Date Flashcards
Lovel date
1486
1486
Lovel
Simnel date
1487
1487
Simnel
Yorkshire date
1489
1489
Yorkshire
Cornish date
1497
1497
Cornish
Amicable Grant date
1525
1525
Amicable Grant
Silken Thomas date
1534
1534
Silken Thomas
Western date
1549
1549
Western and Kett
Kett
1549
Northumberland date
1553
1553
Northumberland
Wyatt date
1554 Jan
1554
Wyatt
Shane O’Neill date
1559 - 1567
1559-1567
Shane O’Neill
Northern Earls date
1569-70
1569-70
Northern Earls
Munster date
1569-73
1569-73
Munster
other name for Munster
James Fitzmaurice first rebellion
other name for Western
Prayer Book Rebellion
Geraldine date
1565-83
1565-83
Geraldine rebellion
Other name for Geraldine rebellion
James Fitzmaurice’s second rebellion
Tyrone date
1595 - 1603
1595 - 1603
Tyrone
Oxfordshire date
1596
1596
Oxfordshire
Essex date
1601
1601
Essex
duration Essex rebellion
less than 12 hours
duration Munster rebellion
4 years
duration Tyrone rebellion
9 years
3 religious rebellion
1536
1549
1569
2 economic rebellion
1549
1596
3 taxation rebellion
1489
1497
1525
7 dynastic rebellions
1486 1487 1490s 1553 1554 1569 1601
dynastic rebellions over succession
1554
1569
1601
Politically motivated rebellions that aimed to reach London
Simnel
Warbeck –> Taunton 160 miles away
Northern Earls
Wyatt –> got to Ludgate 3 miles from city centre
rebellions caused partially political void
Ireland –> Kildares
1549 Western –> Courtenays and Lord John Russell
Kett –> Howards
2 rebellions that assembled outside Bodmin church
1497
1549
rebellions to gather at Blackheath
1381
1450
1497
Years rebels gathered at Enslow Hill
1596
50 years earlier at an anti-enclosure riot
rebellions in pro-Yorksist areas
1486
1489
1549 Western principle city marched to
Exeter
50 miles away
1549 Kett principal city marched to
Norwich
from Wymondham
1525 principal city marched to
LDN
50 miles from Lavenham
1497 principal city marched to
LDN
250 miles
number of rebellions H7
6
number of rebellions H8
3
number of rebellions E6
2
number of rebellions M1
2
number of rebellions E1
7 (5 in Ireland)
when was H8 still removing members of the Pole family
1541
why was H8 removing members of the Pole family
descended from royal house of Plantagenet
Elizabethan church settlement
1559
Wyatt size
3,000
1596 size
4
1569 size
6,000
1536 size
40,000
1536 York size
20,000
1536 Hull size
3,000
1536 Lincoln size
30,000
1549 Kett size
16,000
Tyrone size
6,000
normal size of Irish rebellions
usually no more than a few hundred
Nobles involved in 1601 rebellion
lord Mounteagle lord Sandes lord Cromwell Earl of Rutland Earl of Southampton Earl of Sussex
Nobles involved in Warbeck rebellion
Lord Fitzwater
Sir William Stanley
Nobles involved in 1487 rebellion
Simnel
Nobles involved in 1486 rebellion
lord Loves
Stafford brothers
Nobles involved in 1553 rebellion
Duke of Northumberland
lord Grey
lord Clinton
Oxford and Huntingdon
gentry involved 1554 rebellion
Sir Henry Isley
Thomas Culpepper
Sir George Harper
nobles that didn’t transpire to support 1554
Duke of Suffolk
Sire Peter Carew
Sir James Croft
Warbeck Foreign support
James lV Scotland
Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian
Charles Vlll France
Margaret of Burgundy
1554 foreign support that didn’t materialise
French
commoners in 1525 rebellion
4,000
rural peasants, urban artisans, ue
sons and relatives of four leading norther houses involved in POG
Lord Latimer John Neville George Lumley (son of Lord Lumley) Sir Ingham Percy (had been disinherited) Sire Thomas Percy
four leading northern houses
percy
Clifford
neville
stanley
1497 support
4 sheriffs 3 MPs peer lawyer blacksmith 44 priests monks local gentry --> 22 when reaches Somerset 4 abbots majority urban artisans and peasant farmers
1549 Kett suport
small tenant farmers lesser gentry rural workers ue craftsmen many joined to support after Norwich had fallen
1549 Western support
8 priests several JPs 2 Mayors gentry --> Winslade, Arundell labourers, artisans, ue
nobles who claimed to be threatened if they did not join POG
Abbot of Jervaulx
Marmadue Neville
Rodger Chomley
William Leach
leadership of Lincolnshire rising
started in hands of ‘captain cobbler’ and passed to gentry leadership –> Dymokes and Willoughbys who resented Suffolk’s acquisition of family lands
leadership of 1554 rebellion
gentry
Sir Thomas Wyatt
courtier and former sheriff
leadership of 1489 rebellion
gentry
Sir John Egremont
1549 Kett leadership
gentry
Robert Kett
minor landowner
1497 leadership
lawyer
Thomas Flanmank
1536 leadership
laywer
Robert Aske
leaders of Irish rebellions
nobility
tyrone
kildare
desmond
noble/gentry involved in POG leadership
Hussey
Latimer
Lumley
Darcy
nobility involved 1569
Westmoreland
Northumberland
Dacre
