Topic 5: Kett’s rebellion 1549 Flashcards
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Enclosures:
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- enclosure commissions were appointed by Somerset on the 1st June 1548 under Hale
- when these were unsuccessful Somerset took direct action, commissions primarily investigating in the midlands
- parts of the forfeited estates of the Duke of Norfolk and Thomas Seymour were ploughed up, as was the park of the Earl of Warwick,
- 1548 the House of Commons blocked 3 bills against banning the practice of enclosures- so Somerset set up enclosure commissions
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Rebels grievances:
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- Rebels petition of 29 articles:
- their articles emphasised their antagonism towards the governing class: e.g making fishing rights freely available and restricting feudal taxes only to the gentry
Broadly the articles seek to:
- To limit the power of the gentry
- To restrain rapid economic change
- Prevent the over use of communal resources
- And remodel the values of the clergy, echoing Somerset’s religious radicalism
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Key events:
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- People came from all over East Anglia and several camps had set up and took Norwich by force, the rebels did not march anywhere but ‘camped’ throughout Norfolk
- The Earl of Warwick sent 12,000 men and eventually defeated Kett outside Norwich, killing 3000 men in the process.
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Specifics on the 29 articles:
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- article 8 demands for better preaching- reaction to the slow rate protestantism was progressing in the east of england
- 18/29 surviving articles concern economic grievances, e.g relating to rent rises and landlords financial obligations
5
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Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset:
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- risen through court through successes in war (with France and Scotland) that brought him close to the king
- Somerset kept the ‘dry stamp’ of Edward’s signature- the new stamp enabled Somerset to warrant financial business and raise troops
- military expenditure during Edward’s reign was £1,300,000
- the protector’s religious policy was to move towards Protestantism e.g removal of all religious imagery was achieved by 1549
