Northern Earls

• When was the revolt of the Northern Earls?

  1569
• What were the religious reasons for the revolt?

  Rebels wanted to re-establish Catholicism
• Who originally seemed in support of the revolt?

  Philip II of Spain and the Pope
• What were the economic reasons for the revolt?

  Elizabeth had taken lands from the nobles which cause many of the Northern nobles to face financial hardship.
• What were the political reasons for the revolt?

  Elizabeth weakened the powers of the Northern Earls

  A summoning after the Norfolk Plan made the Earls fearful

  The Earls wanted Mary to be successor and her imprisonment to end
• What was the Norfolk Plan?

  A plan that would marry the Duke of Norfolk to Mary, Queen of Scots to make Mary Elizabeth's successor.
• When was the rebellion officially started?

  Midnight on November 9th. Bells were rung at the Earl of Northumberland's residence
• What happened on the 14th of November?

  Northumberland and Westmoreland's forces seized Durham Cathedral and held a Catholic mass.
• As of when was all of Northern England east of the Pennines under rebel control?

  22nd November
• On the 30th of November, some rebels diverted to capture the port at Hartlepool in the hopes that who would come to help?

  The Spanish
• Where did the rebels take over on December 14th?

  Barnard Castle in County Durham
• On December 16th Elizabeth sends men to march from the South. How many were there?

  14,000
• In response to Elizabeth sending men, the rebels flee North. How many of them were there?

  5,400
• On the 19th of December the rebellion is defeated. What do the Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland do?

  They cross into Scotland.
• Before fleeing, where were the rebels heading?

  To Tutbury where Mary was imprisoned.
• After the plot how many were executed?

  400 rebels and the Earl of Northumberland
• In 1570, Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth I. What effect did this have in England?

  It worsened the Catholic threat as the Catholics no longer had to obey Elizabeth (by the laws of their church) and were encouraged to overthrow her.
• When was the Earl of Northumberland executed?

  1572