Economic Change + Rebellion

Question 1

Why was there discontent during Somerset (4)

Answer 1

Inflationary pressure - harvest failures
Taxation
Religion
Enclosures

Question 2

What policy did Somerset continue to use (2)

Answer 2

Debasement of coinage
Raised 537,000 for war with Scotland = heightened inflationary pressure

Question 3

When was there a poor harvest under Somerset

Answer 3

1548

Question 4

What tax did Somerset introduce (3)

Answer 4

Sheep tax
Deter enclosures
However = huge financial pressure on small farmers in upland areas who relied on sheep for subsistence

Question 5

What unscrupulous methods did Northumberland use to increase revenue

Answer 5

Melted down church plate for bullion

Question 6

When was there rebellion

Answer 6

1549

Question 7

Why - rebellion (4)

Answer 7

Religious
Social grievances
Tax resentment
9/11 demands = religious

Question 8

Where + why - Weston rebellion

Answer 8

Devon and Cornwall
Due to religious grievances

Question 9

Nickname for western rebellion (3)

Answer 9

‘Prayer book rebllion’
Wanted to reverse religious reforms which destroyed the way people experienced religion
E.g traditional rituals and church community had changed dramatically

Question 10

Second reason for western rebellion

Answer 10

Sheep tax

Question 11

When sheep tax + month

Answer 11

Introduced in march 1549

Question 12

Extent of resentment shown in western rebellion (3)

Answer 12

5 April 1548
Murder at Helston of William body
William body = removing + destroying religious statutes of saints

Question 13

Western rebellion dates

Answer 13

6 June - 17 august 1549

Question 14

Why - ketts rebellion (3)

Answer 14

Hatred of local gov officials
Maladministration - fold course system
Rack renting = land load past on costs to peasantry

Question 15

What was foldcourse sytem (2)

Answer 15

Right to graze sheep on an enclosed piece of common land
Some landowners still denied access

Question 16

What did rebels want - ketts

Answer 16

Act on reforms promised by S to stop enclosures

Question 17

Where did ketts rebels camp

Answer 17

Mousehold heath outside Norwich

Question 18

What did rebels of kett do (4)

Answer 18

Burnt hedges and fences
Camps set up on Mousehold and east anglia
Captured Norwich
Earl of Northumberland defeated them

Question 19

Dates ketts rebellion

Answer 19

8 July - 27 august 1549

Question 20

How many killed in western rebellion

Answer 20

3000

Question 21

How many rebels took control of Norwich - ketts

Answer 21

16000

Question 22

How was ketts dealt with

Answer 22

Sent an army + foreign mercenaries under command of Warwick

Question 23

What + when happened to cloth in Antwerp (2)

Answer 23

Dropped in 1551
Unemployment increased

Question 24

How much did Northumberland reduce debt by

Answer 24

Reduced by 120,000
Between 1550-1553

Question 25

When was Northumberland’s final debasement and how much raised

Answer 25

£114500
May-august 1550

Question 26

Finances under Northumberland (3+)

Answer 26

Parliamentary tax = 336,000
Relayed debts to Antwerp = sir Thomas Gresham crossed channel 40 times in a few months

Question 27

Facts western rebellion (4)

Answer 27

5000 rebels in Exeter
6 weeks
Small army sent
3000 killed

Question 28

Facts ketts rebllion (4)

Answer 28

16000 rebels
2 attempts to put it down
Needed 1000 foreign mercenaries + 12,000 men
49 executions