Why did the northern earls resent Elizabeth's government?
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- Why did the northern earls resent Elizabeth's government?
- The religious concerns of the Northern earls
- Both openly Catholic (like many in the North) - allowed by the 1559 settlement/ 39 Articles (1563)
- Under suspicion more as relations with Spain deteriorated (1566) - divided loyalties
- Harsher enforcement of the settlement through appointments
- e.g. James Pilkington as Bishop of Durham who wanted to remove traditional practices was unpopular
- Never fully accepted the Church settlement of 1559 - too Protestant
- Government intervention in the North
- Appointment of Protestant outsiders extended control - religious/ political tensions
- More acutely - Mary I's appointments (1553-8) were deprived of their posts
- e.g. Elizabeth's cousin Lord Hunson was made Warden of the East March (1568) - traditionally for the Earls of Northumberland
- e.g. Sir John Forster - Northern/ rival to the Earl of Northumberland's local power - appointed to Northumberland's old position (Warden of the Middle March)
- COTN was ran by the Earl of Sussex (7/1568) - cousin of the queen/ loyal in Ireland
- Appointment of Protestant outsiders extended control - religious/ political tensions
- The economic concerns of the northern earls
- Lack of opportunity in government (appointment of rivals to their key positions)
- Appointment of
- Loss of income
- Both earls suffering financially (1560s)/ exacerbated by government policy
- 1562 - Northumberland wrote to Pembroke asking him for £1,000
- Westmorland forced to borrow £80 from Sir George Bowes (1568)
- 1568 - Northumberland unsuccessfully tries to claim compensation for the rights to a copper mine on his esates
- the north was economically disadvantaged compared to the south
- Lack of opportunity in government (appointment of rivals to their key positions)
- Other political concerms
- Marginalised at Court
- The religious concerns of the Northern earls
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