tax

Revolt Main Cause Subsidiary Cause Patterns

Yorkshire had never had to pay tax for a
war with France, they expected to pay
Yorkshire tax for war with Scotland. Some
northern counties had been expected
by the King on account of poverty.
Cornwall had never had to pay tax for a
war with Scotland, they expected to pay
tax for war with France. There was a
Cornish
plan for more tax on top of the usual
fifteenth and tenth, but in the end this
never happened.
The Amicable Grant made excessive
demands on the laity and clergy alike.
Laity paid between 7.5% and 16.5% of
Amicable Grant income. Clergy were to pay between
25% and 33%. This tax was placed on
top of recent tax demands and
worsening economic conditions.
Only one article concerned taxation.
Item 14 requested ‘to be discharged on
the fifteenth and taxes now granted by
Pilgrimage of Grace
act of parliament’. Rebels claimed they
could not afford the subsidy of £80,000
from 1534.
Duke of Somerset introduced a tax on
sheep and woollen cloth. Hit poorer
Western peasants and tenants most of all. Tax
was to be assed 2 weeks after
introduction of English prayer book.