Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors Flashcards
What are the causes of Lovel’s Revolt (1486) ?
Dynastic - Lovel was a councillor for Richard III, and was a former Lord Chamberland
What is the nature of Lovel’s Revolt (1486) ?
Amins - Overthrow Henry, but they had no replacement
Leaders - Lovel and Stafford brothers
Size + Support - little support, only a few hundred, relatively short (1 month)
Organisation - little to none
What is the impact of Lovel’s Revolt (1486) ?
£2,000 bond imposed
Churches could no longer be used as a sanctuary for traitors/ rebels
Jasper Tudor pardoned the rebels
Lovel escaped and later returns
Humphry Stafford executed and Thomas Stafford pardoned
What are the causes of Lambert Simnel’s Rebellion (1486 - 87) ?
Dynastic - Simnel imitated the earl of Warwick + John De La Pole (Earl of Lincoln) also helped instigate the rebellion
Factional - Government
Resentment of Central Interference (Ireland) - Ireland wanted autonomy
What is the nature of Lambert Simnel’s Rebellion (1486 - 87) ?
Aims - overthrow Henry VII
Leaders - John de la Pole + Richard Symonds
Size + Support - 8,000 in total (2,000 merchants + 4,500 Irish curns), lacked English support, Battle of Stoke Field a ‘second Bosworth’ (3hr close battle)
Organisation - very well organised
What is the impact of Lambert Simnel’s Rebellion (1486 - 87) ?
John de la Pole was Killed + Simnel was made a kitchen boy
Many rebels were killed
Henry sent Poyning to crackdown on Ireland
Henry marries Elizabeth of York - uniting both roses (Lancaster + York)
Was very threatening - but not successful
What are the causes of Perkin Warbeck’s Rebellion (1491- 99) ?
Dynastic - Warbeck pretends to be Rickard of York - 1 of the princes in the Tower
European Politics - Lots of Europe wanted to subdue England
What is the nature of Perkin Warbeck’s Rebellion (1491- 99) ?
Aims - secure a Yorkist claim to the throne
Size + Support - 8,000 troops, lots of foreign backing, especially Margret of Burgundy his ‘aunt’
Organisation - not very organised
What is the impact of Perkin Warbeck’s Rebellion (1491- 99) ?
Threatened Arthurs marriage to Catherine of Aragon
Warbeck in the Tower of London (97), and executed (99)
Cost Henry £15,000 - £10 million today
Henry signed a treaty with Charles VIII (92) - he would stop supporting Britany only if France stopped supporting Warbeck
Henry created a large spy network
What are the causes of the Yorkshire Rebellion (1489) ?
Taxation - new tax was an additional burden in a poor area
Social - Yorkshire men thought Britany was not their concern
What is the nature of the Yorkshire Rebellion (1489) ?
Leaders - Robert Chamber + later John Egremont (no high officials)
Size + Support - 5,000 rebels (mostly peasants), no weapons/ resources, supported by the Earl of Northumberland
Organisation - not very organised (no manifesto or demands listed)
What is the impact of the Yorkshire Rebellion (1489) ?
No more efforts to collect Tax in Yorkshire
Some salutary executions - Chamber
Henry recognises North remains Yorkist in sentiment - he spends more time there
Established the Tudor council of the North
Low threat but relatively successful
What are the causes of the Cornish Rebellion (1497) ?
Taxation - rising of a subsidy for a war against Scotland ‘an irrelevant war’
Social - tin mining regulations + suspended the Stannaries’ (local Cornish government)
What is the nature of the Cornish Rebellion (1497) ?
Aims - no tax + increased Cornish Independence
Leaders - Michael an Gof, Thomas Flamank, a gentleman from Bodmin and Lord Audley (a minor noble)
Size + Support - 15,000 rebels , no support outside of Cornwall
Organisation - no professional army, were ill-equipped but very determined
What is the impact of the Cornish Rebellion (1497) ?
Battle of Blackheath - Henry had an army of 20,000
Leaders were executed
Cornish fined £15,000
Some success - no tax, but were fined
What are the causes of the Amicable Grant (1525) ?
Taxation - benevolence tax of £800,000 (1/6 to 1/10 on goods of the laity and clergy), for a war that was not very successful
What is the nature of the Amicable Grant (1525) ?
Geography - the home Counties (Kent, Wiltshire, East Anglia + Warwickshire) who were normally very loyal
Size - 10,000 at Lavenham
Leadership - locals below gentry
What is the impact of the Amicable Grant (1525) ?
Amicable Grant was dropped
Benevolence tax was never collected again
Weakened Wolsey’s position
Change in Foreign policy - Treaty of the More (1525)
What are the causes of the Silken Thomas Rebellion (1534) ?
Factional - Cromwell’s attempt at centralising policies in Ireland
Religion - the same year as the reformation
What is the nature of the Silken Thomas Rebellion (1534) ?
Aims - expel English administration, become the sole ruler of Ireland
Size - 1,000 men, they besieged Dublin but did not capture the capital
What is the impact of the Silken Thomas Rebellion (1534) ?
Cost £25,000 to supress
Delegated rule to a Direct rule - English Deputy
Anglicisation
Land Policies of Plantation and Surrender + Regrant
All these cause further rebellions