MTC 7.3 - Why was there so much unrest in 1549?

Question 1

Chapter 7.3

Answer 1

chapter 7.3

Question 2

What political issue was there in 1549?

Answer 2

It was unsure whether Somerset’s appointment as Lord Protector after Henry VIII’s death would be accepted

Question 3

What were the clergy ordered to preach?

Answer 3

Clergy were ordered to preach the need for obedience from the pulpit

Question 4

What is a potential reason for why unpopular policies were challenged more during this time?

Answer 4

Somerset did not have the royal authority of a divinely ordained monarch

Question 5

How many counties saw rebellion in the late spring and summer of 1549?

Answer 5

25

Question 6

What was the rising in Devon and Cornwall called?

Answer 6

The Western Rebellion

Question 7

What else was the Western Rebellion called?

Answer 7

The Prayer Book Rebellion

Question 8

Why was William Body sent to that region in 1548?

Answer 8

To supervise the destruction of images which Protestants believed to be superstitious

Question 9

When was the Western Rebellion?

Answer 9

6th June 1549 to 17th August 1549

Question 10

What happened to William Body in 1548?

Answer 10

He was murdered in Helston

Question 11

Why did a significant number of peasants gather in Bodmin, Cornwall, in 1549?

Answer 11

To protest against the imposition of the Act of Uniformity

Question 12

Where was there a much larger disturbance?

Answer 12

Sampford Courtenay, a village in Devon

Question 13

Why was there a disturbance in Devon?

Answer 13

The locals objected to the use of the new Prayer Book

Question 14

What did the protestors in Devon insist?

Answer 14

That the priest said mass according to the old custom

Question 15

When did rebels from Devon and Cornwall join forces at Crediton?

Answer 15

20th June

Question 16

What made up most of the rebels demands?

Answer 16

Religion

Question 17

Who drew up the rebels demands?

Answer 17

Catholic priests

Question 18

What were some of the demands?

Answer 18

• Restoration of the traditional doctrine
• Asserted a belief in both transubstantiation in purgatory

Question 19

What two taxes were mentioned in the initial list of complaints?

Answer 19

Sheep and cloth tax

Question 20

Who did the rebels consider their enemies?

Answer 20

The gentry

Question 21

Where did the Cornish rebels attack and rob the gentry?

Answer 21

St Michael’s Mount

Question 22

What did the rebels shout at Bodmin?

Answer 22

‘Kill the Gentlemen’

Question 23

What member of the gentry was murdered by the rebels?

Answer 23

William Hellyons

Question 24

What city did the rebels siege?

Answer 24

Exeter

Question 25

What did the mayor do to stop the poor handing the city over to the rebels?

Answer 25

Firewood was sold cheaply to the poor and free food was distributed

Question 26

What did some of the inhabitants of Exeter describe the rebels as?

Answer 26

'refuse, scum, and the rascals of the whole county'

Question 27

Kett's Rebellion: Who was the leader of Kett's rebellion?

Answer 27

Robert Kett

Question 28

What two Norfolk towns did the unrest start in?

Answer 28

Attleborough and Wymondham

Question 29

What were the first riots over?

Answer 29

Enclosures

Question 30

What lawyer were the rioters initially angry with for enclosing land?

Answer 30

John Flowerdew

Question 31

How many men did Kett assemble?

Answer 31

16,000

Question 32

Where did the 16,000 rebels set up camp?

Answer 32

Mousehold Heath

Question 33

What did the local forces offer the rebels?

Answer 33

A pardon

Question 34

What city was seized by the rebels?

Answer 34

Norwich, second biggest city at the time

Question 35

How many troops were sent under the Marquis of Northampton to defeat the rebels?

Answer 35

14,000

Question 36

After the Marquis of Northampton was defeated, who was sent?

Answer 36

The Earl of Warwick

Question 37

Where did the Earl of Warwick massacre the rebels?

Answer 37

Dussindale, just outside Norwich

Question 38

What were two of the agricultural demands of the rebels?

Answer 38

- Common land; many of the peasants had been forced off in order to make way for the gentry putting large numbers of sheep onto common land - Complaints about the gentry manipulation of the foldcourse system

Question 39

What was the economic grievance of the rebels?

Answer 39

The economic grievances expressed concerns about rising rents as landowners attempted to put them up to counter the effects of inflation

Question 40

What were most of the religious demands from the rebels?

Answer 40

Protestant

Question 41

What did the rebels criticise?

Answer 41

The running of local government

Question 42

What stat shows the economic disparities in Norwich?

Answer 42

6% of people owned 60% of the goods

Question 43

What Lord was brutally beat to death by the Kett rebels?

Answer 43

Lord Sheffield

Question 44

Other Rebellions: Where were some of the areas that experienced unrest in 1549?

Answer 44

Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Yorkshire, Suffolk, Kent, Cambridgeshire