Essex's Rebellion 1601
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- Created on: 21-01-19 19:32
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- Essex's Rebellion 1601
- Causes
- The Queen took away his monopoly of sweet wines, and his public office titles for abandoning his post in Ireland
- He was placed under house arrest
- The Queen and Essex had a heated exchange where he almost drew his sword
- Events
- Essex took 4 PC members hostage and brought them to his London home with 20 followerd
- Cecil labelled him a traitor, and many rebels left
- Essex returned home, to find the hostages had been released by supporters that abandoned him
- Results
- Essex and his supporters were arrested.
- He was privately executed, some of his followers were just fined
- Significance
- Lack of popular support shows it wasn't a serious threat=> shows her popularity
- Rebellion does show her strength is weakening and she was no longer using patronage effectively
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