Inflation and price inflation in the 1536 rebellion Flashcards
What was not a major cause of rebellion?
The price rise, especially in the cost of grain
What happened to population and what was the consequence?
Rose from 2 million to 4 million
Demand for food, work, and land increased
What did a shortage of labour mean?
That wages, especially for agricultural workers, were high, and land rents comparatively low
What was the situation with landlords?
Had regularly been granted long leases of 99 years
What was the situation with rent and entry fines?
Rents were usually fixed according to customary practices
Entry fines were rarely more than two years of rent
What was the situation in the countryside and towns?
Sufficient employment opportunities
Standards of living appeared to be rising
Who gained from rising demands?
Landlords who bought vacant farms at low prices and invested in trade
Freeholders who passed on increases in prices to their tenants
Clothiers who took advantage of the growth of the woolen cloth market
Those who invested in property and hoarded supplies
Who were the main losers?
Wage earners, day labourers, journeymen, and tenants
What did people find?
That their wages failed to keep pace with prices
Employment opportunities declined
Waste and marginal land disappeared
What did Aske claim?
‘there should be no money nor treasure in those parts, neither the tenant to have to pay his rents to the lord, nor the lord to have money to do the King service’
What was there anxiety about during the Pilgrimage of Grace?
That the dissolution would result in hardship for the poor and for those dependent on charitable giving
How much of monastic wealth went towards the poor but who was it vital for?
3%
People who lived in almshouses and hospitals or those who relied on dole money
What happened in Lancashire?
Cartmel Priory gave 10% of its income in alms
Furness Abbey housed 13 paupers and doled out £12 a year to local widows
What was hospitality for travellers useful for?
‘strangers and baggers of corn’
What was the government’s concern and what did this result in?
To ensure there was adequate shelter for merchants
The temporary continuation of some of the smaller monasteries
