Edward VI and Rebellion Flashcards
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Western Rebellion - causes
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a number of reasons let to the rebellion
- resentment of religious reform, with the New Common Prayer Book 1549 sparking rebellion
- hostility to enclosure, with peoples high hopes being dashed by the enclosure commission of 1548
- increasing rents, rising prices and falling wages
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Western Rebellion - what happened
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rebellion began - 10th June 1549 in Cornwall, later spreading to Devon
- 29th June - Lord Russell sent by the crown to find a peaceful settlement
- 2nd-6th July - rebels besieged Exeter
- 8th July - last attempt to find settlement failed
- 12th July, Lord Grey sent to help Russel, but diverted to unrest in Oxford
- 28th July - Russell begins defeating groups of rebels in Devon
- 17th August - rebels defeated
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Western Rebellion - consequences
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- rebellion put down
- marital law (military government) used to deal with rebels, indicating how dangerous the situation was
- Somerset - position in government was severely weakened
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Western Rebellion - historical interpretation
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- sometimes called the Prayer Book Rebellion since most rebels supposedly focussed on religious grievances over other factors
- however, this may just reflected the disproportionate influence of clergy who played a leading role in the rebellion as opposed to an accurate representation of the rebels grievances
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Kett Rebellion - causes
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- enclosure
- bad government
- social issues outweighed religious grievances in this rebellion
- local government was a problem, with the rebels attacking gentry and JPs, accusing them of corruption and mismanaging government policy
- new prayer book didn’t spark rebellion
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Kett Rebellion - what happened
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1549
- 10th July - Kett led march of yeomen and farmers to Norwich
- 21st July - full pardon offered to rebels with promise to deal with corruption
- 22nd July - rebels took Norwich and set up camp of Mousehold Heath
- 30th July - Marquis of Northampton arrived with small army and retook Norwich, negotiations with Kett failed
- 23rd August - Earl of Warwick arrived with 12,000 man army
- 27th August - Kett’s Rebellion was put down, with 3000 rebels being killed
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Kett Rebellion - consequences
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Kett hanged in November
Most of the rebels were dealt with more leniently
Somerset tried to be popular and co-operate with the rebels, but this made him seem weak to his rivals in court
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Why the rebellions
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Commoners had no way of communicating or formally expressing their grievances, so started rebellions as a form of negotiation
They did not want to overthrow the government
