Tudor Rebellions and Uprisings
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Lovell and the Staffords
- 1486
- First minor uprising
- Supporters of Richard III try to raise a rebellion in North
- Lovell manages to escape
- Stafford captured and executed
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Lambert Simnel
- 1486-7
- Put together by John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln
- Simnel=Yorkist figurehead
- Passed off as the Earl of Warwick
- Simnel corwned rightful King of England in Ireland
- Henry has the real Earl of Warwick dislayed in London
- Lincoln flees as joins Lovell at the Court of Margaret of Burgundy
- Henry gambles and reinstates Northumberland (led Richard III)
- Neutralise Yorkist power
- He also reinforces coastal defence
Battle of Stoke:
- Two armies met at East Stoke
- Lincoln killed in battle
- Official end to Wars of the Roses
- Secures Henry's position
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Perkin Warbeck
- 1491-9
- Pretends to be a prince in the tower
- Moves around Europe spending time in:
- France, Ireland, Burgundy, Scotland,
- Failed invasion at Kent as he qucikly retreats
- Second failed invasion
- Eventually captured after trying to escape the Tower
- Tried and Executed with Earl of Warwick
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The Yorkshire Rebellion
- 1489
- Resentment of taxation granted by Parliament
- Rebels murder Northumberland in April
- Northumberland was a mere victim of resentment against taxation
- Easily supressed
- Not many details on this actual rebellion
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The Cornish Rebellion
- 1497
- Resentment of taxation for campaign in Scotland
- Posed a greater threat to Henry than Yorkshire Rebellion
- 15,000 involved
- Attempted to exploit Warbeck's rebellion
- Rebels marched on London- stopped at Blackheath
- Crown's systems for maintaining order clearly not affective
- Easily suppressed by Daubeney
- Leaders executed
- Lenient to the rest involved
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Resistance to the Amicable Grant
- 1525
- Heavy tax without Parliament's approval for war
- Many refused to pay-- unable to pay
- Thousands around the country gather in various locations around England
- Henry VIIIbacks down and withdraws grant
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The Pilgrimage of Grace and Lincolnshire Rising
- 1536
- Single largest rebellion in Tudor History
- North of England affected
- Rebels are hostile towards gentry
- 'Captain Poverty'
- Religious Motives:
- Dissolution of the Monasteries- loss of charity, education, monastic land, health services
- 1536 Injunctions attack traditional practice (such as pilgrimages)
- Secular motives:
- Resentment of tax, Act of Supremacy (Mary should be heir), enclosure
- 40,000 involved
- King sends army under Norfolk
- Rebels disperse
- Pilgrimage didn't slow down pace of religious change
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1549: The Year of Commotions
- John Guy: "the closest thing Tudor England came to a class war"
- Somerset's governement already struggling to cope due to
- Overstreched resources
- Troops garrisoning Scottish forts
- Overstreched resources
- Reasons for rebellion and disorder:
- Religion
- Agrarian and Social grievances (i.e. enclosure)
- Resentment of taxation
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The Western Rebellion
- 1549
- Prompted by Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer
- Rebels want to reverse religious reform
- "We will have the mass in Latin, as was before"
- Grievances over taxation such as the sheep tax
- supposed to end enclosure by stopping conversion of arable to pasture farming
- widespread resentment
- Lasts 2 months
- Defeated by Lord Russel
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The Ketts Rebellion
- 1549
- Specific grievances
- Hatred of local officials
- Resentment of abuse by landowners
- Release of frustration over the Howards
- Warwick sent to defeat the army
- Brtually suppressed and Kett was hanged for high treason
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The Wyatts Rebellion
- January 1554
- Motives
- Resistance to the Spanish Marriage
- Religion
- Xenophobia
- Decline of local cloth industry
- Either Elizabeth or Jane Grey to throne
- 3000 men
- Significance
- Even though they were a minority, Protestants couldn't be ignored
- Demonstrates the suspicion of the Spanish Marriage
- Results in the execution of Lady Jane Grey (her father supported rebellion)
- Elizabeth arrested and confined to Tower
- Mary can't be sure she was involved
- Can't excute her= regicide
- Elizabeth eventually released
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Rise of the Northern Earls
- 1569
- Motives:
- North felt isolated
- Angry at Cecil- wanted Norfolk to have more power
- Replace Elizabeth with Mary, Queen of Scots
- Nobles raise an army of 4600
- Capture Durham and hold a mass at the Cathedral and burn Protestant books
- Elizabeth sends her army to suppress
- Reasons for failure:
- Disorganised- lack of clarity as to the rebels objectives
- Poor leadership- no plan
- Lack of foreign support- Philip of Spain refuses to help
- Rest of country stay loyal
- Authorities' decisive actions
- Northumberland behaded but Westmoreland escapes
- 800 hanged
- Control over North furthered- Council of the North constituted
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Ridolfi Plot
- 1571
- Ridolfi and De Spes (Spanish Ambassador) plan
- Assasination of Elizabeth and replace with Mary
- Norfolk would then marry Mary
- Failure:
- Cecil uses the spy network to uncover plot
- Suspects tortured for info
- Gives Cecil a reason to execute Norfolk
- De Spes expelled from England
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