Wyatt Rebellion Flashcards
What were the two main reasons for the Wyatt rebellion?
Political and religious
What year did the Wyatt rebellion take place?
1554
Where was the main location of the rebellion?
Kent
What was wyatt a member of?
A wealthy and well connected gentry family from Kent
Where did Wyatt fight and when?
France. 1543
When did Wyatt’s career suffer a setback?
1547
What religion was Wyatt?
He was a deeply committed Protestant
What did Wyatt find favour with?
The Edwardian regime
Who was Wyatt trusted by?
Somerset’s successor, Northumberland
When did Wyatt declare his support for Mary I
When Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen
When did Wyatt’s initial support for Mary evaporate?
When he heard of the Spanish marriage
What had the House of Commons asked Mary to do in a petition on the 16th November 1553?
To marry someone from England
When was Mary’s marriage proposal presented to the Royal Court?
December 1553
Why were there anti spanish and xenophobic feelings?
If the Spanish came to England the rebel leaders would lose their jobs and their influence would disappear.
What was in the rebels’ own self-interest?
Their jobs, power & influence
What did Wyatt and other leaders fear?
That English interests would become subservient to those of Spain
What did the rebels not wish to see?
A Catholic restoration
What idea were they fighting for?
A Protestant country ruled by a Protestant monarch
Where was Sir James Croft rebelling?
Hereford
Where was Sir Peter Carew rebelling?
Devon
Where was Sir Thomas Wyatt rebelling?
Kent
Where was Duke of Suffolk rebelling?
Leicestershire
Who was rebelling in Devon?
Sir Peter Carew
Who was rebelling in Kent?
Thomas Wyatt
Who was rebelling in Hereford?
Sir James Croft
Who was rebelling in Leicestershire?
Duke of Suffolk
What did some of the gentry begin discussing in 1553?
The possibility of engineering a Protestant succession
What were the gentry trying to persuade Elizabeth to do?
Marry Edward Courtney
What was essential for the rebellion to succeed?
For the plans to be kept a secret
What happened 3 months before the planned rebellion?
Rumours of the rebellion began spreading
When was the original date of the rebellion supposed to be?
18th of March 1554
Why the 18th of March?
Before Philip II started for England
Who did the English have supporting them?
The French were supporting them on the Channel
What happened to Carew in January?
Events had overtaken him & he made no attempt to start a rebellion in Devon. Carew had told everyone he could about the rebellion but only managed to gain very little support from un influential people.
Who did Carew get support from?
He got very little support and from un influential people
Where did Carew flee to?
Normandy
Why did Carew flee?
Because he knew his part of the rebellion would not succeed and that he would be arrested
How many rebels did Wyatt raise in Kent?
3,000 armed men
What did Wyatt appeal to?
Nationalism. He tried to portray himself as trying to save England and the Queen from the Spanish
How many of the Queen’s men did Wyatt succeed in brining to his side?
500
What was Wyatt’s fault?
He was too slow!!
What did he waste a day doing?
By taking Cooling Castle
Where did he stop to consider Mary’s offers?
Blackheath
Why did Wyatt stop in Blackheath?
To consider Mary’s offers
What was Mary doing to Wyatt?
Delaying him in order to buy herself more time to appeal to citizens of the capital for support and to organise troops
What did the London inhabitants do?
They showed loyalty to their Queen by attacking Wyatt’s forces
Where was Wyatt forced to stop?
Ludgate
What was Wyatt forces to do in Ludgate?
Stop and surrender
How many rebels were executed?
90 rebels were executed including Wyatt himself
What did Mary show?
Clear skill by buying herself time
