All of the Power and the People Unit

History GCSE

1348

When the Black Death came to England

1265

Simon de Monfort's goverment is called in

Robert Hales

Royal Treasurer executed by peasants

Excommunication

Religious punishment used by Pope against John

Magma Carta

Name given to the above list of demands, also known as the Great Charter

Baron

Name given to the rebellions John faced from leading noblemen

Prince Louis

French prince invited to England to claim the throne by John's barons

1216

King John dies

Simon of Sudbury

Archbishop of Canterbury executed by the peasants

King Edward

Son and heir of Henry III who defeated the rebel barons in 1695

John of Gaunt

Uncle of the King during the peasants revolt - his palace was looted by them

Charter of Liberties

Issed by Henry I in the 1100AD

Papal Fief

Piece of land granted to the Pope - John gave England

Interdict

Exclusion from Church services

Battle of Evasham

Name of 2nd battle fought by Henry III, victorious and reclaimed the throne

King John

Monarch who faced revolts and forced to sign Magna Carta

Wat Tyler

Leader of the Peasants Revolt

Simon de Montfort

Leading baron who arrived back in England in 1230 to reclaim his land

Serfdom

Died out by 1450 as a result of the Peasants Revolt

John Ball

Radical priest who stirred up rebellion amongst the peasants

Arthur

Nephew of John - murdered suspiciously

Lachland

One nickname earned by John due to his military losses

Scutage

Hated and corrupt taxation collected 11 times by John

Burgesses

Key term for the class of people invited by Simon to secure his power

John de Laay

Baron forced to pay 7000 marks to inherit his own father's land

1214

King John's final big assault on France - failed

1215

Magna Carter signed

Innocent II

Pope who clashed with King John

Stephen Langton

Archbishop of Canterbury denied his position by John

Forest Charter

2nd charter (related to woodland) passed by the barons who rules whilst Henry was a child

King John

Monarch overthrown by his own leading barons for a year

Provisions of Oxford

List of demands by the barons against Henry III in Oxford - forced to sign these

Statute of Labourers

Law passed in 1351 restricting the wage of peasants

1351

Statute of Labourers

Poll Tax

Unpopular tax collected 3 times in rise up to Peasants Revolt - flat rate tax

Runnymede

Place where John was forced to sign a list of demands by barons

Great Council

The above charter established a group of 25 men known as the...

1215

Barons Revolt

William de Briouze

Baron was forced to pay a huge fine to reclaim his lands, and whose family died in captivity held hostage by John

Parliament

Name given to the parliament of 1295 by Edward, established its modern style principles

3 times

Number of times Magna Carta reissued by Henry III by 1225

Battle of Lewes

Name of first major battle fought by Henry III, defeated and captured

Richard II

Monarch who faced the Peasants Revolt

The Black Death

Horrible disease which wiped out 33-50% of English population in 14th century

1230

Campaign to take by Gaxony and Brittany

Luisiginons

French family given positions of power in England by Henry III

Peter de Roches

Henry's Tutor

Vassalage

To owe services or loyalty to another person

Tide

10% Tax to the Church

1258

Provisions of Oxford are signed

1264

Battle of Lewes

Hundred Years War

War between France and Britain over territory

60,000 peasants

Part of Peasants Revolt

1530

Thomas Cromwell joins Privy Council

1532

Henry VIII divorces Catherine of Aragon

1536

Act of Suppression

1534

Henry VIII breaks from Rome

October 1st 1536

Commissioner captured in Louth, Lincolnshire

October 11th 1536

Lincolnshire rising melted due to lack of leadership

October 27th 1536

Negotiation with Duke of Norfolk

December 1536

Aske attends Windsor Castle to spend Christmas with the King and discuss demands

January 1537

King rebuilds his garrison in the North and multiple castles attacked

July 12th 1537

Aske executed

Henry VIII

King of England from 1509-1547, founded Church of England

Catherine of Aragon

First wife of Henry VIII

Thomas Cromwell

Lawyer who quickly became Henry's favourite

Lord Hussey

Member of gentry and landowner in Lincolnshire, led Lincolnshire rising

Robert Aske

Devout Catholic lawyer based in York, led revolt after swearing an oath

Lord Darcy

Holder of York and Pontefract castle, joins rebellion

Duke of Norfolk

Negotiator with Aske and critic of Cromwell

Thomas Cranmer

Henry VIII's archbishop of canterbury

Act of Suppression

Act that closed all small monasteries with income

Lincolnshire Rising

Pre-cursor to the Pilgrimage of Grace

Lincoln Articles

List of demands written by rebels during Lincolnshire Rising

Pilgrims' Oath

Rebels had to swear this to ensure their purpose was that of seeking counter-reformation

Five Wounds of Christ

Banner under which rebels marched

Cheshire and Lincolnshire

Regions of which the rebels had under control

Pilgrims' demands/Commons petition

Demands written as an outcome of the negotiations between Aske and Duke of Norfolk

Scarborough, Hull, Beverly

Castles attacked in 1537

Council of the North

Created after the pilgrimage of grace to prevent uprisings in the north

1628

Petition of Right

1629-1640

11 Year Tyranny/ Personal Rule

1633

William Laud appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

1637

Laudian reforms enforced in Scotland

1638

Scots rioted and formed Scottish National Covenant

1640

Scots invade England and Earl of Strafford (Thomas Wentworth) recalled from Ireland to help England

1641

Triennial Act, abolition of ship money & star chamber, execution of Strafford and imprisonment of Laud

1642

5 member coup led by Charles I ~ triggered ECW

1642-49

English Civil War

1645

Battle of Naseby and New Model Army formed

1646

First English Civil War ends (Charles surrendered)

1647

Putney debates

January 27th 1649

Charles I found guilty of treason

January 30th 1649

Charles I executed in London

1649

English republic formed

1660

English Republic ended

1658

Oliver Cromwell dies

Henrietta Maria

French princess who marries Charles I

James I

First Stuart monarch, came to the throne in 1603

Charles I

James I's son, came to the throne in 1625