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When was the battle of Bosworth

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22nd august 1485

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when did henry backdate his reign to

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21st august 1485

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when was henrys coronation

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30th october 1485

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when was henrys first parliament meeting

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7th november 1485

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How did Henry reward sir william stanley for his loyalty

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made him lord chamberlain

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when did henry marry elizabeth of york and when was aurthur his son born

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january 1486
september 1486

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what rewards did henry give jasper tudor for being loyal

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made him duke of bedford, chief justice of wales and lord lieutenant of ireland

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when did henry go on a royal progress to the north and what was this

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april 1486
a tour of the kingdom, he could grant favours

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when was the battle of stokefield and who were the rebellers

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1487, Lambert Simnel and the Earl of Lincoln

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how many troops did lincoln have compare to henry in the battle of stokefield

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8000 compared to henrys 12,000

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how much did henry give to maximillion to prevent an invasion

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£10,000

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how much did henry loan phillip of burgandy in 1505

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£140,000

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how much did henry earn from the treaty of etaples and in exchange for what

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£160,000
english troops had to leave france

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what were attainders

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special laws passed by parliament which allowed someone to be declared guilty of treason without a trial

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how many attainders did henry grant during his reign, how many were reversed

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138, 46

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what happened regarding thomas howards attainder

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he fought for richard iii, so he lost his title as earl of surrey. he regained this title in 1489 but had to pay with 10 years of service to henry

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what is patronage

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the granting of special favours by the monarchs, such as land or positions at court to retain loyalty

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how many earls did henry create compared to edward iv

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1 compared to 9

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what was retaining

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the practise of nobles keeping a large number of men as their personal staff

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what law did parliament pass in 1504 against retaining

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nobles were required to get a special license to retain large numbers of men, fined £5 a month per illegal retainer

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what were financial bonds

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loans the nobles were forced to take out by the crown that had to be paid back

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how many people attended henrys council during his reign

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227

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what was the role of court and household

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to show off wealth

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what was the households role and who supervised it

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courtiers and guests that looked after the king, that were supervised by the lord steward.

