Rebellions

Question 1

causes of the Yorkshire rebellion (3)

Answer 1

1. parliamentary subsidy to intervene in Brittany
2. poor harvest in 1488
3. Northern shires unaccustomed to heavy taxation

Question 2

how much was Henry VII granted to intervene in Brittany

Answer 2

£100,000

Question 3

causes of the Cornish rebellion (3)

Answer 3

1. Henry’s need for money to deal with Warbeck
2. Cornish people felt war in Scotland to remote a threat
3. complaint not against the kings but evil counsellors

Question 4

how much did parliament grant Henry VII to deal with the Warbeck threat

Answer 4

£88,606

Question 5

which of Henry VII’s counsellors did the Cornish rebels take exception to

Answer 5

Morton and Bray

Question 6

causes of Amicable grant rebellion (4)

Answer 6

1. resistance to taxation
2. Wolseys commissioners in Suffolk to collect Amicable grant
3. Wolsey’s unpopular foreign policy
4. inability to pay tax

Question 7

what year was the amicable grant?

Answer 7

1525

Question 8

what year was the Yorkshire rebellion

Answer 8

1489

Question 9

what year was the Cornish rebellion

Answer 9

1497

Question 10

causes of the Lincolnshire rising (4)

Answer 10

1. opposition to religious change
2. 3 groups of commissioners in the area
3. financial reasons
4. opposition to counsellors

Question 11

which counsellors did the Lincolnshire rebels and those in the Pilgrimage of grace take exception to

Answer 11

Cromwell

Question 12

what were the main points in the manifesto released by the Lincolnshire rebels (6)

Answer 12

1. king should abandon the subsidy
2. abbeys be untouched
3. dissolution commissioners to be punished
4. churches ancient liberties to be untouched
5. heretical bishops to be removed
6. base born councillors to be removed

Question 13

who were the dissolution commissioners operating in Lincolnshire?

Answer 13

Leigh and Layton

Question 14

who were the 3 sets of commissioner operating in Lincoln in 1536

Answer 14

1. Cromwell’s commissioners to dissolve the smaller monasteries
2. royal commissioners collecting 1534 subsidy
3. Bishop Longland of Lincoln’s agents enforcing the 10 commandments (believed that he was responsible for kings divorce)

Question 15

causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace (4)

Answer 15

1. opposition to dissolution
2. religious change
3. unpopular taxation after two years of dearth, bad weather and poor harvests
4. monasteries popular for socioeconomic reasons

Question 16

why had monasteries been popular

Answer 16

they dispensed hospitality and education, maintained vital public works, distributing alms and offering employment

Question 17

what were some of demands included in the 24 Pontefract articles (4)

Answer 17

1. limited return to papal spiritual supremacy
2. list of heretics
3. complaints against entry fines and enclosures
4. Mary be restored to the succession

Question 18

causes of the Western rebellion (4)

Answer 18

1. 1549 prayer book
2. conservative on religious policy
3. socioeconomic reasons
4. feeling isolated

Question 19

what did some of the 16 demands of the rebels in the western rebellion (3)

Answer 19

1. restoration of Six Articles
2. return to Latin mass
3. restoration of the monasteries

Question 20

causes of the Kett rebellion (3)

Answer 20

1. pre-empting Somerset policy against enclosures
2. religious reasons
3. accused governing class of exploiting land rights

Question 21

religious reasons behind the Kett rebellion (3)

Answer 21

1. demanding better preaching
2. condemning non-residence among clergy
3. asking for clerical teaching of poor children and calling for tithe reform

Question 22

causes of the Wyatt rebellion (3)

Answer 22

1. Spanish marriage
2. rebels were Protestant
3. disgruntled over Mary’s policies

Question 23

how serious was the Yorkshire rebellion? (4)

Answer 23

1. Fragility of public order
2. killed member of nobility
3. no danger to monarchs person
4. rebels expressed grievances in a way that was respectful to the king (if not his tax collectors)

Question 24

how serious was the Cornish rebellion? (3)

Answer 24

1. people of Cornwall not fully absorbed into the nation
2. more serious than Yorkshire rising as overlapped with dynastic threat
3. marched to London relatively unchallenged

Question 25

how serious was the Lincolnshire rising? (3)

Answer 25

1. showed religious conservatism articulated by priests and accepted by the commons 2. led by Gentry 3. government abandoned 1540 Statute of Uses

Question 26

how serious was the Pilgrimage of Grace?

Answer 26

most serious expression of opposition Henry VIII faced

Question 27

how serious was the western rebellion? (2)

Answer 27

1. absence of gentry support 2. western gentry supported crown because of vested interest in the Reformation as they were benefiting from the monastic land

Question 28

how serious was the Kett rebellion? (4)

Answer 28

1. local, no national response 2. threatened local order, not government 3. no plan to march to London 4. many rebels saw themselves as pro-government

Question 29

how serious was the Wyatt rebellion? (2)

Answer 29

1. proximity to London and clear intention to take the capital made it a serious threat 2. threat as it was amoung the political community rather than a threat to the whole social order where the elite would be able to close ranks

Question 30

Causes of the Simnel rebellion?

Answer 30

Yorkist plot to use their bloodline to the throne to attack Henry VII, who they saw a usurper

Question 31

Causes of the rebellion of the Northern Earls?

Answer 31

1. plans to marry MQS to Norfolk 2. Local grievences (Northumberland, Westmoreland and Lord Darcy) 3. resist religious changes

Question 32

What was the offical reason for the rebellion of the Northern Earls as stated in their proclamation?

Answer 32

to resist the new religion and heresy

Question 33

How serious was the rebellion of the Northern earls?

Answer 33

1. papacy responded with excommunication in hopes of adding support but rebellion failed to gain traction 2. based away from any major population centres 3. 8 leaders executed in 1570

Question 34

What was the Ridolifi plot?

Answer 34

A plot to replace elizabeth with MQS

Question 35

What were the consequences of the Ridolfi plot?

Answer 35

1. parliament called for the execution of MQS and Norfolk | 2. 1581 act against catholics

Question 36

When was the Ridolif plot?

Answer 36

1571

Question 37

What was the Throckmorton plot of 1583?

Answer 37

A plot to invade england and over throw Elizabeth

Question 38

What were the causes of the Throckmorton plot?

Answer 38

1. religion | 2. Free MQS

Question 39

What were the consequences of the Throckmorton plot?

Answer 39

1. Throckmorton tortured and executed 2. 1585 act expelling jesuits 3. treason extended to include those who plots were about