Threat Essay Flashcards
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Factors affecting threat
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Size, army, leadership, tactics, organise, location, government response, aims, support, context of the time
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POG Which rising was the most threatening and successful
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Yorkshire
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POG Why was Robert ask a good leader
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He was a lawyer from Yorkshire very well organised and had nine separate armies, organised an oath, Kept control of the 40,000 rebels and you use the banner of five wounds of Christ
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POG Who was the rebellion a threat to
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Not Henry the eighth himself but the government and the Reformation and his policies
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POG Why could Robert Aske be seen as weak
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He was gullible as he spent the Christmas with the king
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POG Why was the location threatening
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It was a whole the north of the England and far away from London
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POG It was a planned movement because
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They had a banner and pin badges
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POG It was a popular movement because there were
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40,000 rebels in a cross cross rebellion
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POG Rebels were too strong
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To be stopped
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POG Henry was condescending to the rebels he refer to them as
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Naughty deeds
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POG Henry took harsh action on Aske
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He was tried with treason
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POG Originally invited asked to Christmas
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To give him gifts
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POG There were public executions where
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Ask and gentry were hung drawn and quartered
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POG After the rebellion Henry closed all
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Abbey’s
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POG The contacts of the time was threatening because
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The Reformation could see foreign support materialise from catholic countries
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POG The threat was reduced As one of the rebellions Was seen as spontaneous which one was it
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The Lincolnshire rising
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POG Henry’s government response was to
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Issue pardons and the rebels disbanded
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POG Henry promised Aske that
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A Parliament could be held in York
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POG The king used stones from the Abbey’s to
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Remake England
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POG It was a popular rebellion because there was a clear
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Religious focus and an anti-Cromwell rebellion attracted widespread support
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POG The 9 separate host armies came together at
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Doncaster
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POG York and Which castle were under rebel control
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Pontefract Castle
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POG The government only had
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4000 men and was caught by surprise
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POG The aims weren’t as threatening to Henry because
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They did not want to replace Henry as a ruler only alter his policies
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POG The Lincolnshire gentry argue they were coerced into joining the rebels and quickly
Swap sides to support the king
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POG There was no leading
Noble supported the rebellion
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POG Who In the government manage the rebels at Lancashire
Clifford at Skipton and Stanley Earl of Derby
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POG No attempt was made to gather
International support from the pipe or Charles the fifth army-reduced threat
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POG In October they were negotiations between the king and which Duke and where
Between the Duke of Norfolk and the king at Doncaster bridge
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POG The north of England was an area where loyal authority was
Less strong
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POG The loyalty of many northern nobles was
Dubious therefore the government could not rely on the rebellion being suppressed locally
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POG The rebellion was a direct challenge to the governments religious
Legislation
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POG The reforms that followed the rising suggest that the government considered the rising a
Challenge to stability as all the monasteries were closed
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POG Henry’s role of the warden of the marchers gave him control over
The lands that bordered Scotland
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POG Henry appointed members of the
Gentry rather than nobility as he was wary of the loyalty of northern nobility
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POG The rebels wanted to restore Mary Tudor to the succession which was a direct
Dynastic challenge to Henry
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Introduction
Define key words in the question
Argument
Debate
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Lovell and Stafford Where did it occur
In the north
