Henry VII - Rebellions

Lovell/Stafford Rebellion - Easter 1486

Lambert Simnel/Earl of Lincoln Rebellion - 1486

Yorkshire Rebellion - 1489

Reasons:

• Parliament raised taxes to pay for the Brittany army

• Yorkshire had a bad harvest so when taxes raised they pay it but others north of Yorkshire didn’t have to pay

Threat:

• Earl of Northumberland (Henry Percy) murdered by tenants whilst collecting taxes

• Earl of Surrey dealt with the rebels

• Henry was lenient and pardoned majority of the protestors

Seriousness:

• Henry collected £27K out of £100K needed which affected his future plans

Facts:

• Leader = Sir John Egremont a Yorkist sympathiser

Perkin Warbeck Rebellion - 1491 till 1497

Cornish Rebellion - 1497

Reasons

• Money needed to fight back Scotland - Warbeck attack

• Usually they didn’t have to pay taxes for Scottish campaigns since they are geographically on the other side of England to the boundary

• A downturn in the tin industry

Threat:

• 15,000 rebels were involved

• Warbeck attempted to exploit the rebellion

• They managed to march to Blackheath in Kent near London which is the furthest a rebellion had been

Seriousness:

• Henry had to move knights form Scotland to deal with the rebellion (contradicting)

• Only punished leaders showing leniency 

• Henry had to make peace with Scotland as he couldn’t keep letting them support pretenders 

Facts:

Leader = Thomas Flamanck and Michael Joseph

Earl of Suffolk Rebellion - 1499