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What year did the Stafford and Lovell Rebellion take place?

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1486

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Who led the Stafford and Lovell Rebellion?

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Francis Lovell, Humphrey Stafford

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What was the cause of the Stafford and Lovell Rebellion?

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Yorkist support for a claim to the throne; rejection of Henry VII’s rule.

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What was the outcome of the Stafford and Lovell Rebellion?

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Lovell fled, Staffords were captured (one executed). No foreign support gained.

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What year did the Simnel Rebellion occur?

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1487

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Who was Lambert Simnel pretending to be?

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Edward, Earl of Warwick

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Who supported Simnel in the rebellion?

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John de la Pole, Margaret of Burgundy, 2000 German mercenaries, Irish lords

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What was the result of the Battle of Stoke Field?

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Simnel was captured and given a job in the royal kitchens; rebellion defeated

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What caused the Yorkshire Rebellion of 1489?

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Refusal to pay tax for war in Brittany

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Who led the Yorkshire Rebellion?

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Sir John Egremont

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What was the result of the Yorkshire Rebellion?

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The tax was not collected, rebels dispersed, leader fled

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Why did the Yorkshire Rebellion pose a low threat?

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No foreign support or national impact; quickly suppressed

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What year did the Cornish Rebellion occur?

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1497

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Why did the Cornish rebel in 1497?

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They opposed paying tax to fund a war in Scotland

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Who led the Cornish Rebellion?

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Lord Audley, Michael Joseph (a blacksmith), and Thomas Flamank

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What happened at the Battle of Blackheath?

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Rebels were defeated by Henry VII’s forces

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Who did Perkin Warbeck pretend to be?

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Richard, Duke of York (one of the Princes in the Tower)

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How long did the Warbeck threat last?

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1491–1499

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Which foreign powers supported Warbeck?

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France, Burgundy, Scotland

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What was Warbeck’s ultimate fate?

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Captured, imprisoned, and executed in 1499

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Why was the Amicable Grant (1525) opposed?

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It was an unapproved forced loan, and people could not afford it

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Where did opposition to the Amicable Grant arise?

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Suffolk and Essex

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What was the result of the Amicable Grant?

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It was abandoned; Henry blamed Wolsey

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How did the failure of the Amicable Grant affect Wolsey?
It damaged his reputation and highlighted limits of royal authority
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Who led the Silken Thomas Rebellion of 1534?
Thomas Fitzgerald, Earl of Kildare
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What caused Silken Thomas’s rebellion?
Belief that his father had been executed by Henry VIII and opposition to English rule
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What was the outcome of Silken Thomas’s rebellion?
Rebellion crushed; Thomas and his uncles executed
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What impact did Silken Thomas’s Rebellion have on Ireland?
Led to tighter English control over Irish governance
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When did Kett's Rebellion take place?
1549
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Who led Kett's Rebellion?
Robert Kett, a tanner and landowner
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What caused Kett's Rebellion?
Enclosure of common land and local corruption
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What was the outcome of Kett's Rebellion?
Defeated at Dussindale by John Dudley; Kett was executed
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What year did the Northumberland Rebellion (Lady Jane Grey plot) happen?
1553
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What was the goal of Northumberland's rebellion?
To place Lady Jane Grey on the throne instead of Mary I
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What led to the failure of the Northumberland Rebellion?
Lack of popular support; Mary raised a large force
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What was Northumberland’s fate?
He was executed for treason
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What year was Wyatt’s Rebellion?
1554
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Why did Wyatt rebel against Mary I?
Opposition to Mary’s marriage to Philip of Spain
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Who were the four main leaders of Wyatt’s Rebellion?
Wyatt (Kent), Carew (Devon), Croft (Herefordshire), Suffolk (Leicestershire)
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What was the result of Wyatt’s Rebellion?
Wyatt executed; Elizabeth I temporarily imprisoned but spared
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When did Shane O’Neill rebel?
1558–1567
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Why did Shane O’Neill rebel against English authority?
He opposed English interference and wanted to be Earl of Tyrone
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How did Shane O’Neill die?
Killed by rival Irish clan, the MacDonnells
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What was the threat level of Shane O’Neill’s Rebellion?
Significant in Ulster but did not spread
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When did the Northern Rebellion take place?
1569
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What were the aims of the Northern Earls in 1569?
Restore Catholicism and place Mary, Queen of Scots on the throne
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Who led the Northern Rebellion?
Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland
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How was the Northern Rebellion suppressed?
Rebels dispersed; leaders fled or executed; 600 executed as punishment
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When did the Munster and Geraldine Rebellions happen?
1569–1573 (Munster), 1579–1583 (Geraldine)
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What were the causes of the Munster and Geraldine Rebellions?
Local resentment of English settlers and Counter-Reformation Catholicism
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What happened during the Geraldine Rebellion?
Fitzgerald proclaimed holy war, Spanish landed 600 men, all massacred
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What was the outcome of the Munster Rebellions?
Desmond killed; Munster ‘planted’ with English settlers
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When did the Oxfordshire Rising take place?
1596
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Who led the Oxfordshire Rising?
Bartholomew Steer, a carpenter
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What caused the Oxfordshire Rising?
Anger over enclosure, economic hardship, famine, and bad harvests
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What happened during the Oxfordshire Rising?
Only 4 men gathered; quickly betrayed and suppressed
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When was Essex’s Rebellion?
1601
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Why did the Earl of Essex rebel?
Loss of favour, loss of sweet wine monopoly, rivalry with Cecil
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What was Essex’s plan in 1601?
Seize the court, Tower of London, and force Elizabeth to restore him to favour
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What was the outcome of Essex’s Rebellion?
Rebellion failed; Essex and conspirators executed

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