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Lovell and Stafford How long has Henry been on the throne
Not long he was a new king so hadn’t gotten a stronghold yet
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Henry was known as a
Usurper
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Lovell and Stafford Who were they
Large noble Brothers with some power
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Lovell and Stafford How did Henry reduce the threat
He was aware of the plan so their plan failed
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Lovell and Stafford How did Henry deal with the rebels
He allowed them a pardon or execution and they managed to disperse
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Lovell and Stafford Where did Lovell fled to
Flanders
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Lovell and Stafford Who was executed
Humphrey
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Lovell and Stafford Who was pardoned
Thomas and he was loyal to Henry afterwards
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Lovell and Stafford After the rebellion what did Henry do
He continued his royal progress in the north which helped him with loyalty and obedience
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Lovell and Stafford Aims
They were dissatisfied Yorkists who had supported Richard and wanted to get rid of Henry the seventh
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Simnel aims
To take the crown
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Simnel Who did he impersonate
Earl of Warwick
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Simnel Where did the rebels land
In Lancashire and began to march south
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Simnel Did it end in battle
Yes
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Simnel Did it have foreign support
Yes an Irish force accompanied Simnel
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Simnel Where did the battle take place
Stoke
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Simnel Where was he crowned
Simnel was Crowned Edward VI in Ireland this was supported by Margaret of Burgundy
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Simnel How long has Henry been on the throne before this rebellion
Within a year of Henry seizing the throne
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Simnel What reduced the threat
They failed to march south from Lancashire as there was no support from the ordinary people
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Simnel When was the Battle of Stoke
1487
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Simnel Did the rebels achieve their aims
No they lost at the Battle of Stoke and didn’t get the throne
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Warbeck Aims
To claim the throne through pretending to be Richard Duke of York- The prince in the tower
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Warbeck How did Warlbeck get into Ireland, who helped him
He landed in Ireland and 1491 as a result of a plan by Charles VIII Of France and Margaret of Burgundy
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Warbeck Did he get large-scale support
He did not get the support in Ireland but he was welcomed at French court and join there by 100 Yorkist supporters
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Warbeck He got the support of Margaret of Burgundy which caused Henry to break off what
The cloth trade
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Warbeck When and where did he land
In deal in 1495
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Warbeck What rebellion was going on at the same time
The Cornish rebellion
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Warbeck What year did he give him self up
1497
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Warbeck The king was unable to prove what
That Warbeck was a pretender As the real Duke of York was dead
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Warbeck What foreign support did he have
Support from Margaret, James IV, Maximilian and Charles VIII
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Warbeck Which main governor of Henry’s was implicated in the rebellion
William Stanley
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Warbeck What reduced the threat
Not much support from Ireland or areas of England and the foreign support wasn’t particularly helpful as they never were able to force Henry into a battle
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Warbeck Were defeated how
In deal by local milatalia in 1495, They were unable to capitalise on Cornish rebellion
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Warbeck The government tried to capture Warbeck but
This failed
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Warbeck The impact on the government was
The rebellion was an expensive nuisance and an embarrassment for the king as he was unable to capture Perkin Warlbeck
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Yorkshire Aims
To stop Henry V I I attempt to raise money for the war in France so they refuse to pay
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Yorkshire How much is Parliament granted Henry
A £100,000 subsidy however very little was raised
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Yorkshire Why were Yorkshire more annoyed
They had a bad harvest in 1488 and other Northern counties have been exempt from the tax because they’re expected to defend the northern border against the Scottish attacks
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Yorkshire Actions which show tax was an issue
The Earl of Northumberland was murdered when he tried to collect tax
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Yorkshire Was led by who
Sir John Eyremont (Yorkist supporter and illegitimate member of the Percy family)
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Yorkshire What did Henry do after the rebellion
Localised Visiting continued and Henry made plans to come north
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Yorkshire Where did Sir John Eyremont escape to
France
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Yorkshire What reduce the threat
The rising was easily crushed by a royal army, the Earl of Surrey crushed the rebellion before the king could arrive
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Yorkshire What did Surrey do after the rebellion
Hang several ring leaders
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Yorkshire Did Henry receive his subsidy
He never received most of the subsidy and this method of raising money was never tried again
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Cornish Aims
They didn’t want to pay the tax for the Scottish war
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Cornish Why did Henry need money
To deal with the Warbeck threat
