Rebellion Flashcards
What caused the Western Rebellion?
The introduction of the new Book of Common Prayer and religious grievances sparked the rebellion. However, peasant labourers resented the sheep tax, and its implementation by insensitive local officials.
What caused Kett’s Rebellion?
Inflation, and Somerset’s financial administration, in addition to an unjust enclosure system and resentment of local nobility.
How many people participated in Kett’s Rebellion?
15,000
Where did the Western Rebellion occur?
Cornwall and Devon, which were among the poorest areas of England, and were bastions of Catholicism. The 1548 harvest was the poorest in sixteen years.
What sparked Kett’s Rebellion?
The launch of a second enclosure commission on 8 July 1549. Rebels in East Anglia marched into surrounding fields to dismantle crowds and hedges. Robert Kett offered to lead them ‘in defence of their common liberties’.
Why did the rebels in Kett’s Rebellion choose Mousehold Heath as their camp?
It was a vast tract of common land increasingly subject to enclosure. It had been the site of a rebel encampment 60 years prior, at the time of the Peasants’ Revolt
What did the Mousehols Articles call for?
An end to the enclosure of common land, reclaiming the rights of commoners from the gentry and clergy, preventing communal resources being exploited to the Pont of depletion.
What was the 1549 Sheep Tax?
This taxed the number of sheep kept by a farmer to discourage people from using land for grazing. The conversion of arable land to pasture often led to enclosure and the eviction of the poor.
Did Kett’s Rebels seek greater religious reform?
Yes, such as improving the quality of the gentry. There was a strong feeling that the ministers were not proficient enough to advance the Reformation, and demanded better educated and resident clergy,
How many men did Wyatt raise in January 1554?
3,000
How was Wyatt’s Rebellion significant?
It exemplified that Protestants, though in a minority, could not be ignored, and demonstrated the extent to which there was suspicion of the proposed Spanish marriage. It resulted in the execution of Lady Jane Grey, and Elizabeth was arrested and confined to the Tower.
