Rebellion

• why was northumberland concerned if Mary came into the line of succession


  he would be excluded from his position of power ,given his religious policies of protestants

  -he also thought that he was popular among the elite considering that he had restored law and order after the unstable years of somersets rule.

  -it was feared amongst some that they would lose the land that they had gained from the dissolution of the monasteries if mary came to the throne and carried out Catholic restoration.
• rebellion in relation to the female rule of mary


  -When the devise was initially drawn up the succession was to pass the 'heirs male' of Lady Frances Grey, excluding both Mary and Elizebeth
• what was the suggested main cause of the Wyatt rebellion


  -Mary's decision to marry Philip of spain was seen to be the main cause. The hatred of foreigners and stories soon circulated that the court would be dominated by the Spainards

  - There were also fears that Mario could be dominated by her husband and that England Would be dragged into the Hospice Wars which would bring England no benefit such was the public outcry that the proclamation had issued against the unlawful and rebellious assemblies there were rumours that Mary would be removed and replaced by Elizabeth and by December 1553 these rumours have become a plot
• where did the rebellion occur

  Kent
• who was Thomas Wyatt and what did he stress


  - He was a member of the Kentish Gentry who had loyally served under the Tudors even supporting Mary against Lady Grey however the proposed marriage caused him to change sides he was fearful that he would lose his position and influence with the expected arrival of a number of Spainards

  - Wyatt stressed the opposition to the marriage as the cause of the rebellion it is unclear though whether this was his real motive but the appeal to the nationalists and xenophobia was a clear tactic one that made it very difficult for the regime to raise forces against him.
• Wyatt and the marridge treaty


  - Even in the marriage he tastes completely to its limited Phillips Powers Wyatt was able to claim that there was no guarantee that this would be kept.
• Wyatt rebellion- religion as a cause


  - Religion may have been an important cause for Wyatt but support for Protestantism was limited and therefore if you claim that he was rising for religion he would restrict the support he could raise whereas opposition to the marriage would allow him to draw on the support from both sides of the relatives divide.
• Jhon Proctor account


  - The only contemporary account of the rising written by John Proctor in 1553 stressed the religious element of the rising but he was writing on behalf of the government so we need to be careful as the government would want to portray the rising as religiously motivated so they could proclaim that it was Protestant traitors.

  - The leaders of the attack were all Protestant and the area where Wyatt gained the most support around Maidstone in Kent was Protestant wyatt received advice from the bishop of Winchester who was a Protestant and no prominent member of the plot was Catholic.
• economic motives for the Wyatt rebellion


  - Due to the decline of the Kent Cloth trade meaning there was a rise of unemployment however the list of trades of who repelled is over 30 so it makes it difficult to argue with certainty that economic factors played a role.
• faction being a cause of the Wyatt rebellion


  - Factions could have influenced the rebellion as well as leaders of the rising held prominent positions in Edward's government and had attempted to keep Lady Jane Grey on the throne in order to preserve their position.
• Wyatt rebellion challenging the stability of the monarchy


  - If the all 4 prongs of the Wyatt rising had occured it may have succeeded

  - When Mary was challenged by wire it was only the loyalty of some nobles and their retainers that saved her why it was unable to gain the support of prominent figures but despite this he had come close to success because the marriage was deeply unpopular.
• LJG rebellion threatening the stability of the monarchy


  -- The government actions are for the rebellion suggests that the regime was weak and threatened for example those who were involved in the Lady Jane affair Such as William Padgett found themselves in government under Mary Lady Jane Grey was the only executed after the white rebellion..

  - It was probably the actions of Mary that preserved the Tudor regime it should be in proclamations and rallying supporters on both sides of the religious divide by stressing her legitimacy after the Lady Jane Grey Rebellion and during the Wyatt's rebellion she ignored the advice to leave London and thus forced the rebels to try and take the capital.