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Cornish Where did the rebels assemble
In Bodmin in May 14 97
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Cornish Where did rebels gain support
They gain little extra support in Devon but gather support when they reached Somerset
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Cornish Rebels made it clear their complaints were against
Evil counsellors such as Morton and Bray
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Cornish Did they marched to London
Yes and they were crushed
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Cornish Where did they March after London
To Blackheath under the leadership of Flamanck
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Cornish What was going on in Scotland which made this rising more threatening
James IV sought to aid Perkin Warlbeck and invade the north of England
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Cornish How many supporters were there
15,000. A sign of the in popularity of the tax
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Cornish Which rebellion did it overlap with
Warbeck
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Cornish Who support did they gain
Lord Audley support he wasn’t happy with his reward from Henry
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Cornish. What reduce the threat
Numbers declined as the rebels approach London. Henry assembled a royal force of 25,000 men which easily Crushed the rebel force at Blackheath
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Cornish How many men did Henry have to crush the rebel force at Blackheath
25,000 men
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Cornish How many were killed
1000
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Cornish Who was executed after
Audley, Flamarck and Joseph
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Cornish Henry came to terms with who
James of Scotland through the Ayton truce
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Amicable Grant Aims
The people in Suffolk and Essex did not want to pay taxes to fund a war against France
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Amicable Grant Henry wanted to launch an attack where
Against France to take the crown well Francis I was captured
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Amicable Grant. Henry need a large sum of money but he had already collected subsidies in
1523
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Amicable Grant. When was It
1525
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Amicable Grant What did Wolsey do
He change the tax so they could give as much as they could afford which made the people more angry
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Amicable Grant. Who was exempt from paying the tax
Warwickshire
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Amicable Grant Was it a cross class rebellion
Yes
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Amicable Grant How did the government respond
They took back the taxes and abandon the attack in France and pardon rebels
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Amicable Grant Which nobles were involved
Suffolk and Norfolk
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Amicable Grant Were London involved
Normally loyal London weren’t happy
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Amicable Grant What type of workers made the rebellion a real possibility
4000 cloth workers in Lavenham
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Amicable Grant Who goes to the King to complain about taxes
Suffolk and Norfolk
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Amicable Grant What reduce the threat
They were reluctant to resort to violence and it never really developed into a rebellion and they claimed loyalty to the king
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Amicable Grant Was it successful
Yes the rebels were pardoned and the tax was cancelled and so was a France invasion
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Amicable Grant Who did Henry blame the tax on
Wolsey
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Amicable Grant What was the impact on the government and society
Henry backed down and people could see that if he had enough support they could get the king and government to change policies
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Kett Aims
To get rid of most enclosures, reduce rents stop rack renting, Reduce poverty to address economic crisis and better local government
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Kett What was the trigger
Wymondam feast From the sixth till the 8th of July 1549 where they broke down enclosures
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Kett Who’s fences did they attack
Flowerdew (who had bought abbey land)
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Kett Houses of the rich were attacked where
In Norwich
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Kett How many rebels set up camp where
16,000 rivals from Norfolk and Suffolk set up camp at Mousehold heath
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Kett Who was killed when he was dining with the deputy mayor of Norwich
One of Northampton’s mercenaries
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Kett Was it well organised
Yes it was the best organised Kett had a council at camp and they were able to order them selves without the gentry
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Kett How many agree to a pardon
20 out of 16,000
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Kett Which city did they capture easily
Norwich which is the second largest city
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Kett Where did they take the captured gentleman to
The tree of Reformation
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Kett Who did they capture who was brutally beaten to death
Lord Sheffield
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Kett Who aggravated the rebel so they refused the kings pardon and recaptured Norwich
Northampton
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Kett Who did the government send to respond to the rebels
Northampton as the government response was weak and they seriously underestimated the rebels
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Kett What is The international context at the time
Scotland, western and France was happening at the same time
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Kett Who refused rebels Entry into Norwich
Thomas Codd
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Kett What did the gentry do That reduce the threat
They obeyed Somerset summoning to discuss economic grievances
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Kett after Northampton who was sent to deal with the rebels
Warwick and his army of 12,000 men
