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Domestic Unrest and Rebellion under Henry VII's reign - Coggle Diagram
Domestic Unrest and Rebellion under Henry VII's reign
Yorkshire rebellion 1489
causes
resentment in Yorkshire to taxation granted by parliament in 1489 to finance the Brittany campaign and due to poor harvest
The 4th Earl of Northumberland was killed by a mob while attempting to collect the tax
course
Earl of Northumberland murdered by rebls couldn't secure support form King
His retainers allowed this as revenge for the desertion of Richard III
Monarch action- easily suppresed by Earl of Surrey Heny rtravled north and issued pardons to those involved Surrey made lieutenant and loyal to henry for advance in position
Impact- Henry faced no more problems in the North but he did fail to collect the regions tax quota for the Brittany campaign
Cornish rebellion 1497
Causes
demand for extraudorinary revenue to finance campaign against Scotland- poor region that couldn;t cope with increased burden of taxation- Socttish border meant nothing to Cornish
Course
15,000 rebels met at Bodmin in Cornwall and mrached to London only halted at Blackheath atempt to exploit the rebellion made by Warbeck
Monarch action
henry withdrew Lord Daubeney from defending the Scottish border- crushed the rebellion- executed leaders
Christine Carpenter
'alarming for the king'
no serious attempt to stop march to london
questioned crown's system of maintaing order in countryside
challenged security of Henry VII reign's
cautious of future confict
over 250 miles from the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall to the very outskirts of London
most serious popular rebellion of the reign
defeated at Battle of Deptford Bridge
Resistance to Amicable Grant
Amicable Grant- 1525- Wolsey forced loan without Parliament approval
cause
The Amicable Grant of 1525 was not a threat to Henry VIII's survival on the throne, but it was a massive threat to his foreign policy and royal authority.
strongest resistance in north essex and south suffolk 1000 people met determined to resist payment
course
Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk handled it sensitively + King backed down- Wolsey begged the King leniency for his Suffolk people
monarch action
Impact
Henry couldn't collect and when he invade France he supplemented with cash from sale of monastic lands
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Lincolnshire uprising 1536
cause- resentment towards religious change could not be sympthathised with or understood cromwell banned dissolution of monastries- fear for parish churches and traditional religious practices- but also economic bad harvestsin 1535 and 1536 spiked grain and food prices, leading to widespread hunger and desperation. Furthermore, peasants were angry about the enclosure of common land for profitable sheep farming.
Monarch action
rebellion collapsed when faced with the forces of the Duke of Suffolk
Impact- together with the pilgrimage of Grace- rebellions were the largest single rebellion in the history of tudor england- most geographically widespread
Course
started in lincolnshire and spread over the Humber into East riding of Yorkshire and continued into West Riding
Pilgrimage of Grace 1536
cause- resentment towards religious change could not be sympthathised with or understood cromwell banned dissolution of monastries- fear for parish churches and traditional religious practices- but also economic bad harvestsin 1535 and 1536 spiked grain and food prices, leading to widespread hunger and desperation. Furthermore, peasants were angry about the enclosure of common land for profitable sheep farming.
course
started in dales and spread west robert aske led rebellion 40,000 rebels north rebels capture pontefract castle
duke of norfolk outnumebered issued pardon/ promised to restore dissoolved monasteries/free parliament -Henry went back on his word after renewed rebellion in 14537 and hanged 74 rebels -Gentry/Head of monastirc houses tried and executed in London
Impact Impact- together with the pilgrimage of Grace- rebellions were the largest single rebellion in the history of tudor england- most geographically widespread - PG- was a threat to law and order in the north rebellion shook herny- made worse by nobility and gentry participation- but did not slow the pace of religious change