royal claimants
1487
1490s
1553
clergy involved 1536
vicars –> Brayton, Brough, Louth
abbots –> Kirkstead, Furness, Barlings
vicars involved 1536
Brayton, Brough, Louth
abbots involved 1536
Kirkstead, Furness, Barlings
commoners involved 1596
leader = Barthlomew Steer –> carpenter
1596 leader
Barthlomew Steer –> carpenter
prominent commoner Western rebellion
Thomas Underhill –> tailor
Kett’s profession
tanner by trade
Western rebellion vicars involved
Robert Welsh from St. Thomas, Exeter –> perhaps most significant figure in uniting rebels from Cornwall and Decvon
St. Uny
Poundstock
St. Clare
Mayors who openly supported rebellion
1497 Wells
Western –> Torrington, Bodmin
1536 Lincoln
rebellions where rebels camped outside city walls
1569
1536
1549 Western
country officials who cracked under pressure from rebels and opened their gates
1569 Durham
1549 Kett
1536 Durham, Lancaster, York
1497 Taunton
oath of allegiance taken 1549 and 1569
‘to be true to God, the Kind and the commons’
flaw in Wyatt’s strategy
Wyatt delayed entry to London when time was of the essence
How did the Abbot of Jervaulx claim he was threatened if he did not join POG?
threatened with beheading
How did the Marmaduke Neville claim he was threatened if he did not join POG?
his wide and goods at risk
How did the Sir Rodger Chomley claim he was threatened if he did not join POG?
his house would be looted there and then
How did the William Leach claim he was threatened if he did not join POG?
his life - mob of 100 rebels waiting outside
Western fear and intimidation tactics used
kidnapped local gentry
sheriff of Devon put under house arrest
detained passing mercenaries
Sir Rodger Wodehouse Kett
he tried to disperse rebels by bribing them with food and drinks Kat Household Heath
he was chased, imprisoned and his provisions seized
Kett rebellion actions again gentry
MP Thomas Gawdy and gentry member Richard Catelyn chained and fettered in the front line of shields at the Battle of Dussindale
Sir Rodger Wodehouse tried to disperse rebels by bribing them with food and drinks Kat Household Heath –> he was chased, imprisoned and his provisions seized
Kett battle
Battle of Dussindale
1489 violence
Earl of Northumberland killed –> H7’s sheriff in Yorkshire who was collecting an unpopular war tax
1497 violnce
Provost of Penryn murdered in the market place
Western violence
William Hellyons cut down at Sampford Courtnay
Kett violence
they captured and hung an Italian mercenary and hung him from Norwich city walls
MP Thomas Gawdy and gentry member Richard Catelyn chained and fettered in the front line of shields at the Battle of Dussindale
Sir Rodger Wodehouse tried to disperse rebels by bribing them with food and drinks Kat Household Heath –> he was chased, imprisoned and his provisions seized
Kett duration
nearly 7 weeks
when did H8 realise the seriousness of the POG unrest
13 Oct 1536
nationality and number of mercenaries gov had on their side for Kett
Swiss, Italian and German
1,400
number of gov vs. rebels forces Western
Russell 300 vs. 6000 rebels
end of July –> Lord Wilton appeared with 400 troops and 1,400 German, Italian and Swiss mercenaries (originally meant to Scotland)
Battle of Blackheath
1497
497 battle
Battle of Blackheath
pre-emptive measure vs. Earl of Desmond 1490s
deprived Desmond of office of Constable of Limerick when offered Warbeck support 1494
John Cheke 1549 propoganda
‘The Hurt of Sedition’
1536 Richard Morrison propoganda and key quote
Remedy for sedition
‘obedience is the badge of the Christian man’
Lovel rebellion punishments
Abbot of Abingdon 300 mark bond of allegiance
Sir John Coyers (mayor of office holder, Yorkshire) lost stewardship of middleham and had 2000 bond of allegiance imposed
what did fines on Cornwall after 1497 amount to
$14,000
How many pardoned and executed in Yorkshire rebellion
1,500 pardoned
6 executed
Western how many rebels hung
over 100
Wolsey’s post 1525 trial
he wanted revenge on the rebels
charged 525 men with unlawful assembly
H8 ordered him to release and they all returned to Suffolk with 90 pieces of silver in compensation
fate of 1554 rebels
over 1,000 indicted
71 executed
600 pardoned
fate of 1553 rebels
LJG, her father and brothers imprisoned
Sir John Gates and Sir Thomas palmer executed
casualties at the Battle of Dussindale
3,000
casualties in the crushing of Bigod’s rising
over 700 in Carlisle
when was Bigod’s rising crushed
Feb 1537
East Stoke deaths
4,000
battle of east stoke
1489
1489 battle
Battle of East Stoke
Fate of Western rebels
martial law
over 100 hung
Jan 1550 –> Arundell, Winslade, Bury and Holmes executed
6 leaders pardoned
Robert Welsh hung from his own church tower
3/4 known names of Oxfordshire rebels
