Mary I

Question 1

Wyatt’s rebellion
causes

Answer 1

Jan 1554
-Had been planned in Nov 1553 for 4 simultaneous rising but only kent experienced a serious rising with Thomas Wyatt raising a force of 3000
-Motives
-some religious with supporters coming from a protestant stronghold
-Xenophobia
-Decline in the local cloth industry
-Main grievance was resentment of the proposed royal marriage, especially among the rebellion’s leaders with an implicit objective of getting rid of Mary

Question 2

Wyatt’s rebellion
events and consequences

Answer 2

-Queen rallies support with a speech at Guildhall, London
-rebels are prevented entering London. Rebels stop at ludgate and wyatt surrenders
-Consequences
-Showed that although protestants were in a minority, their religious opinions could not be ignored
-demonstrated to the extent to which there was popular suspicion of the proposed Spanish marriage
-resulted in Lady Jane Grey’s execution and Elizabeth’s imprisonment
‘Mary behaved bravely and resolutely

Question 3

Mary I’s financial reforms

Answer 3

-Lord treasurer Winchester improved financial administration
-The court of the Exchequer took over the court of first fruits and tenths and the court of Augmentations

-Mary remitted Edward’s last subsidy which bought her some cheap popularity but at a financial cost

-Mary enabled efficient implementation under Elizabeth
-The LT security of crown finances was boosted by the plans of recoinage drawn up 1556-1558
-Elizabeth also benefited from Mary’s introduction of a new book of rates in 1558

Question 4

Economic change under Mary I

Answer 4

-Increasing inflation due to a rapid increase in the population
-Inflationary impact of the debasement of the coinage
-Harvest failures in 1555 and 1556. These brought severe food shortages and strain on real wages for the poor

-Devastating impact of the influenza which swept through the country in 1557 and 1558. The death toll was the worst of the century