Rebellions under Henry VIII
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- Created on: 05-02-14 19:04
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- Rebellions under Henry VIII
- Lincolnshire Rising - 1536
- Causes
- Dissolution of the smaller monasteries
- Men of low birth in high positions
- Break with Rome
- Aims
- Prevent commissions taking gold, raising taxes etc.
- Events
- 10,000 rebels in 1 week gather
- Government Response
- People disperse after Duke of Suffolk's army draws near
- Causes
- Pilgrimage of Grace - 1536
- Causes
- Dissolution of the smaller monasteries
- Men of low birth in high positions
- Break with Rome
- Aims
- Remove heretics from the KIng
- Prevent dissolution of the monasteries
- Events
- Rebels take Pontefract
- Henry promises to discuss Rebel demands in parliament
- Government Response
- King pardons all but 10 ringleaders
- Events
- Rebels take Pontefract
- Henry promises to discuss Rebel demands in parliament
- Events
- King pardons all but 10 ringleaders
- Causes
- Bigod / Cumberland Rising - 1537
- Causes
- The dissolution of the monasteries, the break with Rome, food shortages, taxation and Cromwell’s policies.
- Bigod was unconvinced of the sincerity of Aske’s attempts to break a deal in the north following the Pilgrimage of Grace.
- Aims
- Restore the monasteries, defend the Catholic faith, improve conditions of food stock and agrarian issues, removal of Cromwell and reduce taxation.
- Government Response
- Henry used the rising to provide evidence for the rebels’ bad faith. He could therefore use this as an excuse to not honour the deal.
- Commons gentry and nobility were rounded up and executed.
- Events
- The government began severe retribution for the rebellions.
- Causes
- Lincolnshire Rising - 1536
- Show discontent for new religious laws
- Aims
- Prevent commissions taking gold, raising taxes etc.
- Aims
- Bishop of Lincoln murdered
- Events
- 10,000 rebels in 1 week gather
- Events
- Commons accept demands and monasteries are untouched before parliament meets
- Aske, Lord Darcy and Bigod were
included in the 178 death toll.
- Government Response
- Henry used the rising to provide evidence for the rebels’ bad faith. He could therefore use this as an excuse to not honour the deal.
- Commons gentry and nobility were rounded up and executed.
- Government Response
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