rebellion/ unrest under Edward

Question 1

When was the Prayer Book Rebellion?

Answer 1

June-August 1549

Question 2

What was the Prayer Book Rebellion also known as?

Answer 2

Western Rebellion

Question 3

What were the demands of the Prayer Book Rebellion?

Answer 3

-Restoration of Catholic Doctrine
-Belief in transubstantiation and purgatory
-Return of the use of Latin

Question 4

Who was attacked in 1547, then killed, causing the Prayer Book Rebellion?

Answer 4

William Body

Question 5

Where did the Prayer Book Rebellion begin?

Answer 5

Cornwall and Devon

Question 6

What did rebels shout during the Prayer Book Rebellion?

Answer 6

‘Kill the Gentlemen!’

Question 7

What rebellion involved the Siege of Exeter?

Answer 7

Prayer Book Rebellion

Question 8

What happened at the siege of Exeter?

Answer 8

There was concern that the poor would hand it over to the rebels so the wealthy citizens took action to help the poor to prevent rebels taking control

Question 9

How did the Prayer Book Rebellion end?

Answer 9

Government had to send help
-rebels were defeated at Sampford Courtenay (Devon)
-3000 killed and survivors were punished with execution and confiscation of property.

Question 10

What rebellion involved the Battle of Sampford Courtenay?

Answer 10

Prayer Book Rebellion

Question 11

How many rebels died in the Battle of Sampford Courtenay?

Answer 11

3000

Question 12

How were the remaining rebels of the Prayer Book Rebellion treated?

Answer 12

-executed
-property confiscated

Question 13

Give a few reasons why the Prayer Book Rebellion was serious?

Answer 13

-took a number of battles to defeat them
-more unrest in 1549 than any other Tudor period
-Aggressive demands with direct attack on Protestant Church Edward was trying to establish
-Over 3000 rebels killed
-Severe Gov reaction afterwards
-Possibility of French invasion
-Troops brought back from Scotland to defeat rebels

Question 14

give a few reasons why the Prayer Book Rebellion wasn’t serious?

Answer 14

-no aim to remove monarch
-no advance on London
-failed to take siege on Exeter
-lacked support from wealthy or influential nobility
-failed to cooperate with other risings/unrest at the time to present a more united opposition

Question 15

When was the Kett Rebellion?

Answer 15

-July-August 1549

Question 16

What was the main focus of the Kett Rebellion?

Answer 16

-enclosure

Question 17

What were the demands of the Kett Rebellion?

Answer 17

-Protestant demands
-stop Gentry from using common land
-rivers to be open to all for fishing
-concerns over rising rents
-ending of serfdom which was still used by Duke of Norfolk

Question 18

How did the Kett Rebellion begin? Where?

Answer 18

-In East Anglia
-started as an enclosure riot in Norfolk- rioters were angry that Flowerdew bought the abbey Church and began to demolish part of it and enclosed other land
-Flowerdew tried to turn people against Kett who also enclosed land but was unsuccessful

Question 19

Who led the Kett Rebellion?

Answer 19

Robert Kett

Question 20

In Norfolk ___% of the population owned ____% of the goods

Answer 20

6% of people owned 60% of the goods

Question 21

How many men did Kett assemble in the Kett Rebellion?

Answer 21

16000

Question 22

Where did the Kett Rebels set up camp?

Answer 22

Mousehold

Question 23

What city did the Kett rebels seize? Was this significant?

Answer 23

-Norwich
-England’s second biggest city

Question 24

How did the Government initially respond to the Kett Rebellion? Was this successful?

Answer 24

-Gov had to send 14,000 troops under Marquis of Northampton
-this was defeated

Question 25

How did the Kett Rebellion end?

Answer 25

-Duke of Northumberland arrived with 12000 men and troops brought back from Scotland
-Kett abandoned the well defended camp at Mousehold and moved to Dussindale
-27th August 1549- rebels slaughtered at Dussindale- 3000 killed.
-Surviving rebels treated more leniently than the Prayer Book rebels as only Kett and 49 others were executed.

Question 26

How many rebels were killed in the Kett Rebellion?

Answer 26

3000

Question 27

Which rebels (out of the Prayer Book Rebellion and Kett Rebellion) were treated more leniently? How do you know?

Answer 27

-Kett Rebellion
-only Kett and 49 others were executed.

Question 28

Evidence to suggest that the Kett rebellion was serious?

Answer 28

-Gov resources stretched due to all the unrest
-Defeated Marquis of Northampton and took Norwich
-Large number of rebels (16000)
-Over 3000 rebels killed
-Threat of invasion from France
-Troops brought back from Scotland to deal with rebels

Question 29

Evidence to suggest that the Kett rebellion was not serious?

Answer 29

-no aim to remove monarch
-no advance on London
-lacked support from wealthy or influential nobility
-Kett moved from Mousehold to Dussindale meaning he was easier to defeat

Question 30

What did the Kett Rebels do in Norwich?

Answer 30

-Local forces unable to disperse rebels and offer of pardon failed
-houses of the wealthy received the most damage when the city was set on fire and rebels brutally beat Lord Sheffield to death.
-One member of the gentry attempted to negotiate with the rebels but had the food and drink he took with him stolen and was attacked.
-Marquis of Northampton and troops defeated