To What Extent Did Kett’S Rebellion Threaten Authority B

Write down 3 ways a rebellion could threaten authority.

March on London Purpose is to take over power or replace the

ruling monarch Take possession of the monarch Kill nobility Include nobility amongst it’s ranks Needs military force to suppress it Includes help from a foreign power

Monarch

Church Nobility

Archbishops

Bishops

Clergymen

Gentry

Yeoman

Labourers

Citizens

Vagrants / Beggars

Gentry

Commoners

Nobilitas major

Nobilitas minor

Problems for Edward VI

Legacy of Henry VIII

Minor Religion

Social

Social and Economic ChangePop increase / Moves towards enclosureInflation / Unemployment / Static wages

WesternRebellion

1549May/June

Ket’sRebellion

1549

Robert Ket in dispute with Sir John Flowerdew

Attached Norfolk towns

16000 men marched towards Norwich

Offered pardon Marquis of

Northampton sent with 14000 troops

Northampton takes city and abandoned next day

Dudley Earl of Warwick – battle of Dussindale, 3000 rebels killed

Ket captured and hanged for sedition

Using pages 232 and 233 fill in the second part of your table.

Enclosure – throwing down of hedges Economic – far reaching and diverse – from rack

renting to fishing rights – price increases Religious – 7 articles – reign of Elizabeth – new

prayer book being used Social class – unhappy with local

government/JP’s, breakdown in trust, rich getting richer

Actions of Somerset – attempted ACT against enclosure fuels rebels, inaction offering pardon and summoning of some nobles/gentry to Windsor in July

Spark of Sir John Flowerdew hostility to enclosure and church

March on London Purpose is to take over power or replace the

ruling monarch Take possession of the monarch Kill nobility Include nobility amongst it’s ranks Needs military force to suppress it Includes help from a foreign power

Yes National context Sizable organised and well led force Seized Norwich Military force needed Threat of foreign invasion and war with

Scotland stretched govt Breakdown of local authority Somerset had to bring back troops from

Scotland

No Protest ‘camping time’ Not directed at the King Lack of gentry and nobility support Lack of co-ordination of rebellions Did not march on London unlike 1381 and

1497 Always maintained control of armed forces