The Revolt of the Northern Earls (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards

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The Revolt of the Northern Earls
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Years of Northern Earls revolt

1569-70

Nature of Northern Earls uprising

Catholic uprising

Thomas Percy's title

Earl of Northumberland

Charles Neville's title

Earl of Westmorland

Mary Queen of Scots' intended husband in plot

Duke of Norfolk (Thomas Howard)

Who exposed the 1569 marriage plot

Robert Dudley

Start month/year of Northern Earls revolt

November 1569

Cathedral seized by rebels in 1569

Durham Cathedral

Foreign power that failed to support rebels

Spain

Year Pope excommunicated Elizabeth I

1570

Papal bull excommunicating Elizabeth

Regnans in Excelsis

Two counties where revolt was confined

Northumberland and Durham

Revolt's effect on Elizabeth's northern control

Strengthened her control

Protestant Bishop of Durham, 1561

James Pilkington

Mary Queen of Scots' arrival in England

1568

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