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1
Q

What were complaints in Yorkshire due to?

A

The subsidy to raise money for Henry’s campaigns in 1513

2
Q

How was the amicable grant of 1525 met?

A

Many refused to pay it

3
Q

What do the Lincolnshire rising and the pilgrimage of grace comprise?

A

The largest single rebellion in Tudor England

4
Q

Where did the PoG begin?

A

Lincolnshire

5
Q

What were the rebels’ of the Lincolnshire rising and PoG grievances?

A

Opposition to the impact of Henry’s religious changes

6
Q

What gives the most comprehensive set of revel demands of the PoG?

A

The pontefract articles

7
Q

By when was the work of dissolving the smaller monasteries under way?

A

Autumn 1536

8
Q

What did many find undesirable about the dissolution of the monasteries?

A

The loss of their charitable and educational functions
The possible loss of parish churches
Fear the north would be impoverished by monastic land falling into southerners’ hands

9
Q

Who was the leader of the PoG?

A

Robert Aske

10
Q

What were the 1536 injunctions of Cromwell seen as doing?

A

Attacking traditional religious practices

The celebration of locally important saints like st Wilfred in parts of Yorkshire had been discouraged

11
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What were secular motives of the PoG?

A

The ordinary rebels were more motivated by resentment of taxation
Elton: 1536 rebellions brought about by a councillors’ conspiracy of Catherine of Aragon supporters who wanted princess Mary restored as heir

12
Q

How did Norfolk defuse the rebellion?

A

Issued a pardon and promised the dissolved monasteries would be restored and a free parliament established