Rebellion and unrest 1547-58 Flashcards
What eight Economic and Social problems were there that affected England?
- Population Rise
- Inflation and rising prices
- Enclosure
- Decline in living standards
- Poverty and vagrancy
- Rising rent
- Poor harvests
- Influenza and epidemics
What was the most important Socio-Economic occurrence that affected England?
Population rise, .7million in 26 years
What began to replace crop growing in line with the cloth trade?
Sheep farming
When and what was the Vagrancy act?
1547, condemned vagrants to slavery for two years for a first offence, life for a second
What was the main motivation for the Prayer book rebellion?
They stood opposed to the first Act of Uniformity which made the use of the new prayer book mandatory
Which two areas of England were particularly angered by the first Act of Uniformity?
Devon & Cornwall
When was William Body murdered? What did this snowball into?
1549, the Prayer Book Rebellion
What dominated the demands of the Prayer Book Rebellions rebels?
Religious desires, they wanted the restoration of traditional Catholic practices
What else were the Prayer Book rebels opposed to?
The Gentry
What city did the rebels manage to hold during the Prayer Book Rebellion?
Exeter
Who led the East Anglian rebellion?
Robert Kett
What was the Kett’s rebellion main grievance?
Enclosures
Who was the main point of grievance in the Kett’s rebellion?
Local lawyer, John Flowerdew
Why was John Flowerdew the problem in the eyes of the Kett rebels?
He bought the local abbey, began to demolish it and enclose the surrounding land
What city did the Kett rebels take?
Norwich
How many rebels were raised during the Kett’s rebellion?
16,000
What were the four agricultural grievances of the Kett’s rebellion?
1- The enclosure of Saffron
2- Gentry manipulation of the foldcourse system
3- Amount of sheep on common land
4- Public fishing rights
What was the main economic grievance of the Kett’s rebellion?
Stop rising rents
What was the main religious grievance of the Kett’s rebellion?
They wanted more protestant reforms, brining in minsters who would preach using the new prayerbook
What were the main social grievances of the Kett’s rebelion?
1- Concern over the breakdown of local government
2- Annoyance over the local officials who used their positions to make moves on the land market
3- They accepted the rights of the gentry but called for the ending of those who didn’t fit the gentry owning rabbits and doves
How did the Kett rebel’s grievances reflect in their demands?
They constructed their own sort of class system through camps, where the ‘gentlemen’ acted accordingly and accommodated for aspects of the poor
How serious were Kett and Prayer Book rebellions?
They weren’t too serious, while both captured a major city, (Kett, Norwich - PB, Exeter) neither seemed to have plans to march on London and seemed content with putting forth their demands and waiting for a response.
Both were put down with relative ease too
Why did Northumberland launch the LJG affair?
He realised that with Edward’s declining health would come Mary, with Mary would come Northumberland’s demise from power due to the Catholic reformation she would introduce
What caused the Wyatt’s rebellion?
Mary’s potential marriage to Philip of Burgundy
Why were people opposed to Mary’s marriage to Philip of Burgundy?
They didn’t want to see England dragged into the Habsburg wars that would offer no advantage to England
Who did the court extract information from about the Lady Jane Grey affair?
Edward Courtenay
What happened during the Lady Jane Grey affair that meant Mary found it easy to put down?
The rebels were forced to move early, with only one town rising against Mary, the numbers dwindled at 3,000 so Mary had ample time to raise a force against them