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Kett Warwick’s army was strengthened by
Foreign Mercenaries and so the cavalry easily mowed down rebels when in Dussindale
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Kett How many were killed in Dussindale
3,000
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Kett Did rebels March to London
No they camped rather than March as they were willing to negotiate
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Kett Was that support from the upper class or foreign support
No
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Kett What mistake did Kett make
Who abandoned mouse hold heath to go to Dussindale Valley
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Kett How many rebels were executed
49 rebels and Kett at Norfolk castle
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Kett Who led the rebels
Robert Kett
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Kett Was he a strong leader
Yes as he persuaded lots of the crowd to not accept a pardon even though they wanted to
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Kett Was it successful
Fairly successful As they reduced enclosures (passed enclosure acts), There were further laws to help the economic situation such as fix grain prices, prohibited exports and the maintenance of arable land however they haven’t got the control over local government which they wanted
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Kett Who’s revolt was it
A common’s revolt there were no gentry involvement
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Kett Was there a list of articles
Yes Kett drew these up
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Kett Was it violent
Partially as a mercenary was hung naked and Lord Sheffield was beaten to death however the tactics were mainly capturing strongholds and were less violent then rebellions such as POG and western
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Lady Jane Grey Aims
Northumberland and the government wanted to stop Mary succeeding the throne
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Lady Jane Grey How many troops did Northumberland lead to where
He led 2,000 men to East Anglia
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Lady Jane Grey The council abandoned who
Northumberland for Mary
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Lady Jane Grey Who went to Cambridge to arrest Northumberland
Earl of Arundel
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Lady Jane Grey Who told Jane she wasn’t Queen no more and when
The Duke of Suffolk told her on the 20th of July
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Lady Jane Grey Who was executed after
Northumberland on the 22nd of August
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Lady Jane Grey Where did Northumberland go to and what happened
He went to Cambridge to Bury Saint Edmunds then Retreated back to Cambridge as Mary had support of the Royal Army
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Lady Jane Grey Who was it led by
Northumberland
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Lady Jane Grey Who’s rebellion was it
A gentry noble rebellion from within the Royal council
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Lady Jane Grey Did they achieve their aims
Partially as Lady Jane Grey was on the throne for nine days
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Lady Jane Grey Why did it fail
Northumberland led troops to East Anglia which was Mary’s stronghold
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Lady Jane Grey Why was Northumberland unpopular in East Anglia
He had put down Ketts rebellion
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Lady Jane Grey How many men did Mary have
She had strong support from the Royal Navy for artillery, had 20,000 men including the Earl of Oxford
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Lady Jane Grey Northumberland disbanded cavalry and failed to arrest who
Mary and isolate her
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Lady Jane Grey Common people valued what
Legitimacy so Mary was the rightful queen
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Lady Jane Grey Who wasn’t present and executed in 1555
Lady Jane Grey and Gildford Dudley
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Wyatt Aims
Dispose Mary and put Elizabeth and her English husband on the throne (secret aim) And to restore religion to Protestantism, plotters would be restored to government and positions of authority and Mary mustn’t marry Philip and should seek an English husband
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Wyatt Did they marched to London
Yes 3000 men marched
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Wyatt What is the close to taking London
Yes as he approached from the west
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Wyatt Was the government response affective
No the Duke of Norfolk was sent and the whitecoats deserted and joined Wyatt
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Wyatt Was he a good leader
Yes he had social standing and could raise an army as he was a large landowner
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Wyatt What tactics city use to his advantage
He had military planning experience and use propaganda such as xenophobia to his advantage
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Wyatt Was there foreign support
Possible foreign support from Philip I I and the holy Roman Emperor, It didn’t materialise though
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Wyatt Who’s rebellion was it
A cross class rebellion with lots of gentry support (no nobles though), Support from landowners who bought monastic glands and wanted to keep Mary off in order to keep their power and the main aim of Religion was not publicise so Catholics joined in
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Wyatt How did London respond
They stayed strong and shut the gates on Wyatt
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Wyatt What was the plan and how was executed
It was meant to be a four pronged attack on London but only Wyatts troops went in
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Wyatt What mistake did he make
He stopped at cooling castle and was not known outside of Kent
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Wyatt Was he a good leader
A pretty good leader as he prayed on peoples anti Spanish views and didn’t identify Protestant views or views to overthrow which would make him a traitor in public and this enabled Catholics to be part of the rebels to
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Wyatt was Mary warned about the attack
Yes and her response was mostly strong
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Wyatt How did Mary respond
She had time to prepare as Wyatt diverted to cooling castle to get Lord Cobham
