Mary I: Society

Cards (5)

  • 1554: Wyatt's Rebellion
    Caused by Marriage Treaty, Xenophobia of Spanish and decline in Cloth.
  • Planned Hertfordshire, Leicestershire and Kent. Plan discovered in 1554, only Wyatt could raise an army of 4,000 in Kent.
  • Reached Southwark, stopped at London Bridge, then retreated. Lady Jane Grey executed after Wyatt surrendered.
  • 1555-1558: Poor harvest + Typhus outbreak
  • 1559: Agricultural Wages dropped to 59% of 1509 wages