Did ‘Richard II’ Provoke an Elizabethan Rebellion?

Oxford had nothing to do with _Richard II_ and very little to do with the Essex rebellion. He was on the jury that condemned Essex and Southampton, along with many other noblemen. He had also tried and failed to get Southampton to marry his daughter years earlier. Otherwise, his only involvement in court politics at that time was the occasional letter to Robert Cecil asking for various forms of aid (with no apparent success).

If you had said Henry Neville that would have been interesting. Neville was a friend and supporter of Essex.