Wyatts Rebellion

Question 1

What was the main reasons for Wyatt’s rebellion? 1553-4

Answer 1

Mary’s determination to marry Phillip
Anti-Spanish sentiment in country
Rebels provoked by Mary’s religious outlook
Determined to prevent catholic change
Social and economic grievances

Question 2

What was the aim of the rebels?

Answer 2

To unseat Mary and get Jane Grey on the throne

Question 3

Where were the 4 risings?

Answer 3

In Devon (led by Courtenay - Gardiner’s candidate for Mary’s husband), Hertfordshire, Leicestershire and Kent.

Question 4

Where was the only serious rising?

Answer 4

In Kent, where Sir Thomas Wyatt raised force of about 3000 men
Wyatt’s rebels tried to march on London, but were repelled and Wyatt was forced to surrender within a month
Although rebellion failed, it showed the extent of popular hostility to Spanish marriage
Resulted in execution of lady Jane grey and imprisonment of Elizabeth in the tower