Yorkshire rebellion - 1489

Question 1

What were the main aims and causes of the Yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 1

• Protests at the collection of subsidies for foreign policy purposes
• Yorkshiremen felt Brittany was not their concern
• New sort of tax was an additional burden in a poor area

Question 2

What were the subsidiary causes of the Yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 2

• poor harvest of 1488 increased degree of povery
• Yorkist sympathy of region - certainly Henry’s fear

Question 3

How long did the Yorkshire rebellion last?

Answer 3

Under a month

Question 4

Where did the Yorkshire rebellion take place?

Answer 4

Yorkshire

Question 5

Who led the Yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 5

First: Robert Chamber, a yeoman of York
Later: Sir John Egremont, bastard member of the Percy family

Question 6

How organised was the Yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 6

Not at all organised, no manifesto or demands were issued

Question 7

What level of threat did the Yorkshire rebellion pose?

Answer 7

low as there was limited support and no influential leadership

Question 8

Was the Yorkshire rebellion a success and what shows that?

Answer 8

Quite successful as attempts to collect tax were abandoned with no widespread retribution

Question 9

What were the reasons for the success of the Yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 9

• Recognition that the subsidy was both unpopular and difficult to collect
• Concern that the north, with its traditionary Yorkist sympathies, needed to be handled carefully to prevent further trouble
• Lack of a leader meant that Henry VII could treat the rebels more leniently

Question 10

What were the reasons for the success of the Yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 10

• Recognition that the subsidy was both unpopular and difficult to collect
• Concern that the north, with its traditionary Yorkist sympathies, needed to be handled carefully to prevent further trouble
• Lack of a leader meant that Henry VII could treat the rebels more leniently