Tax Rebellions

Question 1

what were the two tax rebellions and when did they take place

Answer 1

-Yorkshire Rebellion 1489
-Cornish Tax Rebellion 1497

Question 2

what caused the Yorkshire rebellion

Answer 2

-HT asked Parliament to raise tax to maintain Brittany’s independence from France
-North usually exempt due to paying full cost of defending Scottish border but not now; and they had a bad harvest

Question 3

what happened when EoNorthumberland sent to collect tax from North

Answer 3

-EoNorthumberland murdered, maybe by Sir John Egremont who led rebellion

Question 4

was the Yorkshire rebellion successful

Answer 4

-HT defeated army easily
-however did not raise new tax from north again and new EoNorthumberland was a minor, could not organise trouble
-EoSurrey appointed as new lieutenant; restoration of his land dependant on if he kept North in order

Question 5

when was the Cornish rebellion

Answer 5

1497

Question 6

what caused the Cornish Tax Rebellion

Answer 6

-Parliament raised tax due to PWarbeck’s raids from Scotland
-Cornish refused to pay as they thought it was a northern problem not theirs

Question 7

who led the rebellion with how many followers

Answer 7

-Lawyer Thomas Flamank with 6000 rebels and partially joined by Perkin Warbeck and new leader Lord Audley

Question 8

how many in the Cornish rebellion by the time they reached London

Answer 8

15,000

Question 9

was the Cornish rebellion successful ?

Answer 9

-put down easily as it was effectively leaderless
-Lord Audley put to death