Bartholemew Steer
Bradshaw
Burton
fate of Silken Thomas rebels
200 fined
70 hung
why did Wyatt surrender
seen friends killed and wanted no more bloodshed
nobility involved in 1597 rebellion
Edmund de la Pole
Rhys ap Thomas
Earl of Oxford
change in Star Chamber after 1487
increased increased power to deal with nobles who disturbed peace
Act of Livery and maintenance
attempt to restrict number of servants retained by lords and used as private armies
H7
H7 changes in North after 1489
lands that belonged to Earl of Northumberland transferred to the crown
rewarded Surrey by making him Lieutenant of the Council of the North
H7 built up close ties with country families by staying with them for long periods of time
reforms H8 made to Council of the North after POG
Earl of Cumberland made Knight of the Garter for not supporting rebellion
expanded judicial and administrative functions
all JPs and sheriffs north of Trent to take direct orders
enhanced power to ct fast and suppress rebellion
Tunstall (bishop of Durham) made President
senior nobles encourages to attend –> Cumberland, Westmoreland, Darcy
admin changes made by H8 after POG
changes to the commissions of the peace
purged magistrates who’d shown sympathy to the rebels
E1 reforms to Council of the North after 1569
1572
Earl of Huntingdon who had no connection with the North came President
Removed influence of Catholics
replaced JPs who’d been lenient with rebels
E1 reforms to the county militia after 1569
better training after 1573
from 1569 all parishes ordered to keep a list o men 16-60 who were eligible for military service
cost to gov of Tyrone’s rebellion
£2m
cost to gov of Silken Thomas rebellion
£40,000
cost to gov of Geraldine rebellion
£254,000
when did Spain send troops, money and supplies to Ireland
1580 and 1601
how did 1525 rebellion affect H8s foreign policy
did not have funds to invade France and declare war
What was 1489 tax for
war vs. France over Brittany
who did 1540 benevolences target
wealthier groups rather than the poor
Act for the Punishment of Unlawful Assemblies and Rising of the Kings
Nov 1549
high treason if 12 or more people gathered to alter existing laws/tried to kill or imprison Pricy Councillor or refused to disperse in an hour
when was the statue of uses repealed
1540
Cromwell’s Injunctions
1538
gov reformed stance in respect to saints, pilgrimages and holy days
monarch-clergy relationship after Break with Rome
strengthened
all church appointments there after owed their loyalty to the monarch
1548 sermons
Bishop Latimer
remind people their duty to be ‘patient in adversity’ and to be ‘long suffering’
homily after Northern Earls rebellion
Archbishop Parker homily against disobedience and wilful rebellion
message of obedience taught in catechism
‘to honour and obey the king’
how many parliamentary sessions in H7 24 year reign
7
how many new parliamentary seats for MPs 1509 - 1558
80
how many new parliamentary seats for MPs 1558-1603
62
Acts made by parliament to protect E1
made from 1571
1584 Act for the Queen’s Safety
1581 Act to retain the Queen’s Majesty’s Subjects in their due Obedience
how many men attended H7’s Privy Council
227
20 regularly
E6 change in size of Privy Council
increased from 30 to 40 members
number of men who regularly attended E1’s Privy Council
12
change in number of times E1’s Privy Council met
3 times a week
to
every day
when was the Council of the North given judicial functions
1537
after POG
when was the Earl of Huntingdon appointed as President of the Council of the North
1572
after Northern Earls
when was Martial law declared
1536-7
1558 –> M1 to arrest anyone carrying heretical books
1569
1549
what was treason under M1
anyone who opposed her marriage to Phillip ll
what was treason under E1
from 1571 –> anyone who possessed papal objects, obtained, published, or received papal documents
from 1597 –> any group who assembled to destroy enclosures
What was treason under H8
2 acts 1530s
- -> treason inc. denying Act of Succession
- -> treason inc. refusing to take oath of supremacy
1534 Act –> by words as well as deeds
how many people charged with treason by words by 1540
since its introduction in 1534… nearly 400
number of trained bands in England ready for service late 1580s
26,000
Act for the Advancement of True Religion
1543
banned lowly people from reading the bible to stop potentially dangerous interpretations
when was unlicensed preaching banned
1548
when was censorship introduced to prevent printing of radical tracts, sermons and ballads
1549
what religious act of Parliament did E1 veto
1571 bill to force Catholics to take Anglican communion or pay a £66 fine
gave her an image of protecting her people