Frequency And Nature - Location

Question 1

What rebellions took place in the north and why?

Answer 1

• Lovell and Stafford raised forces in the north as it was a Yorkist stronghold
• Yorkshire rebellion 1489- regional dispute on paying taxes for a war so far from the north
• PoG 1536 and Northern earls 1569 were partially in response to growing power of London and exclusion of the north

Question 2

How did the south-west as location affect unrest?

Answer 2

• The southwest resented the increased role of central government, especially with regards to taxation
• Cultural and linguistic differences ( Cornwall ) created a sense of estrangement

Question 3

How did East Anglia as a location affect unrest?

Answer 3

-Tradition of unrest - peasants revolt, enclosure riots and attacks on the gentry

Question 4

How did Ireland as a location affect unrest?

Answer 4

-Distance from London- couldn’t send troops as easily

Question 5

What rebellions tried to capture major towns and cities?

Answer 5

• Cornish and Wyatt looked to march on London
• The pilgrims seized York
• Northern earls set up a religious centre in Durham

Question 6

How did tradition affect the location of rebellion?

Answer 6

Some rebels focused on sites of earlier unrest
Cornish went to Blackheart where the peasants revolt had occured in 1381
The Western Rebellions started at Bodmin, the same as the Cornish rebellion
The Oxfordshire rising gathered at enslow hill, replicated the site of a gathering in 1549

Question 7

What impact did nobility have on Location?

Answer 7

-Areas with poor relations between the nobility and inhabitants were more likely to see unrest