

And you could use one of the statements to help you.

So, how did Edward's reign affect Morebath church? Write two to three sentences to answer that question.

If you want, choose one of these statements or maybe put two of these statements together to help you.

So, pause the video now, and off you go.

I'm sure you've done some fantastic pieces of writing.

Edward's reign had an emotional impact, didn't it? It left villagers sad and devastated.

It might even have included your own character in this.

It affected the community of Morebath, as they could spend less time together.

And it also affected the wealth of the church, as the church had run out of money.

It's all sounding rather gloomy, isn't it, the Morebath church.

I'm about to leave you with a glimmer of hope.

The villagers of Morebath were sneaky.

They chose to hide two of their most special objects, the statue of St.

Mary, and their new vestments, to keep them safe.

So, rather than destroy them, like they were meant to, they took the stature of St.

Mary, they took the special vestments, and they put them into hiding.

And they then passed them around the village, so no one, and in particular Edward's men, could find them.

And the villagers waited and hoped that things might change back to how they were before.

To be continued.

Oh, you want to find out what happened next? Make sure you join me in the next lesson.

What will happen next to Morebath church? Well, that brings us to the end of today's lesson.

Well done for all your hard work, you really have done a great job.

If you're able to, please take a photo of your work from today, and ask your parent or carer to share it with your teacher, so they can see all the fantastic work you've done.

Please also take a moment to complete the quiz at the end of the lesson to show off all that you have learned.

Well, all that's left for me to say is, thank you, take care, and I look forward to my next history lesson with you, where we'll find out what happens next to the people of Morebath.