33 - royal resistance Flashcards
the threat of a royal resistance
royal resistyence posed little threat,but when allied with concervative forces, a restoration of the stuart monarch became possible
issues for the royalsist
- charles II in exile
- royalist leaders struiggle to organise
- strength and reputation of cromwellls army
- little backing of localities
delinquents
inhibitted royalists
teh name given to those who had actively supported the stuarts
imposed heavy fines on them
some had to forfeit their land
dedfimation and delinquents taxes
decimination tax
10% tax imposed on known royalists earning more than £100
convinced royalsist taht an open supprot of stuarts was too expensive
the sealed knot
an organisation created weith the intention to overthrow the republic
teh discouraged uprisings mostly as they feared the invetiable failure
reasons for penruddocks uprising
a rare occasion where the sealed knot promoted an uprising
believed that tehre was a resitance throughout the country taht just needed to be lead
pushed him to capture sailsbury
events of penruddocks uprising
an army of 200-400 attacked salisbury
after just 2 days his forces were defeated
penruddock and others were executed
reasons for penruddocks failure
- spped that cromwells army moved in to supress it
- readiness and ability of local maltiia to raise an army
- penruddocks attack sdidnt reallly gain and local or national support
- inadiquate royalist communication
other risings against the protectorate
7 other uprising between 52-59
none really posed any threat
given the strength of cromewell army it was unlikely that an uprising would sucseed
loyalty of the army
key to the survival of teh commonwealth
some forces did shoe hostility towards the gov though
repsect for cromwell sruvigved into the 1650s
however it depleted fast after this
