Discontent and rebellion

• his first 3 years of his reign were dominated by attempts to extend cool over the whole county
• Edward had proved to be an active King with an interest in justice resulting in improvements in law and order
• reasons for the rise in discontentment:

  • parliament had granted a tax for war against the French but no war happened and Edward pocketed the money
  • the country was in a poor economic state which was made worse by several years of bad harvest
  • there was resentment against the commercial treaty with Burgundy whose terms favoured the Burgundians. Warwick and Clarence had stirred discontent