Edward Rebellion

• The western rebellion 


  a combination of socioeconomic and religious factors caused the Western rebellion.

  Somerset's government handled the rebellion bady
• Causes of Western Rebellion

  Resentment to religious reform, The new common book of prayer

  Hostility to the enclosure commission of 1548

  increasing rents, rising prices, falling wages

  Local gentry could not deal with the situation
• Course of the western Rebellion - 1549

  • The rebellion began in Cornwall on 10 June and spread to devon
  • 29 June, Lord Russel was sent to find a peaceful settlement
  • 6 July rebels besieged Exeter
  • 8 July Russel's last attempt to find a settlement failed
  • 17 August, rebels defeated
• Consequences of Western Rebellion

  • Martial law had to be used to put down rebels, use of the military indicated how serious it was
  • Somerset's position in government was seriously weakened
• • The western rebellion is frequently referred to as the prayer book rebellion because the clergy played a leading role in the rebellion.
  • They were not representative of the grievances of all the rebels,
  • The riots reflected the desperation amongst the poorest classes