amicable grant Flashcards

1
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duration

A

3 months

1525

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2
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location

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across 5 counties in eastern and south-eastern England

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3
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leadership

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no major leaders- “his name is poverty”

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4
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outcome

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abandoned aggressive FP- all blame on Wolsey

protests in Suffolk

change in tax policy in future- more from rich, less from poor

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5
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cause

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£800,000 of tax in form of forced loan to back the planned invasion of France

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6
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subsidiary causes

A

rising unemployment

rising inflation

prices up 60% since 1520

12% drop in peasant income

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7
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degree of threat

A

never a political threat to the throne, only its policies

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8
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reasons for success

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avoided violence to show they were loyal to the crown and only protesting the tax

ready to march to London - focus of the rebellion to the capital

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9
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rebels

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4,000 gathered in Suffolk to march on London

outnumbered the Duke of Suffolks numbers

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10
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resentment at the tax

A

huge loan of £250,000 raised in 1522-3

Four subsidies across four years in 1523

It was non-parliamentary- forced by Wolsey

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