Document 18 ketts demands being in rebellion, 1549. There is no question that each revolt commandedwidespread popular support, and as is argued below, the rebels were drawn from a crosssection of the rural population. Ketts rebellion was a revolt in norfolk beginning in july 1549 instigated by robert kett or ket of wymondham, norfolk. Blomefield suggests that by the time of the arrival at mousehold, or soon afterwards, kett also held sergeant gawdy, sergeant catlyn, and two brothers named appleyard. Document 21 william paget to protector somerset, 1549. The prayer book rebellion, prayer book revolt, prayer book rising, western rising or western rebellion cornish. Ketts rebellion 1549 books that deal with the facts. I would like to know whether any rootschatters could advise me as to which books or publications give a good factual account of those dramatic events. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
The petition of the rebels from mousehold heath, july 1549. Norfolk rising 1549 the norfolk rising of the sixteenth century was a land war, caused directly by the enclosing of the common fields of the peasants, and the break up of the accustomed rural life. The book is set in the summer of 1549, as lawyer matthew shardlake investigates the death of a distant relative of henry viiis daughter lady elizabeth, amidst the chaos of ketts rebellion. The norfolk rising of 1549 first edition by land, stephen k. Robert kett was a middle aged yeoman farmer from wymondham, norfolk. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The story of robert ketts rebellion of 1549, protesting enclosure of commmon fields. Based upon extensive archival evidence, the book sheds fresh light on the causes, course and longterm consequences of the insurrections. In both 81 and 1549 east and west norfolk rose separately. Edward vi religious and economic protest the prayer book rebellion and ketts rebellion religious protest. I would like to know whether any rootschatters could advise me as to which books or.
The kings beloved sister, a new biography about anne of cleves told from the german perspective. It began at wymondham on 8 july 1549 with a group of rebels destroying. Born of outrage against the concept of an english liturgy, this event has gone down in history as the prayer book rebellion of 1549. Full of mystery, danger and divided loyalties, this is another gripping read from c. Read robert kett and the norfolk rebellion by michael chandler available from rakuten kobo. The setting is the ketts rebellion in norfolk of 1549. A brythonic tribe, the iceni, inhabited the county from the 1st century bc to the end of the 1st century ad. Ketts rebellion has featured in novels, including frederick h. Norfolk manors were consulted,8 of which 128 were found to have either reasonably complete records for the mid sixteenth century or evidence of the revolt.
Cranmers book of common prayer, published in 1549, moved the church of england away from the catholic church and established it as a very protestant church. The county of norfolk was heavily involved in englands two largest peasant rebellions, in 81 and 1549. Much has been written and imagined about ketts rebellion in 1549 including. The performance of this play in 1549 turned into a uprising, and the crowds began tearing down. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Duration june to november 1549 leadership commons rebellion led by robert kett, a norfolk yeoman, but part of a much wider outbreak of disorder across much of england where the leadership was low level and low born main causes enclosure. A norfolk rising ketts rebellion journals of a time.
In 1549 he led a rebellion supporting the common ma. Robert ketts petition, 1549 the history of england. These were the comments made by bruce robinson1 and seem to accurately sum up the prevailing mood throughout the country during the middle of the sixteenth century. One of their targets was yeoman farmer robert kett who, instead of resisting the rebels, agreed to their demands and offered to lead them. Robert kett was a yeoman farmer, a native of wymondham, norfolk. Ketts rebellion 1549 it was a time of poverty, uncertainty and shifting fortunes.
Founded on the commoyson in norfork, 1549 by russell, frederic william, 18211877. Norfolk was settled in preroman times, with camps along the higher land in the west, where flints could be quarried. Ketts demands being in rebellion medieval manuscripts blog. The norfolk rising of 1549 9780851150840 by land, stephen k and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. The general rising in lincolnshire and the north in 1536 known as the pilgrimage of grace against the suppressions of the monasteries, and the rising in cornwall and devon in 1549 against edwards vis new book of common prayer were strong manifestations of the popular dislike of the changes made in religion by henry viii and the ministers. The 1549 rebellions and the making of early modern england. The norfolk rising of 1549 this is a good introductory book to the history and context of ketts rebellion, the large agrarian uprising that shook east anglia in 1549. In 1549 he led a rebellion supporting the common man in tearing down enclosed fences that the rich had put up. In 1549 kett led a rebellion against the practice of enclosure of common land, but the story is more complex than that.
