Rebellions Flashcards
causes of the Yorkshire rebellion (3)
- parliamentary subsidy to intervene in Brittany
- poor harvest in 1488
- Northern shires unaccustomed to heavy taxation
how much was Henry VII granted to intervene in Brittany
£100,000
causes of the Cornish rebellion (3)
- Henry’s need for money to deal with Warbeck
- Cornish people felt war in Scotland to remote a threat
- complaint not against the kings but evil counsellors
how much did parliament grant Henry VII to deal with the Warbeck threat
£88,606
which of Henry VII’s counsellors did the Cornish rebels take exception to
Morton and Bray
causes of Amicable grant rebellion (4)
- resistance to taxation
- Wolseys commissioners in Suffolk to collect Amicable grant
- Wolsey’s unpopular foreign policy
- inability to pay tax
what year was the amicable grant?
1525
what year was the Yorkshire rebellion
1489
what year was the Cornish rebellion
1497
causes of the Lincolnshire rising (4)
- opposition to religious change
- 3 groups of commissioners in the area
- financial reasons
- opposition to counsellors
which counsellors did the Lincolnshire rebels and those in the Pilgrimage of grace take exception to
Cromwell
what were the main points in the manifesto released by the Lincolnshire rebels (6)
- king should abandon the subsidy
- abbeys be untouched
- dissolution commissioners to be punished
- churches ancient liberties to be untouched
- heretical bishops to be removed
- base born councillors to be removed
who were the dissolution commissioners operating in Lincolnshire?
Leigh and Layton
who were the 3 sets of commissioner operating in Lincoln in 1536
- Cromwell’s commissioners to dissolve the smaller monasteries
- royal commissioners collecting 1534 subsidy
- Bishop Longland of Lincoln’s agents enforcing the 10 commandments (believed that he was responsible for kings divorce)
causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace (4)
- opposition to dissolution
- religious change
- unpopular taxation after two years of dearth, bad weather and poor harvests
- monasteries popular for socioeconomic reasons