KETT REBELLION: Social and Local
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- Created on: 26-04-16 19:36
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- KETT 1549: SOCIAL & LOCAL
- Local factors
- as little open field farming left, demands about land rights focused on rights to common land
- feodary (representative of Court of Wards) not enter agreements with tenants in chief
- substantial numbers bondmen in Norfolk-
- wanted bondmen to be freed as Howards highly conservative; retained villeinage/ *******
- after fall of Howard, bondmen petitioned Somerset for manumission (freedom)
- Howard manors sites of rebel activity as critical of Norfolk
- wanted bondmen to be freed as Howards highly conservative; retained villeinage/ *******
- deliberately constructed alternative form of local justice/admin
- focus of local corn trade; restricting number dove cotes; fencing rabbit warrens to improve region's arable farmers
- emphasis on local grievances regardless first demand about foldcourse system generally or only saffrom growers
- as little open field farming left, demands about land rights focused on rights to common land
- Social Conflict
- directed against local gentry - alienation felt by rebels towards social superiors
- wished recapture watertight compartments of past? Each interfering as little as poss with other?
- felt being robbed of traditional rights/customs
- didn't want gentry as landlords or local governors (often magistrates)
- protect smallholder rights against foldcourse
- limit gentry ability exploit roles as crown officials
- eg. gentry members of Court of Wards also under service of higher landowner could help patron purchase lucrative warships by revealing confidential info
- wanted feodary independent of landowner & yearly elected
- eg. gentry members of Court of Wards also under service of higher landowner could help patron purchase lucrative warships by revealing confidential info
- directed against local gentry - alienation felt by rebels towards social superiors
- Local factors
- extreme breakdown of trust between governing class & those who normally sustained local govt
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