Lincolnshire rising - louth October 1536 Flashcards
main aims and motives of the 1536 rebellions? - Lincolnshire.
- complaints about “misgovernment” due to evil councillors such as Cromwell.
- good of the commonwealth
- 1534 subsidy - which the Lincolnshire men couldn’t pay.
- religious changes
- government intervention was invasive.
what sparked the rebellion initially?
arrival of the bishop of Lincoln’s officer and louth who was carrying out visitation of the clergy.
what did the arrival of the bishop of lincoln’s officer cause?
paranoia ammongst the town, armed men guarded the church all night - they showed their anger about the disolution of the monasteries by marching to a nunery and capturing a commisoner there to dissolve it.
what rumour spread the following day?
that the mens weapons would be seized.
what did the rumor result in?
3000 people met together at Louth and the governemnt comissoners were forced to flee.
what key event happened in Horncastle on october 9th?
angry mob seized Dr. Raynes the chancellor of the bishop of Lincoln and was killed.
what was made clear in the rebels petition?
that their grievances were aimed at the “low birth” and “evil councillors” which was crammer and cromwell.
what support did the Lincolnshire rising receive?
the support was a cross-section of society. it began with ordinary people like the initial starter, shoemaker, Nicholas Melton. it grew and monks from the dissolved Abbey as well as the parish clergy joined. - members of the local Gentry also joined.
what was the reason behind the Local Gentry joining?
their reasons are contradictory. although they were resentful against the act of uses, it wasn’t enough to risk their lives.
what was said in the letter sent on October 10th
Duke of Suffolk wrote to the king suggesting they only joined in order to control the rebellion and preventing it from getting out of hand.
what suggests the gentry had a more active role in the rebellion than they suggest?
they organised their own military musters.
what was the Act of Uses?`
enabled the king to ask for royal fee’s associated with the land given to gentry and nobility.
what main points suggest that the rising posed a threat to Henry’s government ?
momentum - 10,000 men religious support cross-section society support speed of the rebellion support from nobels
anything that suggest the threat wasn’t as serious?
when threatened with treason nobles backed down and the rebels were divided in their action.
