Rebellion And Unrest

Question 1

Examples of other revolts in 1549

Answer 1

Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire

Question 2

How many counties had some form of revolt in 1549?

Answer 2

23

Question 3

How great was the population rise?

Answer 3

2.3 million became 3 million 1525-1551

Question 4

What were the causes of the Western rebellion?

Answer 4

Catholicism, fear that the sheep tax would be extended to other animals, William body, strong sense of identity, prayer book and the introduction of it in Sampford Courtenay, Devon

Question 5

Who intensified the western rebel’s discontent and how?

Answer 5

William body- heavy handed investigation into church property

Question 6

What was the main religious cause of western rebellion?

Answer 6

Prayer book

Question 7

When was the first prayer book published?

Answer 7

December 1548

Question 8

Who was the leader of the western rebels?

Answer 8

Humphrey Arundel

Question 9

Which noble tried and failed to suppress the western rebels?

Answer 9

Hellier- was killed

Question 10

Who did Somerset send to deal with the western rebels?

Answer 10

Lord Russell

Question 11

Where were the western rebels defeated?

Answer 11

Sampford courtenay

Question 12

What did the government do after the western rebellion?

Answer 12

Executed without trials, confiscated and redistributed property= illegal

Question 13

What caused Kett’s rebellion?

Answer 13

Against enclosures, privileges of the clergy and absenteeism. Triggered by an attack on Flowedew’s enclosure. Somerset’s perceived sympathy for lower classes meant they thought they would be listened to.

Question 14

How did the government try to solve the problem of enclosures?

Answer 14

Made proclamations: commission of inquiry under John Hales 1548

Question 15

How did Somerset’s policy contribute to the causes of Kett’s rebellion?

Answer 15

His perceived sympathy towards peasants gave them incentive to express their grievances

Question 16

What was the Kett’s rebel’s main tactic?

Answer 16

Appeal over the heads of the local gentry to the central government directly

Question 17

Where was the Kett’s rebel’s base?

Answer 17

Mousehold Heath

Question 18

Who did Somerset send first to disband the Kett’s rebels?

Answer 18

William Parr and 1,800 men

Question 19

Who did Somerset send for the second time to deal with the Kett’s rebels? And when?

Answer 19

Northumberland and 12,000 men, 23 August

Question 20

How many of Kett’s rebel’s were killed?

Answer 20

3,000

Question 21

What happened to the Kett’s rebels after they were defeated?

Answer 21

Dealt with strictly in accordance with the law, 49 executions

Question 22

What year was Wyatt’s rebellion?

Answer 22

1554

Question 23

Who were the key figures of Wyatt’s rebellion?

Answer 23

James Croft, Peter Carew, Thomas Wyatt

Question 24

What was the Wyatt’s rebel’s ultimate goal?

Answer 24

Marry Elizabeth to Edward Courtenay and put her on the throne

Question 25

Where did Wyatt successfully gain support?

Answer 25

Kent

Question 26

Where were Wyatt’s rebels defeated?

Answer 26

Ludgate

Question 27

What happened to those involved in Wyatt’s rebellion?

Answer 27

Wyatt, duke of Suffolk, Jane Grey and Guildford Dudley executed

Question 28

Where did the Wyatt’s rebels attack when they reached London and why is this significant?

Answer 28

Gardiner’s property- newly restored Catholic bishop of Winchester- showing their religious leanings

Question 29

Where did the Wyatt’s rebels plan to have coordinated uprisings?

Answer 29

Kent, Herefordshire, Devon and Leicestershire

Question 30

When was the proclamation of the terms of Mary’s marriage Treaty?

Answer 30

14 January 1554

Question 31

How many supporters did Wyatt gain in Kent?

Answer 31

3,000

Question 32

How close did Wyatt get to the queen and on what date?

Answer 32

Ludgate- 1/2 a km. 12 February 1554

Question 33

Causes of Kett’s rebellion?

Answer 33

Enclosures, clergy corruption, nobility privilege (Flowerdew), rack renting by landlords, Somerset’s Treason Act

Question 34

Which clergyman hijacked the western rebellion?

Answer 34

Robert Welsh

Question 35

Causes of Wyatt’s rebellion?

Answer 35

Hatred of foreigners, Mary’s marriage, Wyatt’s own factional motives, Protestant sympathies (no leader of the rebellion was Catholic)

Question 36

What evidence is there that Wyatt’s rebellion was religious?

Answer 36

No leader was catholic

Question 37

Why did Somerset continue debasement?

Answer 37

Finance war in Scotland

Question 38

When was Kett’s defeated?

Answer 38

23rd August

Question 39

When was western defeated?

Answer 39

16 August

Question 40

When did western start?

Answer 40

10 June

Question 41

When did Kett’s start?

Answer 41

8 July

Question 42

Key demands of Western

Answer 42

end the changes they claimed were taking place in baptism and confirmation, restore the Act of Six Articles, restore Latin mass and images, restore transubstantiation and purgatory. Also against the gentry, who had gained from the Reformation, and the 1548 sheep tax

Question 43

Key demands of Kett’s

Answer 43

landowners stop enclosing, rents reduced, corrupt local officials to be punished, incompetent priests to be removed from their churches

Question 44

Evidence that Kett’s wasn’t religious

Answer 44

Norfolk was actually a Protestant county. Kett encouraged Protestant ministers to preach to the rebels on Mousehold Heath and to use the new Prayer Book

Question 45

Evidence Wyatt’s was about the marriage

Answer 45

rebels shouting “we are all Englishmen”

Question 46

Evidence of the organisation of Kett’s rebellion

Answer 46

Council at the Tree of Reformation to try arrested gentlemen

Question 47

Thomas Wyatt background

Answer 47

Trusted by Nothumberland under Edward. Declared his support for Mary when Jane was proclaimed queen but his support evaporated when he heard of the Spanish marriage. As a Member of Parliament became involved in the opposition to the marriage

Question 48

Initial failure to put down Wyatt’s

Answer 48

A number of royal troops sent to put the rebellion down deserted to the rebels

Question 49

Mary’s speech Guildhall

Answer 49

said ‘I love you, my people, as a mother loves her child’- proved to be successful.