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Wyatt Did he surrender
Yes
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Wyatt Didn’t lead To a fight
Royal forces under Pembroke for the rebels and London shut the gates are rebels couldn’t storm Ludgate gates
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Wyatt How many of the risings failed
Three field risings in Leicester Hertfordshire and Devon
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Wyatt Support lesson due to
Overthrowing Mary
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Wyatt Mary chose not to accept
Foreign support
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Wyatt Who was executed and who was put in the Tower of London
Wyatt was executed and Elizabeth put in the Tower of London
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Wyatt Norfolk named Wyatt as a
Traitor
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Wyatt Does Mary offer a pardon
Yes if they disband but they didn’t accept it
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Wyatt Mary does speeches about what
Marrying Philip to persuade the council
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Wyatt Who was killed after this rebellion
Lady Jane Grey and her father were executed and 90 leaders and Wyatt
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Wyatt Did Mary marry Philip
Yes she persuaded the council to let her marry and they did
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Aims
To replace Elizabeth with Mary Queen of Scots to the throne, a religious crusade, Westmorland and Northumberland wanted power and independence in the north and starts as a court faction
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Who’s rebellion was it
Elite rebellion with nobles
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Who was it led by
Nobles and tenants who fought
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Revolt of the Northern Earls How did feudalism society help
Common people owed allegiance to the Lord’s
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Northumberland had a great part of his forced to serve against the Queen who did he have
Lord Hundson wrote to William Cecil
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Where did Northumberland have
Middleham
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Else had nothing to lose so how great determination to capture
Strategic places like Hartlepool and Durham
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Did they have a well equipped army
Yes as it was run by nobles they had cavalry as well
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Who struggle to raise an army against the rebels
Sussex
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Where did it occur and why was it threatening
It occurred in the north which is a large area and far from London
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Elizabeth army was slow
To go up north and didn’t respond to Sussex‘a demands quick enough
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Revolt of the Northern Earls How many rebels were there
6000 which was initially bigger than the Royal Army
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Some rebels got paid by Earls until
The earls couldn’t pay them any more and so some rebels deserted
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Revolt of the Northern Earls The Protestant Reformation at the time was
Strong so people no longer wanted to rise for religious reasons
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Elizabeth quickly moved Mary Queen of Scots where
Around the country. To avoid being captured
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Mary new with the plot because
She had spies and so I could put resources behind Sussex
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Who stayed loyal to Elizabeth at Bolton
Lord shrops
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Was there a battle
No the rebels fled
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Which nobles lead it
Northumberland and Westmorland’s leadership they were large nobles but not well known in other areas
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Some suggest that Westmorland a Northumberland were pushed into rebellion by
Their wives which didn’t give local supporters confidence
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Lord Lieutenant’s, JP’s and commissioners of muster we are required to
Levy troops of 10,000 men
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Revolt of the Northern Earls What’s the support of the common people
Partially as they were forced to buy feudalism but the aims were not realistic to gain popular support
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Revolt of the Northern Earls The Queen gave the rebels no choice to rebel as she called them
To London
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Revolt of the Northern Earls What was the government response
Sussex raised a small army of 400 cavalry and county militia He then wrote to Cecil in London explaining they were under threat so Parliament gave more money to raise a large army but this took a long time to assemble
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Revolt of the Northern Earls How many men did and Sussex have in York
12,000
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Lord Hunsdon Prepared to move south from Newcastle and Clinton got
10,000 men to the south
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Who was killed and captured at Carlisle in 1570
500 rebels including Lord Dacre
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Revolt of the Northern Earls How many were ordered to be executed and then hanged
700 were ordered and 450 were hanged
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Revolt of the Northern Earls What did Sussex and Hunsdon do after
They took raiding parties into Scotland and bend 300 villages and sacked 50 castles
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Revolt of the Northern Earls In 1569 or parishes were ordered to keep a list of men aged 16 to 60 who were
Eligible for military service
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Revolt of the Northern Earls In 1572 reforms to the Council of
The north occurred
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Revolt of the Northern Earls After was unreliable who were replaced
JP’s
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Revolt of the Northern Earls The Queen try to end
Auntie centralisation and crushed the desire for independence in the north
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Revolt of the Northern Earls Was it successful
Not very is it didn’t meet its aims nor was it really threatening as it didn’t result in battle
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Oxfordshire Aims
