Wyatt's Rebellion

Protestant uprising in Kent January-February 1554 led by Sir Thomas Wyatt, in protest against Mary I's proposed marriage to Philip II of Spain. He marched on London with about 3,000 men early February but Mary remained firm and the rebellion was put down. Wyatt had written to Princess Elizabeth, but the government could not prove she was implicated, though she went to the Tower briefly. Wyatt was executed and the ‘Spanish Match’ went ahead along with the restoration of Roman Catholicism.