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battle of Bosworth

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22nd august 1485 (part of wars of roses since 1455 between house of York and house of Lancaster)

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end of wars of roses

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battle of stoke 1487 - Lambert simnel killed

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better claims to throne

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Edward, earl of suffolk and John de la pole, earl of Lincoln

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attainders

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lands and titles taken away but allowed to earn back gradually through loyal service
138 in reign
earl of Surrey didn’t get fathers dukedom of Norfolk back till 1513

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earl of Lincoln

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loyal at first but joined Lambert simnel, killed at stoke 1487

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earl of northumberland

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killed in brawl at Thirsk 1489 - government of north entrusted to earl of Surrey

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sir William Stanley

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henry’s chamberlain, executed 1495 for negotiating with Warbeck

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wardship

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lands and titles inherited by minors were taken over by the crown, brought in £350 in 1487 to £6000 in 1507 (20 years)

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Henry declared all major landowners were tenants-in-chief to king

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1501, increased power over them

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retaining

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act of 1504 took measures against illegal retaining of armed men, tried to introduce placards/licences, lord burgavenny prosecuted 1506

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‘new men’

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men of gentry status who owed their power and prestige to royal office, appointed by Henry in areas of government and administration: collected taxes, justices of the peace, raised and retained armed men

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sir Reginald bray

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chancellor of duchy of Lancaster, financial expert, department educated many of the new men

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sir Thomas Lovell

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chancellor of exchequer, treasurer of royal household

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sir Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley

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financial experts, put in charge of council learned in the law

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bray and Lovell

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raised 300 men for king 1492

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parliament

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Henry only called after coronation (establishing himself)
only called 7 times in reign
first granted him tunnage and poundage for life (taxes on imports and exports)
rest were mainly for money (tax was the fifteenth and tenth)

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parliament of 1491

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granted 3 fifteenth and tents for invasion of France

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parliament of 1497

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granted 2 for war against scotland (not collected)

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laws passed

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20% concerned attainders and 20% law enforcement

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regional councils

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council in the welsh marches (controlled by prince Arthur)
council of the north (run by earl of Surrey)

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income

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1483 £90,000 to 1509 £120,000 pa

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land

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Henry owned 5x as much land as Henry vi, gained from Yorkists, inheritance, attainders, inquisitions after landowners deaths

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attainders

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138 passed, only 46 reversed partially

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crown lands income

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1487-9 £3000 to 1502-5 £40,000 pa

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French pension
treaty of etaples 1492, received annual French pension from king - £5000 pa total £159,000
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council learned in law
set up 1500, used to exploit kings prerogative rights
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bonds and recognisances
used more systematically 1493-4 £3000 to 1504-5 £35,000
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poll tax on aliens
(foreigners) 1487
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income left by Henry
left equivalent of two years income when he died in 1509, £300,000
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domestic economy
limited developments
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main economic growth areas
arable farming, keeping of livestock, iron, wool and cloth
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statutes
50 dealt with social/economic issues, only 1/3 of those initiated by henrys government
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crown passed laws concerning
- alien foreign merchants - coinage - coinage reform - wages to be paid to labourers - some enclosure legislation - vagabonds
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coinage counterfeiting
made treasonable offence 1488
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enclosure legislation
act of 1489 dealt with the Isle of Wight
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foreign policy
largely defensive - main enemy france (anti-french policy) - used to defuse threats from pretenders - tried to ally England with continental power + marry his children advantageously
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treaty of Redon
1489 - agreed to support new duchess of Brittany (Anne) against france
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defence of Brittany
received parliamentary taxes and sent 6000 men
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treaty of Medina del campo
1489 signed with Spain as an offer of mutual protection, arranged marriage between Arthur and Catherine of Aragon
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invasion of france
1492 invaded france with 15,000 men as Charles government were supporting warbeck + encouraging scots to attack
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france invaded italy
1494
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Castilian succession crisis
Isabella of Castille died November 1504 - oldest daughter Joanna was given land - married Phillip of burgundy so he wanted Castille as part of Hamburg empire - Ferdinand (Isabella husband) wanted Castille to keep Spain united
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shipwreck
1506 Phillip set sail for castille but shipwreck landed them on English coast - treaty of Windsor formed alliance and bargained for return of Edmund de la pole (earl of suffolk)
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league of Cambrai
1509 league against france which England were left out of
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treaty of cambrai
1517 peace agreement between france and the Holy Roman Empire
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Low Countries
group of 17 provinces (burgundy, modern day Belgium and holland) ruled over by emperor Maximilian - important as trading centres for English wool - seen as threat because dowager duchess was sister of Edward iv and Richard III and also supported warbeck and simnel
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trade embargo Low Countries
1493 Henry stopped trade because of Maximilian's support for warbeck
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Magnus intercursus
1496 trade with Low Countries restored and both sides agreed not to support claimants to others throne - row over import taxes meant it wasn't fully ratified until 1498
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intercursus malus
1506 agreed as part of treaty of Windsor, removed all duties from English textile exports but failed as Phillip died same year
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truce of Ayton
1497 James IV and warbeck failed attempt at invading England, signed truce (first since 1328)
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treaty of perpetual peace
1502, truce of Ayton confirmed, agreed marriage between henry's daughter Margaret and James IV
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henrys power in Ireland
only extended as far as 'the pale' (area surrounding Dublin)
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earl of Kildare
lord deputy of Ireland 1477 and had Yorkist sympathies
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lieutenant of Ireland
prince Henry VIII, largely symbolic to show interest in Ireland and demonstrate succession
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poynings law
sir Edward poynings sent out to Ireland 1493, arrested earl of Kildare and then 1495 passed law that meant irish government couldn't pass laws without the approval of English monarch
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peace with Ireland
1496 Kildare decided no benefit in supporting yorkist causes
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