Nature 3 - Leadership (Nobility)

Question 1

Which rebellions involved Royal claimants?

Answer 1

Henry VII

• Simnel- 1486-87 ( claimed to be the Earl of Warwick)
• Warbeck- 1491-97 (claimed to be the Duke of York) They were particularly threatening as they had a stronger claim to the throne than Henry VII.

Edward

• Mary I in the Northumberland rising in 1553. This was particularly threatening to Edward as she had a strong claim to the throne.

Question 2

Why was nobility important in Irish rebellions in particular?

Answer 2

• They were the leaders of the Clans which meant they could mobilise large numbers.

Question 3

Why was nobility support important to rebellions? + examples

Answer 3

• It gave the rebellion legitimacy and authority.
• Sometimes nobles claimed they had been pressurised or threatened to lead the armies but this was most likely because of the severe punishment the nobility faced when rebellions were put down.
• The Cornish got Lord Audley to persuade Lord Darcy to lead the tax protest. The Pilgrims besieged Pontefract Castle to persuade Lord Darcy to join.

Question 4

Which Noble(s) were involved in the Lovell and Stafford rebellion of 1486?

Answer 4

• Francis Viscount Lovell and Humphrey and Thomas Stafford

Question 5

Which Noble(s) were involved in the Cornish rebellion of 1497 ?

Answer 5

• Lord Audley.

Question 6

Which Noble(s) were involved in the Warbeck rebellion of 1497 ?

Answer 6

• Lord Fitzwater, Sir William Stanley

Question 7

Which Noble(s) were involved in the P.O.G rebellion of 1536-37 ?

Answer 7

• Lords Hussey, Darcy, Lumley and Latimer.

Question 8

Which Noble(s) were involved in the Northumberland’s coup/ Lady Jane Grey rebellion of 1553 ?

Answer 8

• Earl of Oxford, Earl of Huntingdon.
• Mary however relied on most of the nobility to help her defeat Northumberland

Question 9

Which Noble(s) were involved in the Wyatt rebellion of 1554 ?

Answer 9

• Duke of Suffolk

Question 10

Which Noble(s) were involved in the Northern Earls rebellion of 1569 ?

Answer 10

Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland.

Question 11

Which Noble(s) were involved in the Essex rebellion of 1601?

Answer 11

• Earls of Essex, Southampton, Sussex, Rutland.
• Lords Cromwell, Mounteagle, Sanders.

Question 12

What noble support was the monarch able to raise in the Northern Earls rebellion?

Answer 12

• Hundson, Huntingdon and Sussex.

Question 13

What noble support was the monarch able to raise in the P.O.G rebellion?

Answer 13

• The Duke of Norfolk.