The Yorkshire Rebellion, 1489

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The Yorkshire Rebellion, 1489

Causes

  • The tax to fund the English campaign in Brittany
  • Other Northern counties had been exempt from the tax in order to upkeep the Scottish border and protect themselves from any potential invasions

Effects

  • The Earl of Northumberland was murdered
  • The rebels' leader John Chamber was hanged
  • The rebels were given a royal pardon
  • Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, was sent to deal with the Yorkist rebels and was made Henry VII's 'Lieutenant in the North'

Overall summary

The rebellion was successful in some ways for both the crown and the rebels. The rebels didn't have to pay the tax asked of them and were given a royal pardon. The rebellion was quickly and easily surpressed meaning it posed no great threat to the crown.

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