The Kett Rebellion (July 1549)

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1.1   Causes.

·         Between July 6th-8th, the community gathered around Wymondhem for a feast. Many were drunk and angry and crowds broke down some enclosure fences.

·         They did this to local lawyer John Flowerdew who was unpopular because he was In dispute with locals over an abbey he had bought and pulled down.

·         Flowerdew encouraged crowds to attack the hedges of a local tanner Robert Kett. Kett welcomed their action and assumed leadership.

·         By July 10th, the rebels had reached Norwich and by July 12th they had encamped on Mousehold Heath with a crowd of 16,000. Kett produced a list of demands and waited for a response.

 

1.2   Government’s response.

·         On 21st July, the York

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