How successful was the Western Rebellion?

Aims

• To examine the causes of this rebellion• To understand what occurred during this

rebellion• To decide how successful the Western

rebellion was.

Problems for Edward VI

Legacy of Henry VIII

Minor Religion

Social

Social and Economic ChangePop increase / Moves towards enclosureInflation / Unemployment / Static wages

WesternRebellion

1549May/June

Ket’sRebellion

1549

Western Rebellion• Based in cornwall• Whitsunday 10th June 1549• Humphrey Arundell • Triggers included resentment of the actions of William Body who

had been commissioned to investigate the chantries and push through religious change. The last straw was the introduction of a new prayer book.

• A list of Articles was produced• Bodmin• Local gentry made unsuccessful attempts to calm the rebels.• Somerset sent a small army to confront the rebels. Somerset was

dealing with rebellions in the East Midlands, a war in Scotland as well as a second war on the horizon with France therefore troops and time was limited. Finally on the 16th August 1549 Russel defeated the rebel forces.

• Some negotiation on the part of local gentry but not the government.

What are the key words associated with the Western rebellion.

Choose the five most important key words from the list . Scatter them out over a piece of A4 and then by linking them together explain how they link together.