Causes of the 1536 risings and the Lincolnshire Rising

Question 1

What first sparked the Lincolnshire rebellion?

Answer 1

The dissolution of the monasteries and the activities of government officials in the localities

Question 2

Why did rebels dislike Cromwell and Cranmer?

Answer 2

They attacked traditional practices like pilgrimages and worshipping saints which scared people as they didn’t think their souls would be prepared for afterlife

Question 3

What does the name the ‘Pilgrimage of Grace’ suggest?

Answer 3

Religious motivations as they were modelling themselves on Catholocism

Question 4

What did the rebels carry that also represented Catholocism?

Answer 4

A banner showing the 5 wounds that Christ recieved in his crucifixion

Question 5

How many of the demands in the Pontefract Articles were religious?

Answer 5

9 out of 24

Question 6

How did the government make social and ecomonic grievances worse in 1534?

Answer 6

They introduced the 1534 subsidy which was controversial as they collected the tax in peacetime, it led to rumours of even more tax

Question 7

Why did the 1534 subsidy hit the North the hardest?

Answer 7

It coincided with two years of bad harvest and poor weather

Question 8

What methods were used to collect the subsidy and how did these contribute to growing resentment in the North?

Answer 8

Commissioners were used to inquire into each person’s ability to pay which strengthened the feeling of government intrusion in people’s lives

Question 9

Why were people angry about entry fines?

Answer 9

It happened when a tenant died and they were suceeded by their heir a fine had to be paid to the landlord, put pressure on people

Question 10

Why were people angry about enclosure?

Answer 10

It meant some tenant farmers were forced off their lands by their landlords

Question 11

Where was enclosure more of an issue?

Answer 11

Particularly in York as it was a more populated area and therefore there was an increased demand for land
- Coincided with agrarian discontent as the River Ouse silted

Question 12

Which members of the Northern nobility were involved in the revolts of 1536?

Answer 12

Sir Thomas Percy, Lord Darcy and Lord Hussey

Question 13

Why do some historians believe the POG was a result of a court based plot to restore Princess Mary and remove Cromwell?

Answer 13

Because the Earl of Northumberland did nothing to stop it, Northumberland had also been contacting Eustace Chapuys who was connected to the conservative faction

Question 14

How was lord Hussey linked to Princess Mary and the conservative faction?

Answer 14

He was Princess Mary’s chamberlain and he and Darcy spoke about doing an armed rebellion

Question 15

Why was Hussey executed for treason?

Answer 15

He had connections with those in the revolt

Question 16

Which article do the Catholic sympathie of the northern nobility and gentry help to explain which articles?

Answer 16

The repeal of the 1534 Act of Supremacy and the removal of Cromwell

Question 17

What can the involvement of the gentry also be explained by?

Answer 17

The desire to moderate the rebellion from within as it was too large to control by the use of armed force against it

Question 18

How does the Act of Uses in 1535 also explain the involvement of the landed nobility and gentry?

Answer 18

1535 Act of Uses which attempted to prevent landowners from avoiding financial demands made by the king

Question 19

What caused the Lincolnshire rebellion?

Answer 19

The presence of government commissioners in the region who were overseeing the dissolution of the smaller monasteries and visitations of the clergy

Question 20

Why did the rebels blame ‘evil counsellors’ in the Lincolnshire rebellion?

Answer 20

The rebels used language which made it clear that they were not rebelling against Henry himself

Question 21

Why did the rebels want to make it clear they weren’t rebelling against Henry himself?

Answer 21

Because they would be committing treason if they rebelled directly against Henry, they used ‘commonwealth’ to show they wanted good for all

Question 22

What united the gentry and the commons in the Lincolnshire rebellion?

Answer 22

They both feared the religious changes that were occuring and the government intervention in their lives

Question 23

What sparked anger in Lincolnshire?

Answer 23

The arrival of the Bishop of Lincoln’s officer in Louth to carry out a visitation of the clergy, it caused paranoia

Question 24

How did the men at Louth in the Lincolnshire rising show their anger at the dissolution?

Answer 24

They marched to the nearby Legbourne nunnery to capture the commissioners who were there to dissolve it

Question 25

Why did 3000 people meet together in Louth to force the commissioners to flee?

Answer 25

They heard rumours that their weapons would be seized

Question 26

What made the Lincolnshire rebellion more serious?

Answer 26

1st October 1536 - The rebellion spread to Caistor and Horncastle and the chancellor of the Bishop of Lincoln was killed by an angry mob

Question 27

What did the Lincolnshire rebels do once they drew up their petition?

Answer 27

10,000 men marched to Lincoln and drew up articles detailing their grievances

Question 28

What was the king’s response to the rebels in Lincolnshire?

Answer 28

An army was led by the Duke of Suffolk and threatened severe punishment unless the rebels disbanded, Suffolk persuaded them to go home

Question 29

Who supported the Lincolnshire rebellion?

Answer 29

Monks from Lincolnshire Abbeys, ordinary men and women from Louth, gentry

Question 30

Why could the Lincolnshire rebellion be said to be threatening?

Answer 30

Because numbers reached 10,000, the gentry and clergy got involved, very organised rebellion, it spread quickly showing threat

Question 31

Why could the Lincolnshire rebellion be said to not be a threat?

Answer 31

It was supressed as quickly as it emerged, a royal army quickly marched to Lincolnshire, the gentry leadership were half hearted, no battle, easily persuaded to go home