Rising of the North

Timeline

1. 1569Yorkshire and Durham · NorthIn autumn 1569, northern Catholic nobles including Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland, and Charles Neville, Earl of Westmorland, secretly conspired to free the confined Mary Stuart, overthrow Elizabeth, and restore Catholic worship.
2. 1569Durham · DurhamIn October 1569 the rebels restored Catholic mass at Durham Cathedral, openly defying Elizabeth's religious policy, then marched south intending to take York and free Mary. However, support in the south was insufficient, and Elizabeth sent the Earl of Sussex north with an army to suppress the rising.
3. 1569–1570Northern England · NorthAfter being blocked south of York, the rebel army quickly dispersed, and its principal leaders fled to Scotland and the Netherlands. The English government took severe reprisals in the north, executing hundreds of participants; the power of the northern Catholic nobility was devastated, and Mary Stuart's imprisonment was correspondingly tightened.