disorder and rebellion

Question 1

western rebellion

Answer 1

1549

linked directly with religion

underlying economic and social discontent which played a part in the uprising

Question 2

actions of western rebellion

Answer 2

fearing the act of uniformity, the rebels in 1549 set up an armed camp at Bodmin

West Country elites unwilling to take action against them

Question 3

leaders of western rebellion

Answer 3

mainly clergy

drew up a list of demands to stop religious changes

Question 4

devon

Answer 4

there was a separate uprising in Sampford Courtenay

rebels then joined with the cornish rebels and started to blockade Exeter, with an army of 6000

Question 5

demands of the rebels

Answer 5

to end changes to baptism and confirmation

restore 6 articles and latin mass and images

restore old traditions

return cardinal pole from exile

Question 6

Philip Caramani

Answer 6

claims that the western rebellion was “the most formidable opposition to the reformation that England saw”

Question 7

historians view of the rebels

Answer 7

they showed little knowledge of protestant and catholic doctrines

laity firmly attached to the traditions of the old church

A. F Pollard suggests that there were social tensions in the heart of the rebellion

Question 8

ketts rebellion

Answer 8

in east Anglia, major textile centre

Question 9

ketts: causes

Answer 9

economic discontent triggered enclosures, high rents and unsympathetic land lords

for ex: Sir John Flowerdew

Question 10

ketts: leader

Answer 10

Kett- showed organisational skill and decisive leadership

gathered an army of 16,000 that then captured Norwich in July

Question 11

Kett’s rebellion crushed

Answer 11

by John Dudley

an army of 13,000

4000 rebels and royal troops were killed at the battle of Dussindale

Question 12

demands of Kett’s rebels

Answer 12

demands for the commons to be kept free

seemed to want the economic conditions from Henry’s reign

enclosure one of the many agricultural demands, rather than the primary cause of the rebellion

Question 13

long term causes of the western rebellion

Answer 13

social and economic reasons- the gentry were creating enclosures

gentry had gained financially from the dissolution of the monasteries and chantries

Question 14

significance of the western threat

Answer 14

made so much progress as Somerset was busy with the rebellion in the midlands and east as well as war with france

it showed that Somerset was losing control of the council

Question 15

religious protest of the western rebellion

Answer 15

the cornish were particularly angry at the changes as they were superstitious and therefore conservative, so they feared the unknown

most spoke Cornish-Gaelic so the English service still didn’t apply to them

Question 16

quelling the cornish threat

Answer 16

an army of mostly mercenaries led a series of battles and a six week seige at Exeter - 4000 rebels killed

the five leaders were hung, drawn and quartered in London

Question 17

significance of kett’s rebellion threat

Answer 17

rebels weren’t aiming to remove the monarch, but the royal resources were stretched

they seized England’s second largest city

Question 18

the rebellions were a threat

Answer 18

government in vulnerable position

pardons failed to disperse the rebels

had to use mercenaries to defeat them

troops had to be called from Scotland

Question 19

the rebellions weren’t a threat

Answer 19

didn’t aim to remove Edward or advance on London

the rebellions had little support from gentry or nobility