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1. Tudor Rebellions Summary
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By Kenisha Browning

2. The Tudors
1603
1558
Elizabeth
1
1553
Mary I
1547
Edward
VI
1509
Henry
VIII
1485
Henry VII

3. Political factors as a cause of Tudor
Rebellions
Political
causes
Evil Advisers
Factions
Dynastic
issues and
succession
Government
intervention
in England
and Ireland

4. Religion as a cause of rebellion in England
Year Name of
rebellion
Catholic or
Protestant?
Reason Local or
regional?
Religion – main
or subsidiary
cause?
1536 Pilgrimage of
Grace
Catholic Reaction to the
closure of
monasteries
and other
Protestant
reforms
Regional in
seven northern
counties
Main
1549 Western
Rebellion
Catholic Reaction to a
new English
Prayer Book
Local to Devon
and Cornwall
Main
1549 Kett’s Rebellion Protestant Demanded
further
Protestant
reforms
Local to Norfolk Subsidiary
1554 Wyatt’s
rebellion
Protestant Fear of Catholic
reformation
Local to Kent Subsidiary
1569 Northern Earls
rebellion
Catholic Reaction to
Protestant
reforms
Regional in four
northern
counties
Main

5. Social and economic causes
Economic and Social Causes
EnclosuresTaxation
Inflation and social issuesFamine and disease
Rebellions in
1489 1497 1525 1536 1549
Rebellion in
1596
Rebellions in
1536 1549 1596
Rebellion in
1536 1549

6. The causes of Tudor rebellions
Dynastic issues and
the succession
Evil Advisers Factions Government intervention in
England and Ireland
Political
Causes
Religious
Catholic reaction
to Protestant
reform
Catholic reaction
to Protestant
reform
Protestant reaction to slow and indequate
Protestant reforms
Economic and social
Taxation
Famine and
disease
Inflation and
social issues
Enclosures

7. Objectives, duration and location
Objectives Duration Location
•Overthrow the government
•Remedy grievances
•Increase Irish independence
Hours
Days
Weeks
Months
Years
Pro-Yorkists areas
South-West England
Customary practices
Local magnates
London, towns and
cities

8. Leadership
Leadership
Royal
claimants
Clergy
LawyersCommoners
Nobility and
gentry

9. Strategy and tactics
Type of rebellion Strategy Tactics
Dynastic rebellions Raise an army and overthrow
the ruler
Gather widespread support
prior to fighting a battle
Anti-Government protests in
England
Pressurise the authorities
into remedying grievances
Popular demonstrations and
intimidation of officials and
local leaders
Irish rebellions Disrupt the Dublin
administration
Attack English landowners
and officials through the use
of violence and guerrilla
warfare

10. Organisation
Main organisation aims
Unite disparate groups
Enlist and pay troops
Requisition food and
equipment
Maintain discipline
Hold regular musters
Keep rebels informed

11. Size, support and frequency of
rebellions
Range of support
Nobles Foreigners Commoners Mixed
Size of rebellion
1497: 15,000 Cornish
1536: 30,000+ Pilgrimage of Grace
1549: 16,000 Kett
1554: 3,000 Wyatt
1569: 6,000 Northern Earls
1595: 6,000 O’Neil
1601: 300 Essex
Frequency of Rebellions in England
and Ireland
1485-1509: Six rebellions
1509-1547: Three rebellions
1547-1553: Two rebellions
1553-1558: Two rebellions
1558-1603: Seven rebellions

12. Irish Rebellions
Irish RebellionsKey features
•Scale
•Duration
Turning points
•Direct rule
•Anglicisation
•Reformation

13. Factors determining whether a rebellion was likely to succeed or fail
Success
of
failure?
Length of
rebellion
Proximity to
London
Degree of
noble and
gentry support
Extent of a
rebellion’s
provincialism
Military and
financial
backing
Size of popular
support
Quality of
leadership and
organisation
Governments’
determination
to resist or
suppress it
quickly

14. How did Tudor Governments deal with
rebellions?
a) Buy Time
b) Propaganda
c) Pre-emptive
measures
d) Raise Troops
a) Consult advisers b) Gather information c) Send out instructions
Strategy
Government
responsesTactics
a) Military casualties
Fate of the rebels
b) Trails and retribution

15. The effects of rebellion on government and society
Effects on
Tudor
government
and society
Crown servants:
under pressure to
resign
Ireland: serious
political and
financial cost
Foreign affairs: the
impact on wars and
on European
relations
Religious
developments: the
crown resisted calls
for reforms
Policy changes: in
taxation, uses,
enclosures, social
and economic
reforms, the Council
of the North

16. Were the Tudors ever seriously
threatened by rebellions?
Factors that increased a
rebellion’s seriousness
•Size, support, and backing
of English nobles and foreign
powers.
•A rebellion’s objective, e.g.
To overthrow the monarch
•Its proximity
Factors that weakened a
rebellion’s seriousness
•Governments held their nerve
or made deals they had no
intention of honouring.
•Most rebellions were localised
protests
•Most of the English nobility and
clergy supported the Crown.