Rebellions Due To Tax Flashcards
Yorkshire rebellion 1489
Parliament granted Henry vii a subsidy of £100,000 to help defend Brittany in the Breton crisis. The people of Yorkshire were unwilling to give more money to defend a country of no geographical threat to them and they paid their part through local taxes. The people of the north had also been affected by poor harvest in 1488, already subjecting them to financial difficulty
Earl of Northumberland was killed bc his retainders abandoned him in his hour of need as punishment for his own desertion of Richard iii. Henry sent a large army of 8000=john a chambre was hanged for treason
Unreliable leaders of the rebellion e.g sir John egremont who fled to the court of Margaret of burgundy.
How did Henry deal with the Yorkshire rebellion?
Murder of Northumberland showed a loss of control and local authority in Yorkshire heartland. He sent Thomas Howard to deal with the Yorkist threat and was made into his lieutenant in the north, lawless nature had been restored
No further taxes were collected, no more sig treason based problems in the north
Cornish rebellion 1497
Triggered by parliaments raising of taxes to finance the campaign against Scotland.
Rebellion posed a greater threat to the stability of Henry’s rule bc about 15,000 rebels were involved, warbeck tried to use the rebellion to raise support and take the English throne, the fact that the rebels marched on London, only being halted at Blackheath
Why did the Cornish rebels march sig?
Marched such a long distance without any serious attempt being made to stop them, raises questions about just how effective were the crowns system for maintaining order in the countryside=alarming
By reaching London they were in effect challenging the security of Henry viis regime
The rebellion also created a problem for Henry in that in order to ensure its effective suppression he needed to withdraw lord daubeney and his troops from defending the Scottish border= vulnerable , therefore in the long term this rebellion shocked Henry into ensuring Anglo-Scottish tensions were eased and made in particularly cautious about entering into any further foreign conflicts.
How was Henry able to defeat the Cornish rebels and punish them?
Large number of rebels did desert and only 10,000 were left to face the army of about 25,000 of the king, crushed by Daubeny. Lord Audley and the rebel leaders were executed and he fined all those involved in the rebellion.