To Mars to London to get enclosure acts reversed
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Oxfordshire How many rebels were there
For rebels chose a time and place and turned up
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Oxfordshire What happened
They waited in the town for two hours split up and got arrested
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Oxfordshire What did the privy council order them to do
Sent them to London and they got tortured and executed
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Oxfordshire Who’s rebellion was it
The four artisans where the rebels they were craftsmen so a commons rebellion
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Oxfordshire What was the leadership like
Very poor I only had four rebels. And Elizabeth knew about the plot and they didn’t March to London
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Oxfordshire What did the government do afterwards
Pass measures to limit enclosures and export grain
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Oxfordshire Was it successful
No they lacked power and influence and experience to raise and lead a force
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Essex Aims
To remove Elizabeth and put James VI of Scotland on the throne and Essex’s wants to be Lord protector and get rid of Robert Cecil (court faction)
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Essex Which noble support did he have
Southampton Sussex and Rutland also Lord Cromwell Mount Eagle and sunders and 12 deputy Lieutenant’s
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Essex Did he have foreign support
Potential Scottish and Irish support however didn’t arise
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Essex Did he have support from London
No he didn’t get support from the Mayor, sheriff and city of London
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Essex How many rebels were there
Only 300 as the aims didn’t attract popular support
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Essex Which faction was stronger
Cecil
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Essex His personal aims did not appeal to
The commons
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Essex Was it well organised
No they didn’t have much time because Essex was banished from government
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Essex Did Elizabeth know of the plan
Yes and she got men to block a Charing cross and the Sheriff and Lord Mayor shut London gates
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Essex Did he surrender
Yes and Nottingham drew up a Canon to blast Essex house if he resisted
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Essex How many were arrested and accused
Over 100
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Essex Who was fined because of the rebellion
36 including Rutland who had to pay £30,000 in Bedford and Neville had to pay 10,000 each
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Essex Who was executed
Essex, Merrick, Cuffe for waging a war on the queen
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Essex Were commons punished
No
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Essex Was it successful
Not really as it didn’t achieve its aims of overthrowing Elizabeth
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Essex What was the government response like
Strong as Elizabeth named Essex as a traitor and accused him of treason. The revolt was over in 12 hours
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Silken Thomas Aims
To disrupt the government and pressurise the king to restore his father to power. He then became the Earl of Killdare and his motives changed, it was also a crusade on behalf of the Pope
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Silken Thomas How many men did Killdare raise in Munster
1000 men who invaded the pale in June 15 34
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Silken Thomas Did they gain the pale
Most of it but they had a lengthy seize At Dublin Castle
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Silken Thomas How did Henry react
He denounce Killdare as a traitor and dispatch Sir William Skeffington
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Silken Thomas Kildare retreated to
Maynooth which was then seized after six days by Henry
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Silken Thomas What happened to Killdare
He escaped and a garrison of 40 were executed
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Silken Thomas In August Killdare surrenders and is
Beheaded with five uncles
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Silken Thomas What Kildare a strong leader
Yes he was only 21 years old I nicknamed Silken because his horseman had silk fringes on their helmets
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Silken Thomas Did they have foreign support
Yes Charles V the holy Roman Emperor agent visited Ireland in June and Earl Thomas believed he would get 12,000 troops from Spain but didn’t materialise
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Silken Thomas Who support did he have
Increase support through Gaelic Irish Chiefs and the church
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Silken Thomas Why is the location threatening
Is far away from England and therefore expensive and time-consuming to put down
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Silken Thomas What gave Henry time to respond
They took time seizing Dublin
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Silken Thomas Kildare was named as a
Traitor
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Silken Thomas How many rebels were there
1000 men
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Silken Thomas Who restored authority in Dublin as the new lord deputy
William Skeffington
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Silken Thomas Was it successful
No as the aims were not met in the Killdare family was destroyed
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Silken Thomas What changes did the government make afterwards
A permanent English garrison and bureaucracy, major acts of the break with Rome passed through Irish government, the church of Ireland under the Archbishop of Canterbury and Irish ministries dissolved and in 1541 the act of kingly title named Henry king of Ireland
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Shane O’Neill Aims
Protect his title and inheritance and ensure Irish custom is used rather than English
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Shane O’Neill Who did he murder
Shane murdered his eldest brother Matthew and was proclaimed a rebel by the Earl of Sussex
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Shane O’Neill What tactics were used
Guerrilla tactics
