The Revolt of the Northern Earls

WHEN?

(1569-70)

WHY?

• The Earls and their followers wanted to make England Catholic again.
• The Earls had lost much of their influence at court and under Elizabeth
• Elizabeth refusal to name in air marry or have children created uncertainty. The Earls feared civil war and loss of power and wealth under a future Protestant monarch.

WHO?

• Charles Neville- (Earl of Northumberland-major catholic landowner)
• Jane Neville-(Wife of ^-Duke of Norfolk's sister)
• Thomas Howard-(Duke of Norfolk, senior noble and protestant, planned to marry MQOS)
• Mary, Queen of Scots
• Thomas Percy-(Earl of Northumberland-major catholic landowner)
• Ann Percy-(The wife of ^) 

THE MARRIAGE PLAN

• Mary would marry the Duke of Norfolk, and get rid of Elizabeth and become Queen herself. 
• Robert Dudley told Elizabeth about the plot and Dudley was arrested and imprisoned.

PROGRESS OF THE REVOLT

• The rest of the rebels continued with the plot. 
• Elizabeth moved Mary to Coventry to stop her from escaping and joining the rebels.

Support from Spain never came.

WHY DID THE REVOLT FAIL?

• No support from Spain arrived
• Many Northern landowners remained loyal to Elizabeth

THE REVOLTS SIGNIFICANCE

• Showed Mary couldn't be trusted-stayed in prison
• The Pope excommunicated Elizabeth and called loyal Catholics to depose her. Encouraged further plots against her.
• Elizabeth's control over The north strengthened.