Rebellion and unrest under Mary Flashcards
Who did Mary marry?
Philip of Spain, Charles V’s son
they met for the first time on 23rd July 1554, it had been approved by Parliament in April 1554
What was the general feeling in London as a result of Mary’s marriage?
Anti-Spanish feeling so much that disturbances were reported in Summer of 1555
One took place in May 1555 involving 500 men
When was Wyatt’s rebellion?
The spring of 1554 in Kent
What caused Wyatt’s rebellion?
Rebels did not want Mary to marry a foreigner, fears that the government would be taken over esp because Mary is a woman.
But slightly religious as people did not want to see a Catholic restoration
In Kent there had been a decline in cloth industry and economic hardship tends to make people less tolerant of change
What events in 1553 led up to Wyatt’s rebellion?
December- plans were concluded for co-ordinated risings in Kent, Herefordshire, Devon and Leicestershire on 18th March
27th December- the Emperor’s commissioners arrived in England to begin negotiations on the marriage treaty
Describe the course of events of Wyatt’s rebellion
mid-January- Courtenay was made to confess, so three out of the four locations did not raise support, but Sir Thomas Wyatt in Kent raised 2,500 armed men.
29th Jan- The Duke of Norfolk, whom the government had chosen to stop Wyatt, had to return to court when his troops were persuaded to join Wyatt
Feb- Wyatt’s troops came as close as half a km from the Queen at the Tower. He and his forces were forces to surrender
What was the aftermath of Wyatt’s rebellion?
90 rebels were executed including Wyatt.
Lady Jane Grey and her husband were executed
What evidence is there to suggest Wyatt’s rebellion had religious causes?
The area where Wyatt gained most of his support was religiously radical
No prominent member of the rebellion was Catholic
When the rebels reached London they attacked the property of Gardiner, the newly restored Catholic Bishop of Winchester
What did John Proctor write?
His work was commissioned by the government which thought that if religious grievances were portrayed as the mainstay of the trouble, it would divert attention from her marriage
What were the gentry plotting?
Some gentry at court some of whom were MPs but not councillors, began to discuss the possibility of engineering a Protestant succession. Mary would be deposed and Edward Courtenay would marry Princess Elizabeth who would become Queen
