BattlefieldsYorkshire Tax Rebellion — Ackworth Skirmish 1489
Tudor

Yorkshire Tax Rebellion — Ackworth Skirmish 1489

1489
England
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Yorkshire rebels
Forces
royal force under Thomas Howard Earl of Surrey
VS
Victor
Royal forces under Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey
Forces
Several thousand Yorkshire commons
Outcome
Rebellion suppressed after royal army under the Earl of Surrey marched north; leaders executed at York.
The Battle

History & Significance

Disgruntled Yorkshire taxpayers rose against a parliamentary subsidy for the Breton war. The Earl of Northumberland was murdered by the mob near Ackworth; the rebellion was the most serious domestic challenge of the first decade of Henry VIIs reign.

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