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Causes of the Western rebellion, 1549
- Economic
- Complaints about taxes on
sheep and cloth were common
- Sheep counting had
started in May 1549
- Sheep counting had
started in May 1549
- The initial list created by the commons (before
it was changed by the clergy) mostly contained
complaints about taxes and food prices
- Complaints about taxes on
sheep and cloth were common
- Religious
- Most of the complaints
were religiously motivated
- The list demanded
the reintroduction of
Catholicism
- Loach argues religion
was the "main driving
force" of the rebellion
- The list demanded
the reintroduction of
Catholicism
- The SW was very
conservative anyway
- The rebellion is sparked by
the order to use the new
Prayer Book on Whit Sunday
- On 10th June at Stamford
Courtenay, a local priest was
forced to ignore the new Prayer
Book and return to traditional
mass by villagers
- Government reaction was
to burn the Vicar of St
Thomas with all his
"popish trash" around him
- In 1548 the murder of the Archdeacon
of Cornwall showed religious motivation
- Most of the complaints
were religiously motivated
- Personal clashes
- Dislike of "new men" because locals
favoured conservative Courtenay's
- Eg the Courtenay's had been removed
from government in 1538 and replaced
by men like Sir Peter Carew
- Desire for social justice
- Eg the Courtenay's had been removed
from government in 1538 and replaced
by men like Sir Peter Carew
- Dislike of "new men" because locals
favoured conservative Courtenay's
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