Ways the Northern Rebellion affected Elizabethan England

• The Northern Rebellion, 1569:

  > Northumberland and Westmorland hatched a plan to get Mary QoS on to the throne.
• The Northern Rebellion, 1569:

  > On the 9 November 1569, Northumberland and Westmorland joined forces, rode into Durham with over 4,500 men and destroyed the English Bible.

  > They were expecting help from the Spanish ambassador. However, international help never appeared.
• What did Elizabeth do?

  1. The Duke of Sussex led 10,000 men northwards. 800 rebels were executed in a warning to other potential rebels.
• What did Elizabeth do?

  2. When the rebel leaders heard about the size and strength of the royal army they panicked and fled to Scotland.
• What did Elizabeth do?

  3. The lands of the rebels were confiscated, and a new Council of the North was established to provide more centralised control.
• What impact did this have?

  Religion:

  > Reinforced the message that English Catholics could not be trusted. Elizabeth enforced her religious settlement more harshly by introducing the Treason Act in 1571 (denying Elizabeth’s supremacy could be punished by death. Anyone who left the country for more than six months had their land confiscated).
• What impact did this have?

  Government:

  > Resulted in a strengthening of the crown’s position in the north because the lands of the rebels were confiscated and a new Council of the North was established to provide more centralised control.