Religious Causes Of Rebellion - The Northern Earls Rebellion (1569)

Question 1

Which region was the leading protagonists of the Northern Earls rebellion?

Answer 1

Catholic

Question 2

Which Protestant Bishop did both Northumberland and Westmorland not like?

Answer 2

Bishop Pilkington Of Durham

Question 3

What did rebel proclamations at Darlington, Staindrop and Richmond in the Northern Earls declare and for what religion were they for?

Answer 3

‘A new found religion and heresy, contrary to God’s word’ which they intended ‘amending and redressing and they were spreading a Catholic sentiment

Question 4

How did many Catholic aristocratic northern families protect themselves from Elizabeths fine of 5p for non-attendance at church?

Answer 4

They sought protection from JPs who many were Catholic themselves

Question 5

Which rebels in the Northern Earls had ancestors that had taken part in the Pilgrimage of Grace?

Answer 5

The Nortons from Ripon and the Inglebys of Ripley and Cholmeleys from Whitby

Question 6

What banner was paraded by Francis Norton in the Northern Earls as he had done 30 years before?

Answer 6

The Five Wounds of Christ and the banner of St Cuthbert taken out of Durham Cathedral

Question 7

What percentage of the known rebels in the Northern Earls were not tenants of the leaders and presumably joined in for entirely non-feudal reasons?

Answer 7

90%