Government of Richard III, 1483-1485

Question 1

Where was Richard III’s personal support narrowly concentrated?

Answer 1

The North

Question 2

Which noble’s betrayal in Autumn 1483 was a major shock and threat to Richard III?

Answer 2

Henry Stafford

Question 3

Who had Richard III most likely murdered which generated much opposition to his regime?

Answer 3

Princes in the Tower

Question 4

Which son of Clarence arguably had a much stronger claim to the throne than Richard III?

Answer 4

Edward of Warwick

Question 5

Which niece of Richard III was the king forced to publicly deny having any intention of marrying in 1485?

Answer 5

Elizabeth of York

Question 6

What attempt of Richard’s, from 1484 onwards, to install loyal northerners in the south generated resentment?

Answer 6

’northern plantations’

Question 7

Whose famously mocking rhyme about Richard III’s reliance on a small clique circulated in July 1484?

Answer 7

William Collingbourne

Question 8

Whose death in April 1484 destroyed Richard III’s dynastic plans?

Answer 8

Edward of Middleham

Question 9

Which well-rewarded favourite of Richard III served as his chancellor of the exchequer?

Answer 9

William Catesby

Question 10

Which loyal servant of Richard III allegedly murdered Edward V and his brother Richard of York?

Answer 10

Sir James Tyrell

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Lord Thomas Stanley

Question 12

Which area from 1484 largely fell into the hands of the Stanleys and William Herbert?

Answer 12

Wales

Question 13

Which vital group did Richard III fail to gain significant support from throughout his reign?

Answer 13

southern gentry

Question 14

What did Richard III have to resort in 1485 to even though he had banned very similar benevolences?

Answer 14

forced loans

Question 15

When did Richard’s queen, Anne Neville, die, leading to accusations that he had poisoned her?

Answer 15

March 1485

Question 16

Which new king of France from 1483 actively supported Henry Tudor to annoy Richard III?

Answer 16

Charles VIII

Question 17

Which stepson of Edward IV joined Henry Tudor in 1483, almost reconciled with Richard III but did not?

Answer 17

Thomas Grey

Question 18

Renewed war with which country in 1484 was probably an expensive error for Richard III?

Answer 18

Scotland

Question 19

What did Richard III declare illegal in the parliament of 1484?

Answer 19

Benevolences

Question 20

What did Lincoln take over running in April 1484 even though he had no lands or support there?

Answer 20

Council of the North

Question 21

What was established by Richard III in 1484 to help poor people in search of justice?

Answer 21

Council of Requests and Supplications

Question 22

How many of Richard III’s fifty-four councillors had once been in service to Edward IV?

Answer 22

twenty-four

Question 23

Whose written financial advice did Richard III seek to follow even though he had died in 1479?

Answer 23

Sir John Fortescue

Question 24

Who was a political non-entity but was married to Richard III’s sister and his son was the earl of Lincoln?

Answer 24

Duke of Suffolk

Question 25

Who was widely regarded as Richard III’s heir by the end of 1484?

Answer 25

Earl of Lincoln

Question 26

What was the name of the Earl of Lincoln, the son of Richard III’s sister Elizabeth?

Answer 26

John de la Pole

Question 27

What did forced loans and the pawning of some crown jewels show that Richard III faced by 1485?

Answer 27

financial difficulties

Question 28

Who was Richard III’s illegitimate son that became Captain of Calais in 1485?

Answer 28

John of Gloucester

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Henry Percy

Question 30

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

Answer 30

John Howard

Question 31

What did 104 persons connected with the 1483 rebellion suffer in the parliament of 1484?

Answer 31

Attainder

Question 32

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

Answer 32

£12,000

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Richard Ratcliffe

Question 34

In which year did Henry Tudor learn of a deal between Brittany and Richard III and flee to France?

Answer 34

1484

Question 35

What name is given to Richard’s attempts from, 1484 onwards, to install loyal northerners in the south?

Answer 35

’northern plantations’

Question 36

Where did William Collingborne unsuccessfully encourage Henry Tudor to land on 18 October 1484?

Answer 36

Poole

Question 37

When did Richard III put John Fitzalan at sea to police the English Channel?

Answer 37

March 1484

Question 38

Where in October 1484 did an armed rising occur leading the rebels to flee to Henry Tudor?

Answer 38

Essex

Question 39

Who defected to Henry Tudor in November 1484, freeing John de Vere from Hammes?

Answer 39

James Blount

Question 40

Who was pardoned for Buckingham’s rebellion in March 1484 but defected to Tudor in October 1484?

Answer 40

William Brandon

Question 41

What did Richard III formally establish in 1484 under John de la Pole’s leadership?

Answer 41

Council of the North

Question 42

Who was made justiciar of South Wales in November 1483

Answer 42

William Herbert

Question 43

Which favourite of Richard III was given extensive lands in Oxfordshire and Berkshire?

Answer 43

Viscount Lovell

Question 44

Who did Richard III install in the North midlands in March 1484 but with limited power?

Answer 44

Sir Marmaduke Constable

Question 45

In which region were the northerners Lord Scrope of Bolton and Richard Ratcliffe heavily rewarded?

Answer 45

South West England

Question 46

Where did John Howard struggled to retain the loyalty of the Mowbray affinity he had inherited?

Answer 46

East Anglia

Question 47

Where did the Stanleys extend their influence after the fall of Buckingham?

Answer 47

North Wales

Question 48

When did ‘Lady Elizabeth Grey’ and her daughters leave the sanctuary of Westminster Abbey?

Answer 48

1 March 1484

Question 49

When did Elizabeth of York gain ‘attention’ from Richard III when her and her mother came to court?

Answer 49

Christmas 1484

Question 50

Which supporter of Buckingham’s rebellion was pardoned by Richard III in February 1485?

Answer 50

Sir John Fogge