The Prayer-Book Rebellion

The ‘Prayer-Book’ or ‘Western’ rebellion, as it is now known, was the most important attempt in England to oppose the Protestant Reformation of the reign of Edward VI (1547-53). Its leaders produced demands in writing which they sent to the royal government, led by the king’s protector or regent, the duke of Somerset. These can be read in Frances Rose-Troup’s book The Western Rebellion of 1549 (1913).