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Richard of Gloucester's coup and the consequences, 1483 Flashcards

1
Q

What was set up, allegedly largely rejecting the will of Edward IV, and was dominated by the Woodvilles?

A

Minority council

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2
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What title was given to Richard of Gloucester after his brother’s death?

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Protector

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3
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What were the Woodvilles anxious to organise as quickly as possible?

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Edward V’s coronation

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4
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Whose dispute with Dorset led him to oppose the Woodvilles in the minority council?

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Lord Hastings

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5
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Who arrested Anthony Woodville and Richard Grey the morning after dining with them at Stony Stratford?

A

Richard of Gloucester

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6
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On which day did Gloucester, Buckingham and Edward V enter London?

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4 May 1483

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7
Q

What did the minority council refuse to agree that Rivers and Richard Grey had committed?

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Treason

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8
Q

Which new and later date did the council set for Edward V’s coronation after Gloucester’s arrival?

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22 June 1483

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9
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Who did Richard make Chief Justice and Chamberlain in Wales as well as controller of royal castles there?

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Buckingham

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10
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What did Gloucester order to be sent to him from the north, especially York, in early June?

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Military reinforcements

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11
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When did Gloucester arrest Hastings, Lord Stanley and John Morton, on charges of treason?

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13 June 1483

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12
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Who, backed by armed men, persuaded the Queen to allow the Duke of York to leave sanctuary?

A

Archbishop Thomas Bourchier

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13
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Who preached the ‘rightful’ title of Gloucester to the crown at St Paul’s Cross on 22 June 1483?

A

Ralph Shaw

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14
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Who did Buckingham address on 24 June 1483 in support of Richard of Gloucester’s claim to the throne?

A

Mayor of London

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15
Q

Who was it alleged that Edward IV had been pre-contracted to marry before Elizabeth Woodville?

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Lady Eleanor Butler

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16
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Who was excluded from the succession on the grounds of his father’s attainder for treason?

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Edward of Warwick

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17
Q

Where were Rivers, Grey and Vaughan executed on 25 June 1483 on Gloucester’s orders?

A

Pontefract

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18
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When did Gloucester take the throne and was formally acknowledged as King Richard III?

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26 June 1483

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19
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Which family is it argued that Gloucester was afraid of in 1483?

A

Woodvilles

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20
Q

Which powerful elder step-son of Edward IV was using the royal treasure to equip a fleet in 1483?

A

Thomas Grey

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21
Q

Who was put in charge of a fleet that was being assembled in 1483?

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Edward Woodville

22
Q

Whose death was alleged that the Woodville family had been heavily involved in?

A

George of Clarence

23
Q

What might Gloucester have feared because the new king had been raised by the Woodvilles?

A

Edward V’s minority

24
Q

What did Gloucester allege that the Woodvilles had attempted to do through an ambush on his journey to London?

A

Kill him

25
Q

What has it been suggested that Gloucester seized the throne in 1483 out of fear of losing?

A

northern estates

26
Q

Which son of Montagu was Richard’s ward and whose lands he held only as long as he lived?

A

George Neville

27
Q

When did George Neville die without any children?

A

4 May 1483

28
Q

Who coordinated rebellion against Richard III through secret messages to Elizabeth Woodville?

A

Margaret Beaufort

29
Q

Where did Buckingham’s rebellion start ten days too early, alerting John Howard?

A

Kent

30
Q

Which loyal supporter of Richard III was made Duke of Norfolk just two days after Richard became king?

A

John Howard

31
Q

Which Earl of Lincoln and nephew of Richard III became a prominent supporter of the regime?

A

John de la Pole

32
Q

Which 4th Earl of Northumberland was a prominent northerner that actively supported Richard III?

A

Henry Percy

33
Q

Whose marriage to the mother of Henry Tudor meant that his loyalty was always questionable?

A

Lord Stanley

34
Q

Which prisoner played a major role in persuading Buckingham to rebel in Autumn 1483?

A

John Morton

35
Q

Who were the risings from late September 1483 initially intended to restore to the throne?

A

Edward V

36
Q

When was an unsuccessful attempt made to free the royal princes from the Tower?

A

late July 1483

37
Q

Who, according to Vergil and More, executed the murder of the princes in the Tower on Richard III’s orders?

A

James Tyrell

38
Q

Which lieutenant of the Tower of London allegedly (Vergil) refused Richard III’s orders to kill the princes?

A

Robert Brackenbury

39
Q

Which group regarded Richard III as a usurper and wanted revenge for Edward IV’s children?

A

Edward IV’s household

40
Q

Who attempted to rescue the Princes from the Tower and Edward IV’s daughters from sanctuary?

A

Sir John Cheney

41
Q

Which uprising in late 1483 was largely led by gentry from southern English counties and the Woodvilles?

A

Buckingham’s rebellion

42
Q

Who joined and later became the focus of the rebellion of 1483 but failed to land in England?

A

Henry Tudor

43
Q

What was one of the main reasons for the failure of Buckingham’s Rebellion in late 1483?

A

Poor co-ordination

44
Q

What did Richard III have that warned him of the 1483 rebellion?

A

Spy network

45
Q

Who had a distant claim to the throne through Thomas of Woodstock?

A

Buckingham

46
Q

Where was Buckingham executed on 2 November 1483 after being captured in Wales?

A

Salisbury

47
Q

What did 104 persons connected with Buckingham’s rebellion suffer in the parliament of 1484?

A

Attainder

48
Q

What was the total value of the confiscated lands Richard granted to his loyal, mainly northern followers in 1484?

A

£12,000

49
Q

Which prominent northern and servant of Richard III was granted southern lands to the value of £650 per annum?

A

Richard Ratcliffe

50
Q

Where did Buckingham fail to gather sufficent support for the rebellion in October 1483?

A

Wales

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