Perkin Warbeck Rising

Question 1

When did the Perkin Warbeck Rising occur?

Answer 1

1491-1499

Question 2

Who was Warbeck?

Answer 2

Brought up in the Netherlands, well educated, travelled to Ireland where he made his claim to the English throne

Question 3

Who did Warbeck claim to be?

Answer 3

Richard, Duke of York - the younger of the two princes in the tower who had disappeared in 1483

Question 4

Why was it clever for Warbeck to claim to be one of the princes in the tower?

Answer 4

He was about the same age as they would have been - 17 yrs and Henry was unable to disprove his claims

Question 5

Who did PW’s foreign supporters include?

Answer 5

Charles VIII - king of France, Yorkist Margaret of Burgandy, Phillip of Burgandy, Maximillian - Holy Roman Emperor and Jamies IV - scottish king

Question 6

Who was reluctant to support PW?

Answer 6

Irish nobles were less keen than they had been in 1487

Question 7

Where did PW first land in 1491?

Answer 7

Cork, Ireland

Question 8

How did the people of Cork react to PW?

Answer 8

Commoners were enthusiastic but the Earl of Kildare was reluctant to get involved

Question 9

What did PW do after support failed to materialise in Ireland?

Answer 9

He wrote to foreingers for support and Charles VIII of France invited PW to France in 1492 - treated him as a prince

Question 10

Why did PW have to move to Burgandy from France?

Answer 10

Henry had taken prompt action

Question 11

What happened when PW moved to Burgandy?

Answer 11

He recieved acceptance from Margaret and was recognised as Richard, Duke of York despite the last time he saw her being when he was 7

Question 12

Why did Margaret support PW?

Answer 12

She was determined to remove Henry VII as king and to restore the Yorkist line - PW was the a good figurehead

Question 13

At what period was Henry particularly concerned?

Answer 13

1494-1495 due to signs of support in England

Question 14

What threat did Sir William Stanley pose?

Answer 14

He had been responsible for helping Henry in BoB, had position of Chamberlain of the King’s Household, implicated in a plot against Henry

Question 15

What plot was Sir William Stanley implicated in?

Answer 15

He agreed with Sir Robert Clifford to go abroad to speak to PW, Clifford informed Henry that Stanley was communicating with PW - Stanley executed for treason

Question 16

How did PW try and rally support from Burgandy?

Answer 16

Agents from Burgandy began to infiltrate England to recruit supporters for PW in 1493-1494 - usually put on trial

Question 17

What did PW attempt to do in July in 1495?

Answer 17

Landed in Kent with a force of 300 soldiers, failed to get local support so fled

Question 18

What did PW do after failing in Kent?

Answer 18

He moved to Scotland - threatening as possibility to launch invasion from Scotland

Question 19

What did PW do after arriving in Scotland in 1496?

Answer 19

He tried to invade England with a force of 1400 men but struggled to raise support in the North and retreated back to Scotland

Question 20

What provoked an additional rebellion in Cornwall in 1497?

Answer 20

Henry demanded taxation to fund an army to fight PW, 15,000 rebels protested against taxation due to being so far from the rebellion, marched on London

Question 21

How did Henry respond to the rebellion in Cornwall?

Answer 21

He diverted troops intended for the North - met rebels in Kent, victory over poorly equipped rebels, 1000 rebels killed

Question 22

Why was the rebellion in Cornwall a weakness for Henry’s position?

Answer 22

Lack of troops which encouraged PW to try and raise support there but Scotland stopped giving support for PW which was good

Question 23

What did PW do in 1497?

Answer 23

Tried to gain support in Cornwall, only had 300 men and only attracted 3000-8000, not able to attract gentry and noble support, Earl of Devon defended Exeter

Question 24

How was PW captured?

Answer 24

When he tred to escape from Cornwall to Taunton he was trapped by royal forces

Question 25

How was Henry planning to treat PW once he was captured?

Answer 25

He was prepared to treat PW well until PW tried to escape and was imprisoned in the tower where he plotted with Warwick - both executed for treason

Question 26

What about Henry’s time on the throne made the rebellion less threatening?

Answer 26

1491 - Henry had been on the throne for 6 years and had already survived one major challenge

Question 27

Why had the Yorkist threat faded by now?

Answer 27

Former supporters of Richard and Edward had either died or accepted Henry

Question 28

How did JDLP make it less threatening?

Answer 28

He was Henry’s main rival and was dead meaning the Yorkist faction lacked a leader

Question 29

How did Henry himself make the rebellion less threatening?

Answer 29

He had given birth to a son meaning he had secured the succession - used it to create foreign alliances - Treaty of Medina del Campo - acknowledged Henry as king

Question 30

What made PW a weak opposition?

Answer 30

He struggled to sustain foreign or domestic support and had less resources than Henry

Question 31

How was Henry kept informed of PW’s movements?

Answer 31

Through a network of spies and effective chains of command

Question 32

What enabled the capture and defeat of PW?

Answer 32

His rewards and punishments - loyals had been well supported e.g Edward Courtenay - defended Exeter aganst the Cornish rebellion

Question 33

How had Henry learnt from the disloyalty of JDLP in the LS rising?

Answer 33

He arrested Stanley as soon as he heard that he was implicated in a court plot

Question 34

How did Henry’s use of financial control benefit him?

Answer 34

His bonds and recognisances left nobles in fear, 36/62 nobles under financial control, kept nobles like like Thomas Grey loyal

Question 35

What made the rebellion threatening?

Answer 35

Had support from foreign powers which forced Henry into negotiations in order to get PW to move on

Question 36

At what point was Henry particularly vulnerable?

Answer 36

When his spy network let him down and he was not expecting a revolt of that size or nature and was distracted by a possible invasion from Scotland

Question 37

How did PW reduce his threat in terms of the Cornish rebellion?

Answer 37

He only arrived in Cornwall in September but by this time the revolt had been put down, should have arrived in May/June

Question 38

Why was PW less threatening than LS?

Answer 38

PW never forced Henry to a ptiched battle and he had been on the throne for 4 more years than he had at the time of LS