edward: rebellion/ unrest Flashcards
When was the Prayer Book Rebellion?
June-August 1549
What was the Prayer Book Rebellion also known as?
Western Rebellion
What were the demands of the Prayer Book Rebellion?
-Restoration of Catholic Doctrine
-Belief in transubstantiation and purgatory
-Return of the use of Latin
Who was attacked in 1547, then killed, causing the Prayer Book Rebellion?
William Body
Where did the Prayer Book Rebellion begin?
Cornwall and Devon
What did rebels shout during the Prayer Book Rebellion?
‘Kill the Gentlemen!’
What rebellion involved the Siege of Exeter?
Prayer Book Rebellion
What happened at the siege of Exeter?
There was concern that the poor would hand it over to the rebels so the wealthy citizens took action to help the poor to prevent rebels taking control
How did the Prayer Book Rebellion end?
Government had to send help
-rebels were defeated at Sampford Courtenay (Devon)
-3000 killed and survivors were punished with execution and confiscation of property.
What rebellion involved the Battle of Sampford Courtenay?
Prayer Book Rebellion
How many rebels died in the Battle of Sampford Courtenay?
3000
How were the remaining rebels of the Prayer Book Rebellion treated?
-executed
-property confiscated
Give a few reasons why the Prayer Book Rebellion was serious?
-took a number of battles to defeat them
-more unrest in 1549 than any other Tudor period
-Aggressive demands with direct attack on Protestant Church Edward was trying to establish
-Over 3000 rebels killed
-Severe Gov reaction afterwards
-Possibility of French invasion
-Troops brought back from Scotland to defeat rebels
give a few reasons why the Prayer Book Rebellion wasn’t serious?
-no aim to remove monarch
-no advance on London
-failed to take siege on Exeter
-lacked support from wealthy or influential nobility
-failed to cooperate with other risings/unrest at the time to present a more united opposition
When was the Kett Rebellion?
-July-August 1549
What was the main focus of the Kett Rebellion?
-enclosure
What were the demands of the Kett Rebellion?
-Protestant demands
-stop Gentry from using common land
-rivers to be open to all for fishing
-concerns over rising rents
-ending of serfdom which was still used by Duke of Norfolk
How did the Kett Rebellion begin? Where?
-In East Anglia
-started as an enclosure riot in Norfolk- rioters were angry that Flowerdew bought the abbey Church and began to demolish part of it and enclosed other land
-Flowerdew tried to turn people against Kett who also enclosed land but was unsuccessful
Who led the Kett Rebellion?
Robert Kett
In Norfolk ___% of the population owned ____% of the goods
6% of people owned 60% of the goods
How many men did Kett assemble in the Kett Rebellion?
16000
Where did the Kett Rebels set up camp?
Mousehold
What city did the Kett rebels seize? Was this significant?
-Norwich
-England’s second biggest city
How did the Government initially respond to the Kett Rebellion? Was this successful?
-Gov had to send 14,000 troops under Marquis of Northampton
-this was defeated