Yorkshire tax rebellion of 1489

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The Yorkshire tax rebellion of 1489 was a popular uprising in northern England against King Henry VII’s tax levy to fund war with France, during which the local noble Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, was killed by the rebels.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman ⓘ
King of England ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
popular uprising ⓘ
rebellion in England ⓘ
tax rebellion ⓘ
chronologicallyAfter Bosworth Field (1485) ⓘ
chronologicallyBefore Cornish tax rebellion of 1497 ⓘ
conflictWith Henry VII’s fiscal policy ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
diedIn Yorkshire tax rebellion of 1489 ⓘ
followedBy Cornish rebellion of 1497 ⓘ
hasCause parliamentary subsidy to fund war with France ⓘ
perception that northern counties were exempt from defending Brittany ⓘ
resentment of high taxation in a poor region ⓘ
tax levy imposed by Henry VII ⓘ
hasEffect demonstration of northern resistance to Tudor taxation ⓘ
killing of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
partial remission of the tax in Yorkshire ⓘ
royal assertion of authority in the north ⓘ
strengthening of Thomas Howard’s position in the north ⓘ
hasEndTime 1489 ⓘ
hasLocation Yorkshire ⓘ
northern England ⓘ
hasOutcome execution or punishment of rebel leaders ⓘ
limited concessions on taxation ⓘ
rebellion suppressed by royal forces ⓘ
hasReason opposition to funding Henry VII’s intervention in Brittany against France ⓘ
hasSignificantEvent mob attack on Henry Percy at Topcliffe area ⓘ
hasSignificantFigure Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
Henry VII of England ⓘ
Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
hasStartTime 1489 ⓘ
hasTopic Anglo-French wars in the late 15th century ⓘ
Tudor consolidation of power ⓘ
relations between crown and northern nobility ⓘ
taxation in late 15th-century England ⓘ
hasTypeOfConflict fiscal conflict ⓘ
regional revolt ⓘ
social conflict ⓘ
opposedBy Henry VII of England ⓘ
royal forces of the Kingdom of England ⓘ
participant Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
local Yorkshire commons ⓘ
royal commissioners for taxation ⓘ
partOf early Tudor rebellions ⓘ
reign 1485–1509 ⓘ
timePeriod reign of Henry VII ⓘ

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Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland → reasonForDeath → Yorkshire tax rebellion of 1489 ⓘ
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland → diedIn → Yorkshire tax rebellion of 1489 ⓘ
subject linked to: Yorkshire tax rebellion of 1489
Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland → associatedWith → Yorkshire Rebellion of 1489 ⓘ
linked to: Yorkshire tax rebellion of 1489