Gov Strategy , Initial Responses

Question 1

Q:List the governments initial responses

Answer 1

• Consultation
• Gathering Information
• Government instructions

Question 2

Q: Expand on Consultation

Answer 2

• monarch either consulted with councillors or let them deal with it but stayed informed
• Henry VII consulted household servants + called a great council when Simnel invaded
• Henry VIII left Wolsey + Cromwell to deal with rebellions
• Mary + Elizabeth- used secretaries + councillors
• Exception - Duke of Somerset (Ed VI Protectors) - criticised for failing to use privy council in 1549
• sometimes conflicting advice = wyatts some said use imperial troops others thought mary should leave london

Question 3

Q: Gathering information

Answer 3

• slow process- communication with peripheral areas hard
• Henry VII - spies followed lovell + stafford and had spies in European courts for Warbeck
• Elizabeth - Francis Walsingham head spy - watched MQofS - he employed over 50 agents = decline in unrest after 1570
• System Failed sometimes
• Henry VIII ordered Early of Derby to arrest POG leaders- but earl to far away + couldn’t
• duke of Somerset - unaware of JP’s failing to disperse Western rebels

Question 4

Q: Government instruction

Answer 4

• 1st people to deal with issues jp’s + sheriffs - if this failed Nobility
• AMG- rebels threatened to march on London- Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk successfully ended this
• Western - JP’s couldn’t deal with it- sir Carew sent but his attitude inflamed situation
• Ketts - failure of gentry + sheriffs + lord lieutenant ( not enough troops) - until duke of Northumberland put it down
• Oxfordshire- informers warned Jp’s + they successfully arrested leaders