yorkshire rebellion

Question 1

what was the cause of the yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 1

• rebellion arose due to earl of northumberland wanting to collect subsidy for that year - new levy granted by parliament to enable henry VII to intervene on behalf of brittany against french
• popular anger about war taxation - Yorkshire a poor county - Suffered bad harvests

Question 2

what was the leadership of the yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 2

• Led by local gentry
• Robert Chamber
• Then led by Sir Egremont
• Lack of a prominent leader-It limited any chance that the rebellion would become more widespread

Question 3

how was the yorkshire rebellion organised? what evidence is there?

Answer 3

• Little organisation - Northumberland’s death is best seen as the result of a row or a riot rather than the planned outcome of a rebellion
• No manifesto or demands were issued

Question 4

where did the yorkshire rebellion happen?

Answer 4

Yorkshire – Cleveland, Thirsk

Question 5

what were the government responses to the yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 5

• No more efforts to collect the tax in Yorkshire
• Establishment of Tudor’s Council of the North rather than retribution - The north came under firmer government control as a result
• Chamber was tried and hanged, but there was no general retribution against those who had protested
• Egremont made his peace with Henry and later received several manors from him

Question 6

what were the strategies + tactics of the yorkshire rebellion? how did the strategy fail?

Answer 6

• The rebels wrote asking for a royal pardon but this was denied
• Instead, Henry VII sent an army of 8,000, led by the Earl of Surrey. The rebels dispersed as it approached

Question 7

why was the yorkshire rebellion not very threatening?

Answer 7

• limited support, no influential leadership, and no march south
• lack of organisation
• no leader

Question 8

what was the support and size for the yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 8

Commons

Question 9

how was the yorkshire rebellion threatening?

Answer 9

• assassination
• leadership
• popular anger against king - damage rep

Question 10

what was the duration of the yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 10

One off

Lasted under one month