Henry IV

Question 1

usurpation 1399

Answer 1

-Richard II gave himself up as his army was outnumbered (dispersed due to poor weather)

Question 2

Epiphany Rising

Answer 2

1400
-earl of Rutland betrayed plot to assassinate Henry IV in Windsor Castle

Question 3

Richard II dies

Answer 3

1400
-in Pontefract castle
-suspected Henry IV starved him to death
-displayed his corpse in tower of London to stop his supporters from rebelling

Question 4

Welsh rebellion

Answer 4

1400-1405
-Glendower begins guerilla campaign against English (commanded by Hotspur)
-1401, Henry arrives in Wales but G fails to come to an open battle
1402 - Glendower captured Sir Edmund Mortimer (HIV refuses to pay ransom), Mortimer marries Glendower’s daughter and is claimed as rightful heir to RII
1403 - Glendower and Percies ally as well as some French troops (1405)

Question 5

Parliament response to Welsh rebellion

Answer 5

make laws forbidding Welsh trade

Question 6

Henry IV remarries

Answer 6

Joan of Brittany (1402) to strengthen his power via alliance with Brittany

Question 7

Henry IV’s daughter (Blanche)

Answer 7

1402
marries into the Holy Roman Empire (useful against France)

Question 8

Hotspur rebellion

Answer 8

1403
-Percies felt HIV underpaid them for their contribution in Scottish campaign
-Hotspur’s wife = aunt of Sir Edmund Mortimer (rightful heir)

Question 9

Battle of Shrewsbury

Answer 9

1403
-Henry intercepts Hotspur’s forces before he joined with his dad or Glendower
-arrow struck Hotspur’s head whilst he was close to winning

Question 10

Scrope’s rebellion

Answer 10

1405
-Archbishop of York (Richard Scrope), Henry Percy, and earl of Northumberland led rebellion as Tripartite indenture failed
-due to Henry’s burden of defence seen as financial mismanagement
-Scrope persuaded to disband his army with offer of a pardon + Scrope executed

Question 11

Tripartite indenture

Answer 11

Glendower, Mortimer, and Percy (Northumberland) agreed to part the Kingdom into 3 after Henry IV dies
-failed as nobles had lands in each others areas
-threat of G limited as Welsh were defeated at Usk

Question 12

Long Parliament

Answer 12

1406
-Parliament took control of Henry’s finances, and his son Henry (prince of Wales) took charge of his finances

Question 13

Henry IV’s daughter (Philippa)

Answer 13

1406
marries King of Scandinavia (improved Baltic trade relations)

Question 14

relations with France

Answer 14

returned Isabella of France (but not 80K dowry)
1401 - King Charles II declares English controlled Aquitaine is Dauphin’s and invades
-caused piracy on English channel and decreased Baltic trade
-French interrupted wool trade
1407 - Duke of Orleans assassinated