Im presently immersed in c j sansoms 800 page blockbuster tombland, a tudor whodunnit for his detective character shardlake. The end of ketts rebellion maidens and manuscripts. Being a history of the great civil commotion that occurred at the time of the reformation, in the reign of edward vi. The northern rebellion of 1569, sometimes called the rising of the north or the revolt of the northern earls, was a major rebellion against queen elizabeth i. The rebellions of 1549 the western rising scool, the. Project muse peasant politics and class consciousness. Ketts rebellion, 1549 tudor history britain express.
The organization of the two rebellions had much in common. Picture taken from an unlikely rebel robert kett and the norfolk rising 1549 by adrian hoare. Stephen k land ketts rebellion was a revolt in norfolk, england during the reign of edward vi, largely in response to the enclosure of land. The rebels in the west rose first, partly under influence from suffolk. Robert kett and the norfolk rising, 1549 by hoare, adrian david, hoare, anne isbn. The book is set in the summer of 1549, as lawyer matthew shardlake. Rebellyans an lyver pejadow kebmyn was a popular revolt in devon and cornwall in 1549. Documents preserved in the state paper and other record offices. In this extract from the historical essay reimagining ketts rebellion which. Much has been written and imagined about ketts rebellion in 1549 including the just released historical novel tombland by c. Robert kett led the rebellion to the walls of the nearby city of norwich.
Robert kett and the norfolk rebellion by michael chandler. These comprised all court rolls and books of norfolk manors dating from the reign. The author does well to contextualise the rebellion, locating it in widespread rural discontent, linked to the changes of the reformation, but. All too often the rebellion named after its principle leader, robert kett, is isolated from the wider rebellions that took place in that year. Just as henrys innovations provoked the pilgrimage of grace in 1536, so the more radical innovation of cranmers prayer book of 1549 provoked a massive rebellion in cornwall and devon. At wymondham, norfolk, a multiday play was performed annually during the middle ages. Prayer book rebellion 1549 unam sanctam catholicam. Document 19 royal letter to those assembled in norfolk, 1549. The norfolk rising of the sixteenth century was a land war, caused directly by the enclosing of the common fields of the peasants, and the break up of the accustomed rural life. Founded on the commoyson in norfolk, 1549, by nicholas sotherton. Tombland, the seventh novel in the series, finds shardlake in 1549, working. At its peak, his peasant army reached an estimated 20,000. It began at wymondham on 8 july 1549 with a group of rebels destroying fences that had been put up by wealthy landowners.
How significant in the short term was the ketts rebellion. And thus ended the norfolk uprising of 1547, otherwise known as ketts rebellion. The rising began with an attack on recent local enclosers. This rivalry in turn had originated in a property dispute of three centuries standing between the monks of. It was the first of her reign and was led by two powerful northern lords, thomas percy, earl of northumberland 15281572, and charles neville, earl of westmoreland 15421601, in the autumnwinter of 1569. We know little of his early life, but we certainly know about the end of it.
In that year, the book of common prayer, presenting the theology of the english reformation, was introduced. The crushing of the second rebellion opened the county to the romans. Ketts rebels were heartened by royal commission looking into the problem and thought they were. Ketts rebellion was a revolt in norfolk, england during the reign of edward vi, largely in response to the enclosure of land. However, here in wymondham in 1549, a local land owner named robert kett, and his brother william, sided with the rebels, destroyed their own enclosures, then joined them. In their petition of 1549, the norfolk rebels gathered on. The iceni revolted against the roman invasion in ad 47, and again in 60 led by boudica.
Are you interested in tudor history or womens history. The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding recordkeeping made. This is a major study of the 1549 rebellions, the largest and most important risings in tudor england. Document 20 nicholas sotherton, the commoyson in norfolk, 1549.