4. English society under Henry VII

Question 1

1. How many knights were in England by 1590
2. How much of the land did Peers and Knights own?

Answer 1

1. 500
2. 15-20%

Question 2

What was the main cause for regional differences under Henry VII?

Answer 2

To the west of the tees – Weymouth line separated farming types, with mixed farming occurring in the east and pastoral farming occurring in the west and north.

Question 3

What was the main cause for social discontentment and rebellions under Henry VII?

Answer 3

Due to real wages and subsistence crisis (bad harvest causing food shortages)

Question 4

What were the Key features of the Yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 4

• Sparked due to the resentment of taxation due to the English involvement in Brittany.
• Rebels killed the earl of Northumberland in North riding of Yorkshire.

Question 5

What were the main features of the Cornish Rebellion?

Answer 5

• Sparked due to extraordinary revenue needed for a faraway military campaign
• Over 15,000 people were involved and marched to London but were stopped in Blackheath.
• This was alarming for Henry questioning the Crowns systems of maintaining control in the countryside.
• Lord Daubeney was withdrawn from the Scottish border and crushed the rebellion with relative ease.