The Northern Rebellion

Question 1

When was the rebellion?

Answer 1

1569

Question 2

Where?

Answer 2

Durham and North riding of Yorkshire

Question 3

Linked to which rising?

Answer 3

Cumberland 1570

Question 4

Headed by?

Answer 4

Northern nobility

Earl of Northumberland and Westmorland

Question 5

Political motives?

Answer 5

Considered themselves dishonoured by having been displaced from their traditional aristocratic role of controlling northern government
Tied in with courtly conspiracy

Question 6

Religious motives?

Answer 6

The north was more conservative and disliked Religious settlement
Mary Queen of Scots was hope for an alternative future

Question 7

Economic motives?

Answer 7

North were economically deprived, had breeding resentments

Question 8

Aim?

Answer 8

Norfolk would marry Mary, who could be restored to the Scottish throne

Question 9

When did it begin?

Answer 9

9th November

Question 10

Where did the rebels march?

Answer 10

Durham- city seized 14th

Question 11

What characterised the rebellion as Catholic?

Answer 11

They heard mass in Durham

Question 12

Where did rebels march after Durham?

Answer 12

York

Question 13

Why did the rebels march to York not appear to be a threat?

Answer 13

Did not attempt to capture it

Did not march south to pressurise the government

Question 14

What did the rebels besiege?

Answer 14

Crowns stronghold of Barnard Castle

Question 15

Where did rebel leaders flee to when they heard an army was heading north?

Answer 15

Scotland

Question 16

Who restarted the rebellion?

Answer 16

Northumberland’s cousin?

Question 17

Where was his cousin defeated?

Answer 17

Naworth by a royal force

Question 18

Why did the rebellion fail?

Answer 18

Hopeless disorganisation 
Lack of clarity for rebels objectives
Poor leadership
Lack of expected foreign support
Decisive actions by authorities

Question 19

Cecil role in crushing rebellion?

Answer 19

Spent a huge time at court commissioning and studying a map of Durham to help him come to decisions about appropriate course of action

Question 20

What did the rebellion reveal about government?

Answer 20

They lacked comprehension about the differences between the North and the South
Problem of managing localities
Difficulty of raising forces

Question 21

Punishment for rebels?

Answer 21

Mass executions- highlighted ruthless nature of Elizabethan government

Question 22

Failures of rebellion?

Answer 22

Geographically limited
Didn’t gain support from equally conservative government
Little enthusiasm to get rid of Elizabeth
This does not mean that Elizabethan government was popular