Political Causes Of Rebellion - 'Evil Councillors' Flashcards
Who were dubbed ‘evil advisers’ in 1497 by Cornish rebels?
Reginald Bray and John Morton
In 1525 who did Suffolk protesters say they were going to the king about and what phrase did they use?
Wolsey and ‘complain of the Cardinal’
In 1536 who were the targets of ballads and manifestos written by the Pilgrims of Grace?
Cromwell, Cranmer, Audley and Rich
In 1554 what did Thomas Wyatt claim to threaten in the Wyatt Rebellion?
‘We seek no harm to the Queen but better council and councillors’
What did many rebels call councillors who they believed to deceived the monarch?
‘self-serving upstarts’
In the Pilgrimage of Grace what oath did the pilgrims swear to expel of?
‘expel all villein blood and evil councillors against the commonwealth from his Grace and his Privy Council’
Who did rebels in the York in 1536 argue exploited power?
‘persons as be of low birth and small reputation’
What had Cromwell, Cranmer, Audley and Rich have in common?
They all came from low backgrounds, Cromwell had been a merchant and one-time professional soldier, Cranmer was a Cambridge academic, Audley had been the town clerk in Colchester and Rich was a Welsh lawyer
What did Lord Darcy believe about Cromwell?
‘The very original and chief causer of all this rebellion and mischief’
Who does historian Elton argue hated Cromwell?
The gentry leaders and not the commons
