Kett's Rebellion Flashcards
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Why is it called the Kett’s Rebellion?
The leader was Robert Kett.
Where did it happen?
East Anglia, specifically Norfolk
What started the unrest?
There was an enclosure riot in the towns of Attleborough and Wymondham
Who was John Flowerdew?
A local lawyer that the rioters were angry at
Why were the rioters angry at Flowerdew?
He had bought a local abbey and had demolished part of it so as to enclose the land
Who was Kett?
Robert Kett was also enclosing the land that Flowerdew had
What occurred between Flowerdew and Kett?
Flowerdew turned the rebels onto Kett but Kette took control of the riots and turned it into a protest
How many men did Kett assemble?
16000 men who marched towards Norwich and set up camp on the bottom of Mousehold Heath
What was the initial reaction?
Local forces couldn’t disperse the rebels and offered a pardon, which failed
What occurred after the first pardon?
Rebels seized Norwich, which was England’s second largest city
What happened after the capture of Norwich?
The government sent a force of 14000 troops under the Marquis of Northerhampton but they were defeated
After the first defeat, what happened?
The government sent the Earl of Warwick in, and there was a massacre at Dussindale, just outside Norwich
How many accepted the second pardon before Warwick happened?
2
What were the religious demands of the rebels like?
Very Protestant - priests who are deemed bad by their parishioners are to be removed and parishioners can choose who they have as their priest
What were the economic demands of the rebels like?
Concern over rising rents because their landowners were trying to counter inflation and so put them higher
What were the agricultural demands?
- Do not enclose saffron, a precious crop grown in the area around Saffron Waldon
- The abuse of the peasant’s land by the gentry, who would feed their animals there but were feeding them there for too long
- Common land should be for the peasants and not the gentry
- Open rivers and coastal fishing industry demands
- Cheaper land
What were the social demands?
- The breakdown of a local government
- Anger at those in positions of power
- Conservative about doves and rabbits: the gentry could keep them but no one below them could
- The end of serfdom (chaining peasants to make them work)
What did John Guy describe 1549 England as?
The closest it ever came to class warfare.
What system did the rebels have?
Their own governmental system - commissions of food and drink, maintaining order and discipline, their own judicial system
What was the justice system like?
Dangerous for the gentry as the rebels were hungry for blood and death
Who did the rebels kill?
Lord Sheffield
What was enclosure?
The taking and sectioning off of land that belongs, really, to the peasants
