Northen Rebellion

Question 1

What is the context??

Answer 1

Only ‘significant’ rebellion against Elizabeth’s sovereignty
Location: Durham & North Yorkshire (Links to Cumbria in 1570)
Led by northern Earls (Northumberland & Westmoreland)
Political & religious motives

Question 2

Why did the northener rebel??

Answer 2

Believed they had been dishonoured - traditional role lost in government
Links with Norfolk’s conspiracy (Westmoreland’s brother-in-law)
Norfolk to marry MQS

Question 3

What was the outfall??

Answer 3

Lack of organisation and leadership led to downfall of the rebels
Decisive action from the crown (Cecil)
Highlighted lack of direct control Elizabethan government had on the North
Showed apathy for Elizabeth
No support for her
But no confidence about an alternative monarch
Northumberland executed in 1572 (rebel land seized by crown)

Question 4

What does she do after the rebellion?

Answer 4

Council of North reconstituted 1572
Earl of Huntingdon in charge
Family influence owed solely to queen
Puritan
Religious inclinations enabled for crackdown on religiously conservative North