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Shane O’Neill Who marched through Shanes territory and slaughtered livestock
The Lord deputy
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Shane O’Neill Was it an expensive Rebellion for Elizabeth
Yes massive expenditure
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Shane O’Neill Was there foreign support
Possibly but it didn’t materialise
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Shane O’Neill Was it a popular movement
No as the aims were only for him self
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Shane O’Neill Why was it not successful
Because Ireland was not united. And there wasn’t much support due to the aims
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Shane O’Neill How do the government respond
Elizabeth met with Shane at court and gave him a job to get rid of the Scots in the area he agrees but doesn’t follow through
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Shane O’Neill What happens to Shane afterwards
He dies And his pickled head was sent to Dublin
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Shane O’Neill What does Elizabeth do afterwards
Tries to put plantations in Ulster and passes acts of attainder to abolish the O’Neill title
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Shane O’Neill How much does the rebellion cost
£250,000 in 10 years
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Shane O’Neill Was it successful
No as Elizabeth continued with plantations and remove the O’Neills from power so they did not meet their aims
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Munster/Geraldine Aims
Remove plantations in Ireland, alarm no balls to retain their lands, get rid of English settlers, catholic crusade and the resentment about the imposition of martial law
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Munster/Geraldine Did it have foreign support
Yes from Spain and the Papal courts- 1000 a talion swordsman actually arrived and the Thomas Stukeley’s leadership
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Munster/Geraldine How much support did the rebels have
They gather support quickly and by July 15 69 there were 4500 rebels
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Munster/Geraldine Where was the rebellion
Munster, Leinster, Ulster and Connaught
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Munster/Geraldine Was the leadership strong
Yes they were nobles with military skills and support from others worried about the loss of land
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Munster/Geraldine Which rebellion was happening at the same time
Revolt of the northern earls and 2 nobles from that rebellion joined JFF
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Munster/Geraldine How long was James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald on the run for
Six years
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Munster/Geraldine Who land an island to convert people to Catholicism
Jesuit in 1579
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Munster/Geraldine What tactics we used
Guerrilla warfare and plantations were overthrown
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Munster/Geraldine Which town is did the rebels capture
In Munster- Kilkenny And other key towns
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Munster/Geraldine Who Squashed the revolt I’m captured how many castles
Sir Humphrey Gilbert captured 23 castles
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Munster/Geraldine How many rebels were executed
800
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Munster/Geraldine After where did JFF flee to
To Spain and then France in 1575
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Munster/Geraldine When was JFF are killed
In 1579 and Desmond now leads the rebellion
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Munster/Geraldine Who led the rebellion
JFF until 1579 when he was killed and Desmond now took over
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Munster/Geraldine Who stop the rebellion in 1579
Grey with 6500 men
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Munster/Geraldine What tactics did Gray use to stop the rebellion
Burning villages crops and killing animals
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Munster/Geraldine Were the leaders strong
Yes they were nobles with high status and renowned swordsman with military experience
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Munster/Geraldine What had the Pope done
He had sanction the rebellion and called a catholic crusade
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Munster/Geraldine Was it violent
Yes they overturned plantations and the government response was very violent
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Munster/Geraldine Was the Spanish support committed
No they had little impact
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Munster/Geraldine What helps the government
Island wasn’t united in their aims and the Butlers worked with the English
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Munster/Geraldine How quickly was the first rebellion crushed
In under a year
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Munster/Geraldine How many Spanish troops were murdered
600
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Munster/Geraldine Why was Gray recalled by Elizabeth
His actions at the massacre at Smerwick garrison Killing 600 Spanish troops alienated the traditional supporters of the government in the pale
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Munster/Geraldine What did the government do with Desmond’s land
Colonisation in Muster and Connaught
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Munster/Geraldine How many rebels Were executed by Sydney between 1569 and 72
800
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Munster/Geraldine What happened to the head of the Earl of Desmond
It was sent to Elizabeth to be displayed on London Bridge as the Tudors were unsympathetic to Irish rebels
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Munster/Geraldine Was it successful
Partially as it got foreign support and raised a strong army however they didn’t achieve their aims and Lord Grey slaughtered the rebels and the colonisation of Desmond’s lands went ahead
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Munster/Geraldine What did the Bull of excommunication do
In 1570 the Pope freed Catholics from obeying Elizabeth
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Tyrone aims
Resentment of traditional authority they wanted to prevent English settlers from taking his land, political and economic independence and restoration of the catholic religion
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Tyrone Which battle did they win
Battle of yellow Ford in 1598 when 900 English were killed and 900 deserted
