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Quiz about Trivial History of a Trivial Place 2

Trivial History of a Trivial Place 2 Quiz

Now that you're warmed up on Hereford from my last quiz have a go at this one. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by bevis_cartwright. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
bevis_cartwright

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
90,020

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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661

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Question 1 of 10

1. In what year was the first stone bridge built across the River Wye at Hereford? Hint

1759

859

1490

1285

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which Norman attendant to William the Conqueror founded St. Peter's church in the city in 1085? Hint

Robert de Breteuil

John de Aquablanca

Walter de Lacy

William FitzOsborn

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Question 3 of 10

3. How many gates penetrated the old town walls of Hereford?

Answer: (One Word or a number)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these was NOT a gate of Hereford's city walls? Hint

Castle

Widemarsh

Friars

Eign

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Question 5 of 10

5. In what year did the citizens of Hereford receive a charter to hold their own courts? Hint

1536

1282

1189

1085

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Question 6 of 10

6. In what year did the monarch order the citizens of Hereford to destroy their own fulling mills for upsetting him/her? Hint

1336

1281

1573

1527

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who is thought to have been the first bishop of Hereford? Hint

Ethelbert

Egbert

Eofric

Putta

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Question 8 of 10

8. In what year did Henry Cachepolle sell a tenement of his to the city of Hereford to serve as their first town hall? Hint

1282

1201

1392

1490

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which religious order had a round church outside Hereford on St. Owen's street at the junction with the road to Ledbury? Hint

Black Friars

Knights Hospitallers

Knights Templar

Grey Friars

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Question 10 of 10

10. Ok, here's the very pinnacle of trivia. This man was the mayor of Hereford in 1568?

Answer: (Two Words - My hero!)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what year was the first stone bridge built across the River Wye at Hereford?

Answer: 1490

Most of the original bridge is still standing. Part of the bridge was destroyed during the Civil War to protect the city from a Parliamentary army siege.

2. Which Norman attendant to William the Conqueror founded St. Peter's church in the city in 1085?

Answer: Walter de Lacy

He also died falling from the church's ramparts in 1085.

3. How many gates penetrated the old town walls of Hereford?

Answer: six

Even though most of the city wall was destroyed in or before the seventeenth century the gates were not finally taken down until the late eighteenth century.

4. Which of these was NOT a gate of Hereford's city walls?

Answer: Castle

The gate near the castle was called St. Owen's Gate. Friar's Gate opened to the west. Eign Gate opened to the northwest on the road to Holmer. Widemarsh opened to the north.

5. In what year did the citizens of Hereford receive a charter to hold their own courts?

Answer: 1189

Richard I sold his lordship over the city for 40 pounds per year and the promise that the citizens would fortify the city.

6. In what year did the monarch order the citizens of Hereford to destroy their own fulling mills for upsetting him/her?

Answer: 1527

Henry VIII's order for the destruction of the city's fulling mills brought an end to its cloth-making industry and a long period of economic malaise.

7. Who is thought to have been the first bishop of Hereford?

Answer: Putta

Putta is the first bishop mentioned in texts. He was bishop around 680.

8. In what year did Henry Cachepolle sell a tenement of his to the city of Hereford to serve as their first town hall?

Answer: 1392

The building was called the Booth Hall. The building was lost from history for centuries until 1919 when a chimney stack fell exposing the old building's medieval roof. The building was the freeman's prison in the sixteenth century after a new town hall was built in 1490.

9. Which religious order had a round church outside Hereford on St. Owen's street at the junction with the road to Ledbury?

Answer: Knights Templar

The Hospitallers had their house on Widemarsh Street outside the city in what is now the Coningsby Hospital. The black friars had their monestary behind the Hospitallers' house. The grey friars were near friar's gate on the west side of the city.

10. Ok, here's the very pinnacle of trivia. This man was the mayor of Hereford in 1568?

Answer: Bevis Cartwright

Who else?!

Source: Author bevis_cartwright

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