rebellions and unrest

Question 1

what were the political causes of the lady jane grey rebellion

Answer 1

• Marriage between Guildford Dudley and lady Jane grey before Edward was ill, it only became important when Edward became ill and northumberland became the father law of the perspective king.
• Edward was worried about Mary’s catholicism, northumberland knew that his power would decrease at best when Mary came to power. (northumberland)
• Northumberland knew that he could play on the fears of the noblemen who has gained from his rule and the dissolution of the monasteries
• Realisation that there would be no male heirs born before edward died

Question 2

what were the economic causes of the lady jane grey rebellion

Answer 2

• Northumberland knew that he could play on the fears of the noblemen who has gained from his rule and the dissolution of the monasteries

Question 3

what were the religious causes of the lady jane grey rebellion

Answer 3

• Edward was worried about Mary’s catholicism, northumberland knew that his power would decrease at best when Mary came to power. (Edward)

Question 4

what happened at the lady jane grey rebellion

Answer 4

• Plot poorly managed. Mary escaped to east anglia. Edward died on the 6th June and orders were give to sheriffs and JPs to raise forces. 10th July lady jane grey pronounced queen
• Mary appeals to charles v for assistance. Mary moved to framlington castle and had forces around 20,000 bolstered by the earl of oxford. In london the council left the tower and said they had fallen into error, northumberland leaves london to face mary
• Northumberland lost support when he left london

Question 5

what were the political reasons for the wyatt rebellion

Answer 5

• Rumours circulated that court would be dominated by spaniards and so would Mary, dragging England into the Habsburg conflict – xenophobia

Question 6

what were the economic reasons for the wyatt rebellion

Answer 6

• Cloth industry, particularly in kent in decline
• Gentry abusing positions in court and law

Question 7

what were the religious reasons for the wyatt rebellion

Answer 7

• Courtney to marry Elizabeth, Wyatt got advice from the protestant bishop of Winchester. Maidstone very protestant area. No prominent member was catholic. They attacked catholic properties of newly appointed bishop of Winchester

Question 8

what happened at the wyatt rebellion

Answer 8

• He wanted to get support from either side of the religious divide by opposing the marriage
• Remove mary from the throne and replace it with elizabeth
• West country, midlands and kent – to trick the gentry in not knowing where to defeat first
• Devon, Leicestershire, welsh boarder, kent
• Were meant to be supported by a french fleet blocking the english channel
• Plan leaked by edward Courtney to Gardiner
• The duke of norfolk returned to court when his troops joined the rebellions ‘we are all gentlemen’
• Reached ludgate half a kilometre from the queen
• Rebellion led by sir james croft. Sir peter carew and sir thomas Wyatt
• Wyatt raised an army of 3000
• Wyatt delayed at cooling castle and wasted time
• 99 rebels were executed
• Wyatt executed (a martyr), lady jane grey, Guildford Dudley, duke of surrey

Question 9

how serious were the threats to mary

Answer 9

• potential removal of the queen
• LJG pronounced queen
• Timing: if northumberland had captured mary before she had fled to east anglia
• If all 4 attacks of Wyatt rebellion had worked
• If Wyatt had not delayed at cooling castle
• Only some of mary’s loyal nobles and their retainers stood by mary, most were waiting to see the outcome
• Weakness of mary’s government shown by the lack of strong punishment
• Wyatt had no support form prominent figures
• No widespread campaign after the rebellion
• Actions of army preserved tudor regime; proclamations, speeches
• She was the legitimate heir – true ruler
• After wyatts rebellion onl one small challenge, in 1556 in Diss in norfolk a local school master wished mary dead and proclaimed elizabeth should succeed
• Edwards succession showed that there were strong foundations of the tudor monarchy
• Many northumberland’s supporters abandoned him
• No religious warfare like in the netherlands, france and germany
• Wars of the roses has put english off civil war. Legitimacy was key