amicable grant Flashcards
duration
3 months
1525
location
across 5 counties in eastern and south-eastern England
leadership
no major leaders- “his name is poverty”
outcome
abandoned aggressive FP- all blame on Wolsey
protests in Suffolk
change in tax policy in future- more from rich, less from poor
cause
£800,000 of tax in form of forced loan to back the planned invasion of France
subsidiary causes
rising unemployment
rising inflation
prices up 60% since 1520
12% drop in peasant income
degree of threat
never a political threat to the throne, only its policies
reasons for success
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
rebels
4,000 gathered in Suffolk to march on London
outnumbered the Duke of Suffolks numbers
resentment at the tax
huge loan of £250,000 raised in 1522-3
Four subsidies across four years in 1523
It was non-parliamentary- forced by Wolsey