Rebellions

• When was the Western Rebellion (Prayer Book rebellion)?


  June- August 1549
• Who was the leader of the Western Rebellion

  Humphrey Arundel
• Motive for the Western Rebellion?

  -Religious grievances over the new Book of Common Prayer

  -Resentment over religious reforms and the way it was destroying how people experienced religion
• Where did the Western Rebellion take place?

  Cornwall
• What reasons did peasants have in joining the Western Rebellion?

  Resentment over sheep tax
• How many peasants were killed as a result of Somerset's anger in the Western Rebellion?

  5000
• When was Kett's Rebellion?


  July 1549
• Where was Kett's Rebellion?


  East Anglia
• What were the causes of Kett's Rebellion?

  -Collapse of the cloth market and angry peasants who resented the Norfolk fold course system

  -Hatred of government officials
• What was the Norfolk fold course system?


  The right to graze sheep on an enclosed piece of land but some landowners denied peasants this right
• What did the south not have to calm the Kett rebellion?

  A strong aristocrat
• Who was sent to calm the Kett rebellion but failed?

  Earl of Northampton
• After Earl of Northampton failed, who did Somerset send to suppress the rebels?

  Earl of Warwick (Northumberland)
• How many rebels were killed in the Kett Rebellion?

  3000
• What was Northumberland praised for in his dealings with the Kett rebellion?

  Giving fair trials
• How many rebels were executed after trial in the Kett Rebellion?

  49
• The Western and Kett Rebellion led to what happening to Somerset?

  His downfall