Wyatt's rebellion

Question 1

Causes of the rebellion

Answer 1

-Mary’s marriage
-Government would be taken over by foreigners
-Didn’t want Catholic restoration
-Decline in cloth industry (people less likely to tolerant change when there are economic hardships)
-Political instability

Question 2

Events in the rebellion

Answer 2

-Some gentry at court began engineering Protestant succession
-Wyatt raised 2500 men and persuaded Norfolk’s forces to join
-Mary rallied support with speech at Guildhall
-Rebels reached Southwark on 6th Feb then moved to Kingston (half a kilometre from the Queen)
-Forced to surrender on 7th Feb

Question 3

Consequences of the rebellion

Answer 3

-90 rebels were killed, including Wyatt
-Executed Lady Jane Grey and her husband
-Arrested Elizabeth but found not guilty
-Gardiner and Paget (her interrogators) didn’t want to uncover whole truth and alienate her
-Showed Protestantism was still prevalent and that people disagreed with the marriage