EDWARD REBELLIONS

Question 1

WHAT CAUSED THE WESTERN REBELLION IN DEVON AND CORNWALL

Answer 1

• religious grievances- catalyst being new book of common prayer
• the sheep tax- uncaring government hitting local farmers

Question 2

WHAT WAS THE COURSE OF THE WESTERN REBELLION

Answer 2

• rebels besieged Exeter defeated by lord Russel troops in august and revolt supressed

Question 3

WHAT WAS THE CAUSES OF THE KETTS REBELLION

Answer 3

• resentment of enclosure
• local frustration about the maladministration of the howards
• hatred for local gov offiicials

Question 4

WHAT WAS THE COURSE OF THE KETS REBELLION

Answer 4

• army sent by somerset under leadership of dudley but rebellion was brutally supressed and kett was hanged

Question 5

WHY DID MOST REBELLIONS THAT OCCURED UNDER EDWARD DIE OUT QUICKLY

Answer 5

• Insufficient support

- prompt action from the local nobility or the gentry

Question 6

WHAT DID NORTHUMBERLAND DO TO TRY AND HELP THE REBELLIONS SITUATION

Answer 6

• ending wars
• reorganising financial administration
• passing poor law in 1552 which created a collector of alms in each parish responsible for those eligible for poor relief