rebellions

Question 1

what 2 rebellions occurred under ed

Answer 1

• western
  -kett

Question 2

what year did they both occur in

Answer 2

-1549

Question 3

what was the causes of the western rebellion

Answer 3

-rebels demanded a return to C
-wanted the 6 articles
-angry about the common prayer book not having a clear P or C decision
-wanted more C
-hostility to enclosure- Cornwall had to have sheep on land so felt she tax was taking them for no reason

Question 4

what were the events of the western rebellion

Answer 4

-will body (who investigated chantries) was killed by locals
-7000 rebels v 8000 royal army
-spread from Cornwall to Devon
- carried the 6 articles - sig- fear would be as big as PofG
-somerset sends Lord Russel to find peace settlement- fails
-rebels besieged Exeter
-rebels defeated
-3k rebels killed

Question 5

what was the cause of the Kett rebellion

Answer 5

-wanted a more economically fair society
-enclosure and rents had increased bc of inflation
-felt JPs and gentry not governing effectively
-didnt like Flooddrews greed (destroyed abbeys)

Question 6

what were the events to the kett rebellion

Answer 6

-community broke down enclosure fences and some belonged to floodrew
-16k rebels v 13k royal army
-floodrew encouraged them to attack kett
-local auhotities powerless bc large group
-rebels take Norwich - 3rd biggest city
-somersets small army is decimated-1800
-northumberland takes another army
-3000 rebels slaughtered
-kett hung

Question 7

how long does the kett rebellion last

Answer 7

5 months

Question 8

why was the kett rebellion a threat

Answer 8

-kett was hung
-somerset army was decimated 1800 ppl
-rebels took norwhich- 3rd largest town
-a 2nd army had to be called in
-alot of rebels = 16k

Question 9

why was kett not a threat

Answer 9

-3k rebels slaughtered
-was no political aims unlike under HVII reign (political is more sig)

Question 10

why was western a threat

Answer 10

-5 wounds of christ- PoG largest rebellion under tudors
-summertime so rebels could last longer cut of good weather conditions
-7k rebels
-8k royal army called - sig bc had to take army away from war w scot so risked bolougne

Question 11

why western was not a threat

Answer 11

-intended to march to London only got to Exeter
-1497 under hii rebels move all way to London - this doesn’t happen under ed , good bc harder to suppress
-aim= not political unlike simnell and warlock under hvii
-exeter didn’t fall