Economic And Social Causes Of Rebellion - Social Issue Flashcards
What is rack-renting. a complaint among Aske’s in 1536?
On the expiry of a lease, unscrupulous landlords had raised their rents at rates greater than the customary entry fine
In 1549 how much had rents increased since 1548?
30%
What had landlords revived that was an issue in the Kett articles in 1549?
The old feudal dues such as castleward
What was a demand in Aske’s article of complaint about common people being denied to do things after landlords were accused go buying land and altering tenancy conditions to their own advantage?
The right to hunt with handguns and crossbows as common people were denied the right to catch rabbits and fish the rivers
What was the social grievance that landowners had in 1536 with the Statute of Uses?
It forced landowners to keep their estates as a single block rather than divide them among several heirs or grant part of an estate to a younger child, in law only the oldest child was entitled to inherit land and feudal dies such as warship were payable to the Crown upon inheritance
Why had the Statue of Uses hurt landowners who were low on money?
These landowners had transferred the legal ownership of land to feoffees by a device known as ‘use’, to help avoid taxes upon inheritance, Aske himself was a feoffee of two sets of estate.
How many of Kett demands were focused on enclosure, rents and landlords (social issues)?
17 out of 29
Norwich, the second largest city in England, had its principle industry in decline in the 1540s, what was there population and what was their principle industry?
13,000 people and worsted cloth industry
How much did wheat prices increase in 1548?
50%
Why had the people in Norfolk in 1548-1549 lost all confidence in the governing classes to protect their welfare?
Many of the 46 gentry and merchants who held more than 60% of the land in Norfolk were JPs or had connections to local and county authorities and ensured their interests were well served
Why did the Kett rebellion request that ‘all bond men may be made free’?
Because Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk and his son, the Earl of Surrey had been arrested in 1546 and their estates administered, assumed to had 40 tenants serving on the 40 manors belonging to the Howard family
What was the main concern socially in the Western rebellion?
Rising food and wool prices, which made enclosure more profitable
What was the main economic concern of the Western Rebellion?
The novel tax on sheep and wool introduced in 1548
What was the difference in intent in the Kett rebellion and Western Rebellion?
The Kett rebellion was more focused on narrowing the ego between the privileged and the unprivileged while Western rebels wanted to restore the Catholic Church and its lands to the rightful owners and had the support of the local clergy and the commons
