![]() ![]() Norfolk and what was left of his force retreated to London. A force led by the Duke of Norfolk was sent to deal with Wyatt but this collapsed when Wyatt was helped when 500 government troops deserted to his cause. Wyatt succeeded in raising an army in Kent of about 4,000 men and his proximity to London greatly worried the government there. Those in the Midlands did not want to commit treason (Suffolk raised a force of just 140 men) while many in the West were Catholic. It seems that though there was concern about Mary marrying a foreigner, loyalty to the Queen took precedence. The ‘uprisings’ in the Midlands and the West Country were a failure as few of the people there gave Carew and the Duke of Suffolk the support they needed for success.
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