Chap 1 The Causes Of Tudor Rebellions Flashcards
Economic and Social Causes P of G
(Taxes)
Item 14 Pontefract articles concerned
- Rebels didn’t want to pay taxes from the Subsidy Act 1534, the Subsidy yielded £80,000 rebels “couldn’t” afford it
-Yorkshire rebels argued taxes only needed for defence
-Lincolnshire tax believed to be prelude for more fiscal exactions
-Statute of Uses (1536) closed tax loop holes, inheritance of estates ONLY for eldest child
Economic and Social Causes P of G
(Famine)
Bad harvest (1535) caused growing discontent + famine
Economic and Social Causes P of G
(Rent)
Rack renting by Henry Clifford ( Earl of Cumberland) and Henry Percy (Earl of Northumberland) + increased interest rates (landlords taking advantage)
Factional Causes P of G
(Lincoln)
Aragonese Faction
- wanted Mary’s legitimacy reinstated / angry with divorce
Lincoln rebels
-Sir Robert Dymoke - C of A’s Chancellor
-Sir Christopher Willoughby - knight of C of A’s body
- Lord Hussey - Chamberlain to Mary
Factional Causes a of P of G
(Yorkshire)
Aragonese Faction
- wanted Mary’s legitimacy reinstated / angry with divorce
Yorkshire rebels
- Lord Darcy - absent from parliament regarding act of succession to avoid arrest. Also have Pontefract Castle to the rebels
- Sir Robert Constable- fiercely opposed divorce
Factional Causes P of G
(Fail)
Cromwell remained faithful to the king so Aragonese Faction failed
Religious Causes P of G
-Fears of Gentry that Henry went too far
-Fears of Heresy and diversity of religious beliefs in the kings council and convocation
-Henry and others beleive heretical ideas had to be stopped
-Act of Ten Articles (July 1536) clarified theological position and guiding principles of C of E
-Thomas Cromwell campaigned against the Cult of Saints
-100 + monastries / Abbey’s closed down is dissolution
Government Intervention Causes of P of G
Government strongly against saints, pilgrimages and holy days
- In Kirkby Stephen (Westmoreland) priest failed to offer prayers for St Luke’s Day, Durham protestors carried a banner of St Cuthbert
Overview of causes P of G
(Area)
Dependant on area
- Westmorland - unfair rents from Henry Clifford
- Cumberland - thieving and robbery as well as resentment towards tithes and poor quality of priests
- North Lancashire - closure of monastries (e.g. )
-Pennines/Yorkshire/Durham - peasants joined land lords protest at government policies
Overview of Causes P of G
(Long/Short term)
Long term -> social + economic -> pressure on work force
Short term -> enclosures + subsidy act
Simnel Rebellion
-1486-1487
-Henry VII
-Succession
-Pretender to the throne
-Encouraged by Richard Symonds, Oxford priest
Perkin Warbeck
-1497
-Henry VII
- Pretender to be Richard Duke of York, one of the princes in the tower
-Succession
Pilgrimage of Grace
-1536
-Henry VIII
-Henry Clifford rack renting
-Factional Mary Tudor succession
-Item 14 Pontefract articles
-Religious reforms
-Tax/Rent
-Factional- succession
Northern Earls Rebellion
-1569-1570
-Elizabeth I
-Westmorland
-Northumberland
-Release Mary Stuart
-Catholic earls wanted more power
-Religious
Essex Rebellion
-1601
-Elizabeth
-Essex wanted to raise support in London for him rather than Robert Cecil and Queens councillor
-Nobles not willing to risk position
-Factional