OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World) British depth study with historic environment: Personal rule to restoration 1629-1660 + Castles: form and function c.1000-1750 November 2021 question paper J410/13

Explain why there was opposition to Charles I’s Personal Rule between 1629 and 1640.

Explain how the Civil Wars (1642–1651) affected Kenilworth Castle.

Study Sources D and E.

Which of these sources is more useful to a historian studying Kenilworth Castle from 1120–1600?

Source D

To the Sheriff of Warwickshire,

With regards the Queen’s chamber in the castle of Kenilworth: it should be lined with wood-panelling and the windows replaced and made larger; the fire-places of the King’s and Queen’s chambers should be repaired. Repairs should also be made to a privy chamber next to the Queen’s chamber, the castle wall and two gates of the castle. A new wall should be built between the inner and outer wall of the castle and a new porch should be made in front of the Queen’s chamber. A window should be made on the north side of the castle chapel, and a swing-bridge constructed. The cost of all this work will be paid when the work is completed.

An extract from King Henry III’s instructions to the Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1241–1242. The instructions were contained in an official document called the Pipe Rolls. The Pipe Rolls was a list of money spent by the government.

A recent photograph of Kenilworth Castle from across the mere.