Kett's rebellion

Question 1

What were the similarities to the Western rebellion?

Answer 1

-caused primarily by religious changes and economic developments and enclosures
-in both rebellions 2 leaders were sent to try and stop the rebellion

Question 2

What were the differences to the Western rebellion?

Answer 2

-becomes more violence
-demands were more protestant than the Western rebellion->want religion more protestant than it is

Question 3

What was lacking in London during the time?

Answer 3

standing army

Question 4

When did it happen?

Answer 4

July-August 1549

Question 5

Who does the Earl of Warwick become years later and what did his role in the rebellion cause?

Answer 5

-Earl of Warwick (John Dudley) was sent to massacre the rebels and he later becomes the next lord protector years later which would mean that people in Dussindale dislike him

Question 6

What were the causes of the rebellion? (9)

Answer 6

-enclosures
-rising rents
-unemployment
-poverty
-inflation
-dislike of the gentry and landowners (class conflict)
-fishing rights
-decline in the cloth industry
-wanted to be more protestant

Question 7

Kett’s rebellion took place because…

Answer 7

people in Norwick were upset by socio-economic changes that took place and wanted religion to be more protestant

Question 8

Kett’s rebellion took place but…

Answer 8

it was put down in just over a month

Question 9

Kett’s rebellion took place so…

Answer 9

the Earl of Warwick was sent to massacre the rebels in Dussindale

Question 10

Why did Kett’s rebellion take place?

Answer 10

-Gentry enclosing land and manipulating the foldcourse system and religious changes were not thorough enough

Question 11

How many people were massacred as a result of the Earl of Warwick leading a massacre at Dussindale?

Answer 11

3,000-4,000 killed

Question 12

Who was the leader?

Answer 12

Robert Kett

Question 13

What did the rebellion start as?

Answer 13

enclosure riot in Norfolk towns

Question 14

Who were the rioters angered by? What did he do?

Answer 14

-a local lawyer John Flowerdew who started to demolish part of the local abbey church (chantry part) he bought and enclosed other land

Question 15

What did Flowerdew’s attempt to do?

Answer 15

-turn protesters against Kett but Kett was able to assume leadership of the unrest

Question 16

What did the rebels do? Where did they march to?

Answer 16

-within a short period of time Kett was able to gain 16,000 men->marched towards Norwich and set up camp on the outskirts of Mousehold heath

Question 17

What did local forces do?

Answer 17

-local forces were unable to disperse the rebels and the offer of a pardon twice but that also failed

Question 18

What did the rebels seize?

Answer 18

Norwich

Question 19

How did the government respond? What happened?

Answer 19

-forced government to act->sent 14,000 troops under the Marquis of Northampton but his forces were defeated

Question 20

Who was secondly sent and what did it lead to?

Answer 20

-Earl of Warwick (John Dudley) was then sent->led to the massacre of around 3-4,000 rebels at Dussindale

Question 21

What did the rebels draw up?

Answer 21

list of demands

Question 22

What were some of the demands the rebels made? (5)

Answer 22

-common land= gentry had been putting large numbers of sheep onto common land->forced many peasants off common land
-rising rents
-more Protestant demands
-class divide caused issues
-declining cloth industry

Question 23

Who did the rebels brutally beat to death? What does this show?

Answer 23

-Lord Sheffield
-showed their anger towards the ruling class

Question 24

What was offered by Somerset but refused?

Answer 24

pardons were offered

Question 25

Why did the rebellion fail?

Answer 25

-Kett abandoned his well-defended camp at Mousehold and moved to Dussindale->around 3,000 rebels were slaughtered (27th august)

Question 26

Was Kett’s rebellion more of a threat than Western rebellion? Why?

Answer 26

-yes
-rebels had multiple bases
-government had to use more force when trying to put down the rebels
-took Norwich

Question 27

How powerful and effective was the leadership?

Answer 27

-Somewhat effective leadership->Kett made rushed decisions->leaving well-defended camp at Mousehold to Dussindale

Question 28

How widespread was support in England?

Answer 28

-16,000 rebels->more support than Western
-Lack of support from the gentry
-hold power in Norwich for 3 days

Question 29

Did the rebels plan have a chance of success?

Answer 29

-yes if Kett hadn’t left Mousehold

Question 30

What was the reaction from the government? How was the rebellion ended?

Answer 30

-Government had to send a large force of 12,000 men and the Earl of Warick->3,000 rebels killed->more lenient than Western->kett hung and 49 other rebels executed