rebellions

Question 1

Henry IV

Answer 1

• Epiphany Rising 1400 (due to legitimacy/support of alternative claimant, Richard II).
  
  • rebels were executed
• Wales 1400-1409 (due to legitimacy/support of alternative claimant), led by Owain Glyndwr
  
  • statutes in Parliament against Wales 1402, eventually Wales was defeated in battle
  • military support from Prince Henry and Hotspur
• Hotspur 1403 (due to personal grievances)
  
  • Hotspur was killed in battle (Shrewsbury)

Question 2

Henry V

Answer 2

• Oldcastle 1414 (due to religion, Lollardy)
  
  • Oldcastle was captured and executed in 1418
• Southampton 1415 (due to personal grievances of nobility, support of alt claimant and religion, Lollardy)
  
  • Edmund Mortimer informed HV of the plot

Question 3

Henry VI

Answer 3

• Cade 1450 (due to financial mismanagement and law and order)
  
  • mainly defeated by London citizens, but Henry oversaw the executions of rebels in 1451 (‘harvest of heads’)
  • initial delegation against the rebels lead by Archbishop Stafford and Cardinal Kemp)

Question 4

Edward IV

Answer 4

• Warwick and Clarence 1469-71 (due to personal grievances)
  
  • Warwick was killed at Barnet (battle), other rebels such as Sir Robert Wells were executed. Clarence pardoned
  • Edward called on Earls of Pembroke and Devon to support him (but they were killed by Warwick)
• Clarence 1471-78 (more of an overmighty subject, didn’t lead a direct rebellion)
  
  • charged with treason in Parliament, executed 17 Feb 1478

Question 5

Richard III

Answer 5

• Buckingham 1483 (due to personal grievances, support of alternative claimant Henry Tudor)
  
  • Buckingham was executed quite swiftly on 2 Nov 1483
  • Lord Howard dealt with Kent rebels while Richard dealt with other rebels

Question 6

Henry VII

Answer 6

• Lovell 1486 (due to support of Richard III, personal grievances)
  
  • Humphrey Stafford was executed while Thomas Stafford was pardoned and made loyal. Lovell fled to Burgundy
• Simnell 1487 (due to support of alternative claimant/pretender)
  
  • Simnel was put in the royal kitchen as he was a child, others such as Symonds were imprisoned for life. Lincoln killed at Stoke
• Warbeck 1491-97 (due to support of alternative claimant/pretender)
  
  • Warbeck (+ Warwick) executed in 1499, execution of Stanley in 1495 due to being implicated in Warbeck’s cause
  • Sir Richard Clifford likely informed Henry VII as a double agent
• Yorkshire 1489 (due to high taxation)
  
  • executed ringleaders, cancelled round of taxation for Yorkshire
  • earl of Surrey was with the king to subdue the rebels
• Cornwall 1497 (due to high taxation)
  
  • executed ringleaders, cancelled round of taxation for Cornwall