How Did Tudor Governments Deal With Rebellion: Propaganda, Pre-Emptive Measure, Troops And Fate Of Rebels Flashcards
Who did Cromwell employ in 1536 to condemn the rebellion?
A team of writers, one being Richard Morrison, who attacked the rebels in his pamphlet ‘A Lamentation in Which is Showed What Ruin and Destruction Cometh of Seditious Rebellion’, where he declared ‘obedience is the badge of a Christian man’
What was a wild exaggeration used on the 10th of October 1536 by the king to try and disperse the rebels?
That Suffolk was gathering a 100,000-strong army which he would command
What did Henry pen that defended his polices and minsters to the rebels of the Pilgrimage of Grace?
‘Answers to the Rebels’
In what area did Thomas Cranmer attack the Western rebels?
Their religious ignorance and brazen effrontery, comparing them to magpies and parrots, ‘be taught to speak and yet understood not one word what they say’
Which Devon Protestant was commissioned to write a lengthy criticism of the Western rebels articles and on what grounds did he condemn them for?
Phillip Nichols, on moral and religious grounds
Who wrote propaganda in which he compared the conduct of Exeter and Norwich?
John Cheek with ‘The Hurt of Sedition’
Why did writing polemics against rebellions have limited impact?
Few coyly reads and rebels were not interested in lessons on morality
What else than polemics did the government use to persuade rebels to disperse and what was their impact?
Speeches and sermons and they had only a limited impact
Who did Somerset advise, and they were taken, to join Russell in East Devon to confront the Western rebels?
A handful of Protestant preachers
What pre-emptive measure did Henry take in 1487 to help against the Simnel and Cornish rising rebellions?
He printed, translated and got a papal bull publicly proclaimed by the clergy and produced some papal condemnations on the eve of the Battle of Stoke (Simnel) and at Blackheath (Cornish rising)
What pre-emptive measure did Henry take against Warbeck?
Put pressure on diplomats to deny him political support wherever he went in the 1490s, which led to Charles VIII of France expelling him and trade sanctions put on Burgundy until he was ejected
What did Henry do in the Summer of 1943 domestically?
He went to Warwickshire to inform potential troublemakers that there was no future in supporting Warbeck and 15 counties were under suspicion and investigated by commissioners
What happened when Warbeck tried to invade England?
Henry was ready for him and caught and hung 51, while a further 150 were put on trial, as Henry preferred to be on the move he prepared and was well positioned
Who did Mary’s Councillors interrogate and identify the main leaders when they first heard whispers of a conspiracy to depose her in December 1553?
They interrogated Sir Edward Courtenay and identified Carew, Suffolk, Croft and Wyatt as the main leaders
What pre-emptive measure did Mary’s council use to denounce the Wyatt rebellion and what was the consequences?
In January 1554 sent the relevant counties letters denouncing the plot and had local authorities take preventive measures, like the sheriff of Devon garrisoned Entered, which alarmed Care who fled to France and the Earl of Huntington searched for Suffolk in the Midlands and Croft disappeared into North Wales, with only Wyatt renewing a problem
What pre emotive measure did Elizabeth take after first hearing rumours at court in summer 1569 that several nobles were plotting to bring down her chief secretary William Cecil?
Norfolk was denied permission to marry which which made nobles such as Arundel, Pembroke, Lumley an Leicester disassociate themselves from an alleged plot and once news broke a rebellion broke out Elizabeth moved Mary Queen of Scots a further 30 miles south to Coventry and Sussex was order to suppress the uprising
What were the tactics, though similar to those used in England, that were employed to deal with rebellions in Ireland?
Rebels were offered pardons and promises and rival clan chiefs were encourage to assist the Crown though offers of reward
Why did the government often delay giving the order to raise troops?
It was costly and if not paid they could cause a rebellion themselves, and the government relied on the nobility and genre to provide retainers for their army but license were required to hold more than a reasonable number of retainers which most did not do
How long did Henry have to prepare for battle against Simnel’s forces?
Six weeks
In the battle at East Stoke in Nottingham, what was the force Henry VII had with him?
A duke, five earls, a viscount, four barons and their retainers numbering 15,000
Why was Daubeny unable to prevent the Cornish rebels from reaching Blackheath in 1497?
Because of insufficient men
In 1536 where were plans for royal troops to assemble to deal with rebels in East Riding of Yorkshire meant to assemble until the plan was cancelled?
Bedfordshire
When was the Duke of Norfolk told by Henry to take as many men as he could, and join the Earl of Shrewsbury and hold a line of the River Trent in 1536?
13 October
How many weeks did in take for Norfolk and Shrewsbury to have enough troops to advance north of the Trent?
2 weeks
