Rebellion And Unrest

Question 1

When were they rural riots in England for

Answer 1

Summer 1548

Question 2

When was the murder of William Body

Answer 2

April 1548

Question 3

Socio-economic problems that were going on (6)

Answer 3

Poverty and vagrancy

Poor Harvest

Enclosure

Inflation

Population rose

Influenza and epidemics

Question 4

Enclosure (3)

Answer 4

Act of fencing common land

Landowner took common land when inflation started happening

Led to much unrest; villages destroyed fences

Question 5

Inflation (3)

Answer 5

Due to overpopulation: agriculture could not keep up

Raises the prices of grain, wheat, diet, wool

Somerset debasing the coin

Question 6

Population rise (2)

Answer 6

Rose up by nearly 3 mil between ‘25 and ‘51

Meant more children: not able to contribute to the production of food

Question 7

Poverty and vagrancy(homelessness) (3)

Answer 7

Many lose jobs as infertile land saw increase in sheep increasing

Dissolution of monasteries removed institution for the poor

Depression of cloth trade= unemployment

Question 8

Vagrancy Act (4)

Answer 8

1547

Somerset introduced; any abled-bodies person put of work for more than 3 days branded with a ‘V’

Sold into Slavery for 2 years

Enforced many kids into work

Question 9

When was the commission to investigate enclosure in the Midlands

Answer 9

June ‘48

Question 10

What was the religious tension behind the Western Rebellion (4)

Answer 10

William Body (Protestant) killed when supervising iconoclasm

Many Catholics against Act of Uniformity

Prayer book changing to English litany- they spoke Cornish

Wanted to keep transubstantiation

Question 11

What were the non-religious grievances in the western rebellion (3)

Answer 11

Sheep and cloth tax complaints

Hatred towards the gentry

Gentry were ‘exploiting’ peasants by raising rents very high and being inconsiderate.

Question 12

What was the main reason for Wyatt’a rebellion

Answer 12

Many feared re-catholicisation of England

Question 13

Leaders of Wyatt’a rebellion (4)

Answer 13

Thomas Wyatt (Kent)

Carew (Devon)

Croft (Herefordshire)

Suffolk (Leicestershire)

Question 14

International reaction to Wyatt’s rebellion

Answer 14

French feared the extension of Habsburg empire(Spanish Catholicism) across the channel

Therefore supported the rebellion

Question 15

What was the plan for Wyatt’s rebellion (4)

Answer 15

To remove Mary and replace with Elizabeth

Elizabeth to marry Courtenay

3 rebellions happen simultaneously (Kent, Midlands and West) to make it difficult for government to control

French Navy assists by preventing Habsburg aid

Question 16

Why did Wyatt’s rebellion fail (6)

Answer 16

The rumour of the three rebellions spread to Renard and Gardiner

The government was now informed and more prepare

Caused rebellion leaders to rush action

Mary’s troops quickly dissolved those near London

Midlands feared treason

West lacked support

Question 17

Difference between Wyatt rebellions and ‘49 rebellions (2)

Answer 17

Wyatt threatened the stability of monarch: ‘49 were localised

Wyatt was led by nobles: ‘49 were common people

Question 18

Where did Western Rebellion take place (3)

Answer 18

• Bodwin, Cornwall; protests against AOU
• Sampford Courtenay, Devon; Prayer book Rebels

All join at Crediton

Question 19

Main demands of Western Rebellion (religious) (4)

Answer 19

Re-introduction of Six articles

Mass on Latin

Prayers and mass for souls in purgatory

Holy bread and water every Sunday

Question 20

Non religious complaints of Western rebellion (3)

Answer 20

Food shortage

Tax on cloth and sheep

King making brash decisions

Question 21

Leader of Kett’s rebellion

Answer 21

Robert Kett

Question 22

Origins and location of Kett’s rebellion

Answer 22

Norfolk; local lawyer Flowerdew brought local abbey church and enclosed land

Question 23

Summary of Kett’s rebellion

Answer 23

Kett assembled 16,000 men to camp at Moushold Heath near Norwich