Causes of Rebellion (Henry VII) Flashcards
Causes of Lovell and Stafford rebellion 1486
Dynastic and factional - wanted the restoration of the house of York
Main cause of Perkin Warbeck rebellion 1491-99
Dynastic - House of York’s attempt to gain control of the monarch by a plausible pretender (Richard Duke of York) + Foreign pawn to destabilase England
Subsidiary cause of Lambert Simnel rebellion
Factional - dissatisfaction of the Yorkists due to their treatment by Henry VII particularly their loss of land
Main cause of Lambert Simnel rebellion 1486-7
Dynastic - attempts by Yorkists to place a pretender on the throne
The main cause of Yorkshire rebellion 1489
Economic - Henry VII attempted to raise a £100,000 tax in Yorkshire to fund a war with Brittany, Yorkshiremen felt Brittany was not their concern and this tax was a new burden in an already poor area
Main Cause of Cornish rebellion 1497
Cornish Rebellion 1497 - Economic - Henry VII attempted to raise £60,000 for an “irrelevant” war with Scotland
Subsidiary cause of Cornish rebellion 1497?
Cornwall had its own cultural identity from the rest of England - Henry VII had issued new regulations on tin mining (a major Cornish industry) and suspended the privileges of the Local Cornish court - this damaged the Cornish economy and local independence from the centre
Subsidiary cause of Yorkshire rebellion 1489
Social - A poor harvest in 1488 increased poverty and there was Yorkist sympathy in the region
Who did Perkin Warbeck play in Perkin Warbeck rebellion 1491-99
Richard duke of York
Who did Lambert Simnel play in Lambert Simnel rebellion
The earl of Warwick
How much money did Henry VII attempt to raise in Yorkshire 1489
£100,000
How much money did Henry VII attempt to raise in Cornwall 1497
£60,000
Subsidiary European cause of Perkin Warbeck rebellion 1491
Warbeck was a pawn of Charles VIII of France and Margaret of Burgundy who sought to destabilise Henry VII
Are there subsidiary causes for Lovell and Stafford 1486?
None of any significance
