Regency of Somerset Flashcards
(16 cards)
Religious reform
-exiled protestants returned home
-relaxation of censorship = increase anti-Catholic writing
-Full scale enquiry into CofE to reverse 6 articles
-1547 Parl met to est change but little happened
- Treason Act repealed 6 articles and laws which stifled religious debate
- Chantries Act abolished chantries
- 1549 Act of Uniformity and new prayer book
Foreign policy (Scotland)
-Eng invaded w/ 16k troops and 4k cavalry
-Sc = 2k troops and 500 cavalry
-Won Battle of Pinkie but could not hold onto land
-£600k for very little
What laws are passed to help the economy?
1548-9 laws on sheep & cloth. which angered nobles
When was the Western Rebellion?
1549
When were the first signs of resistance?
1547
What started the Western rebellion?
murder of William Body for removing Catholic symbols
What did the Cornish rebels demand?
‘We Cornish men…utterly refuse thus new English’
When was the Kett rebellion ?
1549
What were the causes of the kett rebellion?
bad harvest & increased grain prices & mistaken belief in gov. profiteering
What did the rebels demand ? (Kett rebellion)
-Dismissal of inadequate clergy
When did gangs emerge?
May and June 1549 to break enclosure
What was Kett’s influence?
Ended enclosure and created peaceful campaign to improve local gov. and end enclosure
What did Kett boast?
That he could call on an army of 15k
How did the Western rebellion end?
August 1549
How did the Kett rebellion end ?
4000 deaths
What happened to Somerset?
-Arrested 11 Oct 1549
-Released Feb 1550
-Executed for suspicion of plotting to kill councillors 1552
