Rebellions Against Tudor Monarchs

Question 1

What year & Monarch was the Pilgrimage of Grace

Answer 1

1536
Henry VIII

Question 2

What year & Monarch was the Wester ‘Prayer Book’ Rising

Answer 2

1539
Edward VI

Question 3

What year & Monarch was the Kett’s Rebellion

Answer 3

1549
Edward VI

Question 4

What year & Monarch was the Rising of the Northern Earls

Answer 4

1569
Elizabeth I

Question 5

What year & Monarch was the Wyatt’s Rebellion

Answer 5

1554
Mary I

Question 6

Causes of the Wyatts Rebellion

Answer 6

Political - Fear of English nobles being replaced by at court and in positions by Spaniards
- Loss of English Sovereignty
- MArriage to Philip II

Religious - Protestants feared return to strict Catholicism and papal supremacy

Question 7

Reasons for the Failure of the Wyatts rebellion (Leadership)

Answer 7

• Wyatt lacked military experience
• unable to coordinate the 4 counties forces

Question 8

Reasons for Failure of Wyatts (Support)

Answer 8

• Lack of support from commoners and other noble
• only 4 counties support

Question 9

Reasons for Failure of Wyatts (Location)

Answer 9

• London fortified with 25,000 troops compare to his 15,000
• Unable to cross Thames

Question 10

Reasons for Failure (Military)

Answer 10

Wyatts forces either destroyed or fled at Ludgate

Question 11

Causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace

Answer 11

Political - Wanted punishment for those who advised the King to Break with Rome (Cromwell)
- restoration of Mary I to line of succession

Economic - Royal Commissioners in Lincolnshire to collect taxes
- Enclousures of common land
- law giving Henry more power over sale or inheritance of land

Religious
- Arrival of Royal commissioners to investigate monasteries
- Rumours they were trying to seize religious artifacts
- North was strongly catholic

Question 12

Reasons for failure of the Pilgrimage of Grace (Leadership)

Answer 12

• Robert Aske believed henrys bluff over stopping the dissolution
• Unorganised and unable to coordinate efforts

Question 13

Reasons for failure of the Pilgrimage of Grace (Aims)

Answer 13

24 Mixed points
multiple groups with different groups ad grievances

Question 14

Reasons for failure of the Pilgrimage of Grace (Support)

Answer 14

No support from gentry
down to fear or coercion

Question 15

Reasons for failure of the Pilgrimage of Grace (Crown Action)

Answer 15

• Henrys Bluff
• Henry told rebels it was treason - bring shame to families
• 100 people charged with treason 57 executed

Question 16

Reasons for failure of the Pilgrimage of Grace (Military Factors)

Answer 16

Henry ordered the Duke of Norfolk to raise the royal army and head north

Question 17

Causes of the Western Prayer Book Rising

Answer 17

Religious
Local Priest in Devon tried to use new book of common prayer
South-west still deeply catholic

Question 18

Reasons for failure of Western Rising

Answer 18

Military
- Failed to seize Exeter
Royal Armies of Lord Grey and Lord Russel crushed rebels leading to 3,000 deaths

Question 19

Causes of Ketts Rebellion

Answer 19

Economic
- East Anglia relied on Woollen industry
- Enclosures led to economic hardship
- Unemployment and inflation pressures

Question 20

Failures of the Ketts Rebellion

Answer 20

Leadership:
Ketts decision to abandon fortified position on Mousehold heath

Support:
Not as large as expected

Military:
Second force sent by king - Earl of Warrwicks 14,000 men incl. mercenaries

Question 21

Causes of the Northen Earls rising (Political)

Answer 21

• Northern Earls thought they’d lost power and influence
• Royal succession - no hier or successor
• MQS had legitimate claim to throne

Question 22

Causes of the Northen Earls rising (Religious)

Answer 22

North was largely catholic and opposed to 1559 religious settlement
Northern Earls all catholic and saw opportunity to revive faith and influence

Question 23

Causes of the Northen Earls rising (location)

Answer 23

geographical far from London

Question 24

Reasons for Failure of the Northern Earls Rising

Answer 24

Leadership
- Earl of Northumberland fled to Scotland
Support
- lacked support outside Earls regions
Military Actions
- Elizabeth deployed royal army to crush rebels

Question 25

Pilgrimage of Grace

Answer 25

1536 Henry VIII
Rebels marched on York and presented a list of demands to the kings representative

Question 26

Wester Payer book rising

Answer 26

1549
Started in Devon over use of new book of common prayer