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Tyrone Where did he lead his forces to in 1599
To central and southern Ireland
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Tyrone Was there foreign support
Yes 3400 Spanish troops landed at Kinsale and 33 ships
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Tyrone Was he a strong leader
Yes he had a military experience wasn’t nobleman And died a catholic and was an Anglicised Irishman
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Tyrone How big was his army
2500 cavalry and infantry
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Tyrone Was it violent
Yes they had pikes, muskets and a strong supply network for food and munitions
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Tyrone How many troops of the rebels have compared to the English
The rebels had 9500 men where is the English had 6000 due to disease
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Tyrone Who won the battle of yellow Ford
Tyrone
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Tyrone what was the Initial government response like
Poor because delays in troops arriving, illness, lack of supplies, Negative effect upon local inhabitants and foreign area
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Tyrone What did Lord Mountjoy do
He prepared a three prong attacked at Armagh, Lough Foyle and Tyronnell- This government response reduced the threat
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Tyrone What was special about the English cavalry
They had stirrups where is the Irish had shorter horses so couldn’t charge as easily
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Tyrone How much was the cost of victory
Very high and large parts of Ireland were devastated, Burnt, slaughtered and ulster was wilderness whilst Munster was uninhabited
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Tyrone What happened to trade after the rebellion
It was disrupted and coinage was debased. Causing the population to be decimated by famine
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Tyrone What did the Spanish do after
They sailed home after 800 men were killed in the rout
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Tyrone What happened to the O’Neill family
In December 16 07 they left Ulster for Europe and he died in Rome in exile nine years later
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Western Aims
To restore Catholicism, get rid of the act of uniformity and the new prayer book, demand restoration of monastic lands and chantries to be reinstated and Contransubstantiation
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Western They created a food shortage where
With in the city and cut water supply
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Western Where did the protesters assemble
In Bodmin then Marched to Devon
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Western At Samford Courtenay rebels persuaded
The priest to deliver a traditional catholic mass
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Western On the 20th of June forces move to where
Cornwall at credition
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Western Were the rebels violent
Yes they set fire to a barn
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Western Did they make an agreement with the crown
No
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Western Where was there an uprising in
Oxfordshire this was stored by Lord Grays advance
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Western Rebels moved to Exeter then to
Clyst St Mary’s
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Western Citizens provide a poor relief and distributed food and cheap
Firewood
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Western Which place was loyal to the crown and defended their city for six weeks
Exeter
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Western Who defeated the rebel forces at Samford Courtenay
Russell
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Western The protesters in Bodmin were under leadership of who
Humphrey Arundell
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Western Was a list of articles compiled
Yes Humphrey organised it
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Western What happened to the gentry that increase the threat
They lost their grip on the counties
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Western Somerset struggle to suppress
Enclosure riots in the Midlands and maintain the Scottish border. As he could only provide Russell with a small army
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Western Who attempted to come rebels in Devon and was hacked to pieces
Helier
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Western Who led forces at Credition but fled back to Exeter and then London as rebels were too strong
Peter Carew
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Western Who wrote a conciliatory response to the rebels demands
Lord Russell
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Western Who joined Russell on the 3rd of August to defeat rebels
Lord Grey
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Western Who arrived on the 6th of August and rebels were defeated after an advance
Sir William Herbert
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Western Who aggravated Revels into violet after trying to calm them so fled to Exeter
Peter Carew
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Western Where did the rebels and government meet
At Fenny Bridges, Clyst st Mary and Clyst Heath
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Western What was the international context at the time
The French declared war on England on the 8th of August
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Western Did it lead to battle
Yes the rebels fought at Samford Courtenay and stayed strong despite being defeated, Russell had to deal with rearguard actions and resistance
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Western Was a peaceful settlement with the rebels proposed
Yes Russell tried to settle their demands but the rebels resisted
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Western How many people were killed
3000 people
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Western Afterwards who was hung
Robert Welsh the vicar of the church of Saint Thomas and leader of the rebels was hand on his church tower
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Western Who led the rebels
Robert Welsh (a vicar)
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Western How did the government deal with the rebels afterwards
They acted illegally executing without trials and confiscating and re-distributing property
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Western What’s the rebellion well organised
it was a disunited rebellion and not very well organised
