Mid Tudor rebellions

Pilgrimage of grace - reasons

1536 -

• reasons on enclosure

• Catherine of Aragon being divorced

• Dissolution of lesser monistries 1536

• Act of ten articles

Pilgrimage of grace events/ consequences

40,000 rebels led by Robert aske, occupied pontefract castle

6th dec - aske met with Duke of Norfolk, agreed on truce, later met Henry VIII at Greenwich palace

Aske disbanded rebels but is later executed along with the other leaders - 12th July

Western rebellion causes

1549

Reasons

• opposition to the book of common prayer

• Economic grievances such as sheep tax, high taxes and enclosure

Western rebellion events/ consaquences

William body is killed in Cornwall in 1548 after government ordered the destruction of catholic images/ relics

Sir Humphrey arundell and Robert Welsh led Cornish and Devon rebels, 7000 to siege Exeter

Lord Russell with 8000 men attacked the rebels in august 1549, both Welsh and Humphrey and Welsh are executed

Kett rebellions causes

Enclosure- Somerset set up royal commission against enclosure but this did nothing

Kett rebellion events/ consaquences

July 1549 - Robert Kett led 15,000 rebels to Norwich, where they set fire to the city and it fell to them

Marquis of Northampton fails to subdue the rebels

Second attempt by earl of Northumberland subdues the rebels, Robert kett is executed

Wyatt rebellion causes

Mary’s marriage to Philip of Spain and replace her with Elizabeth

Wyatt rebellion events/ consequences

Autumn 1553 - talks of Protestant succession of Elizabeth

Dec - planned 4 prong uprising, Kent, Herefordshire, Devon, Leicestershire

jan 1554 - Thomas Wyatt raised 2500 men, only Kent participated. Duke of Norfolk fled after his troops joined Wyatt’s cause

Feb - Wyatt stopped 0.5km from Mary, he is forced to surrender

Lady Jane grey, Wyatt, both executed, Elizabeth imprisoned in Tower of London

Northern rebellion causes

Reasons

• enclosure

• Rising taxes

• Anti catholic laws (fines for recusary, execution of priests

• Wanted to replace Elizabeth with MQS

Northern rebellion events/ consequences

1569

• 6000 men - led by westmoreland and Northumberland where they sack Durham

• Failed and Northumberland is executed while Westmorland escapes

• Elizabeth is excommunicated in 1570

• MQS is imprisoned