Cornwall 1547 William Body a local archdeacon and known protestant sympathiser (former close friend of Thomas Cromwell), had been attacked. On 6th April 1548 he had returned to the area in order to supervise the destruction of images and was murdered
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Who led the murder and why?
John Reseygh a yeoman who challenged the right of the Protector to change the laws of Henry VIII
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Which local gentry dealt with the ringleaders?
Sir William Godolphin (convinced Protestant); John Reskymer (collected unused taxes and didn't pay them back); Sir Richard Edgecomb
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How did they deal with the uprising?
The government issued a general pardon excepting 28 of the ringleaders. Only 10 of these were in fact hanged
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Why did the peasants rise again? When?
6th June 1549 they rose against the imposition of the Act of Uniformity and set up camp in Bodmin
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Who lead the rebellion?
Humphrey Arundell (cousin of Sir John Arundell of Lanherene Cornwall's greatest gentleman) and John Winslade of Tegarrick
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What happened in Devon?
The rising started at Sampford Courtenay on Whitsunday (10th June)when the locals objected to the use of the new Prayer Book and insisted that the priest say Mass according to the old style
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Where did they join forces and when?
20th June at Crediton
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Who was sent to investigate and what did he do?
Sir Peter Carew (distrusted and well-known evangelical) 21st June rode to Crediton but one of his men set fire to the rebels defences so his pardon was rejected
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Where did the rebels go next?
23rd June at Clyst St Mary, near Exeter
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Who attempted to negotiate with the rebels next?
Sir Thomas Denys and Sir Hugh Pollard showed some sympathy with the legality argument.
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Why did the negotiations break down and what happened next?
Sir Peter Carew and Peter Courtenay (the sheriff) were dissatisfied. When negotiations again failed the rebel army of some 6,000 began to besiege Exeter.
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Why was it difficult for Somerset to deal with the rebellion?
The Protectors’ forces were already stretched with enclosure riots breaking out in Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire and in parts of the Midlands and the South-East, with threats from France and Scotland
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How many rebels marched through Exeter? When?
2nd July with 2,000 men
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When did Somerset send an army, under who?
10th July under Lord Russell
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How many forces did he initially have?
18th July he had 1,000 footmen and 700 horses
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What happened when he arrived at Exeter?
6th August he was greeted by the mayor and cheers. He followed the orders to make an example of the ringleaders and Robert Welsh, vicar of St Thomas Church was hanged on a gallows erected on his church tower in his vestments
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How did it all finally end?
He arrived with 8,000 men (delayed by unrest in Oxfordshire) the rebel forces were destroyed and some 4,000 killed on 16th August at Okehampton. He was aided by Grey and Herbert.
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What were the religious grievances?
Religious changes to baptism and confirmation; restoration of Six Articles of 1539, mass in Latin, images, transubstantiation and purgatory; removal of the new Prayer Book and communion
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What else made it religious?
They marched under the Five Wounds of Christ and the demands were drawn up by the clergy.
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Political grievances?
Article 12 demands for the return of Pole not as Cardinal but member of the king's council; rebels Richard Crispin and John Moreman to be released (Moreman opposed divorce and Crispin had served as Chaplain to Courtenay) all three Yorkist affiliation
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Socio- Economic factors?
there is evidence that the rebels condemned the new sheep tax it does not appear in their final list of grievances. However, the action of the rebels does suggest that social tensions were an important factor in the rising.
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Front
Who led the murder and why?
Back
John Reseygh a yeoman who challenged the right of the Protector to change the laws of Henry VIII
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