During the Northern Rebellion of 1569, Welsh Catholic sympathisers in Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire organised discreet armed networks in support of the earls of Northumberland and Westmorland. The Council of Wales mounted a pre-emptive crackdown, questioning Welsh gentry, seizing arms, and forcing submission. Several Welsh Catholic gentry were imprisoned.
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