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who was in charge of the chamber
the lord chamberlain
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what did sir william stanley do in 1495 to betray henry, what did it lead to
got involved in the perkin warbeck plot, led to the creation of the privvy chamber
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who was apart of the house of lords
lords spiritual (bishops) lords temporal (nobility)
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who was apart of the house of commons
2 mps per county 2mps per borough representatives from the 2 unis
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what were the 2 main roles of parliament
pass laws and grant taxation to the king
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how many times did henry call parliament in the first 10 years and why
5, to ensure his legitimacy
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what was extraordinary taxation
taxation granted to the king by parliament to fund wars
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what was henrys dog breed that was a show of wealth
a richmond greyhound
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how much money / goods did henry leave when he died
£10,000 cash £300,000 in plates and jewels
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what patronage did henry grant thomas stanley
earl of derby
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what happened regarding lord burgavennys financial bond
1507, he was charged with illegally retaining 471 men, so was fined £70,000
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what was the purpose of the council learned
to ensure laws worked effectively
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give two members of the council learned
reginal bray and richard empson
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how much did sir thomas tyrell have to pay to reverese his attainder
£1700
39
when was the star chamber act and what did the star chamebr do
1487 prossecuted anyone who behaved rebelliously and it was also used as a court of appeal
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when was the act of ressumption and what did it do
1486, recovered all land, offices and revenues lost to the yorkists since 1455
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what was the annual income from crown lands for henry compared to richard iii
henry - £40,000 annually richard - £23,000 annually
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how much did the number of nobles drop by in henrys reign
1/4 57 -> 44
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what was the population for england in 1485
3.2 million
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what was the english owned land in france
calais
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what was frances population in 1485
around 15 million
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when was the brittany crisis
1487 - 1492
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who did henrys 3 children marry, when and where were they from
arthur - catherine of aragon, spanish, 1501 henry - catherine of aragon, spanish, 1501 margaret - james IV of scotland, 1503
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example of a failed treaty with details
- treaty of redon 1489 - with brittany - Duchess Anne of Brittany would pay for a 6000 english man army to defend against France - Failed because she was forced to marry charles VIII of France in Dec 1491 and france invaded
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when was the treaty of medina del campo and who was it with
march 1489 spain
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what happened within the treaty of medina del campo
- spain and england would work together to defend their land and would go to war on France to recover lost land (nromandy for example) - they promised to not make agreements with france without consulting eachother - equal trading rights for merhcants from both countries
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when was the intercursus magnus trade treaty and who was it with
1496, burgandy
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what did the intercursus magnus trade treaty do
ended the trade embargo (specifically with the netherlands) that occured because of warbeck being sheltered by phillip of burgandy
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what percentage of the english population was rural in 1485
90%
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how much of englands exports were cloth
90%
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who were the merchants of staple
company that controlled the export of wool
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who were the merchant adventurers
trade organisation which becamse domintant with londons cloth trade with antwerp
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what was the hanseatic league
a group of free cities which formed a commercial union that controlled trade in the baltic sea
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what was the most common form of farming in the lowland zone (south and east of england)
mixed farming
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how much did cloth exports increase by under henry
60%
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what did finishing cloth do
increase its quality by weaving and dying
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give an example of a town that made lots of money because of the cloth trade
lewes, sussex
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what was enclosure
fencing land off and getting rid of this lands common rights for farming
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how much of land was enclosure during henrys reign
3%
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what idea (law) did parliament implement to prevent enclosure, and when
1489 the idea that enclosure would lead to a breakdown of law and order
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what coin did henry implement as a form of propoganda and when
the gold sovereign 1489
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when were the 2 navigation acts and what did they do
1485 and 1489 encourage english shipping by ensuring only english ships could carry certain products to and from english ports
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what did purchasing power increase from and to from 1490-99
93 ->103
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how did the hanseatic league maintain commercial privillages
violent clashes
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how many towns made up the hanseatic league in 1375 compared to 1450
77 -> 200+
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what was the capital of the hanseatic league, what happened here
lubeck, meetings were held
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why did the hanseatic league defend england before henry
in return for trading privillages
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why did relations break down between the hanseatic league and england when henry came to power, give an example
merchant adventurers tride to trade in the hanseatic leagues areas bristol fishermen tried to sail directly to iceland to fish instead of only being able to buy it
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how many knights were there in 1490
400
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how much of english land did knigts and peers own
20%
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how did henry use the church to run the country
he appointed bishops and those who had legal training
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when was the yorkist rebellion and why did it happen
1489 yorkists didnt want to pay the taxation to finance english troops in brittany
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who was murdered during april 1489 in the yorkist rebellion, why
earl of northumberland for trying to collect the tax
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was the yorkist rebellion a success
to an extent - they didnt have to pay the tax - henry did defeat the rebellion - appointed early of surrey to control the area
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when was the cornish rebellion and why did it happen
1497 they didn't want to pay tax to finance the campaign against scotland
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how was the cornish rebellion threatening
there were 15000 troops and they made it to blackheath (near london)
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was the cornish rebellion a success
not really, henry crushed the rebellion with an army of 25,000 men
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what laws did henry introduce in 1486 to correct moral decay within the church
laws against - sexual offenses of the clergy - evils of simony (paying your way into the church)
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how many heretics (people refusing teachings of the church) did henry condem during his reign and what happened to them
100, they apologised so were spared
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what did the pope create for henry in 1486
Innocent VIII (the pope) produced the dispensation for henrys marriage to elizabeth of york
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how did henry claim the support of the pope
john morton worked on behalf of henry in rome
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how many of the 27 bishops were promoted lawyers
21
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what did henry secure to stop the abuse of sanctuary (seeking saftey from the church) and when
a papal bull in 1487 August
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who was the largest landowner in the country after the king
the church
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how many monks and nuns made up the church
10,000
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how much did 75% of parish priests earn
less than £15 per annum (not a lot)
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how much did 2/3 of the bishops earn
over £500 per annum (lots)
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how did the church help henry economically
they raises lots of money through clerical taxation
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how many nuneries were then in england
130
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what did henry donate to the church after his victory at stoke in 1487
a statue of himself
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what did henry found to help the london poor
the savoy hospital
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what did the pope do to those who rebelled against henry
excommunicated them
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what was humanism
wanting to establish the reliabilty of latin and greek translations to purify their ideas
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who were two humanist scholars
john colet and desiderius erasmus
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what did john colet do for humanism
was dean of st pauls school in 1512, wanted to reform the church from within
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what did desiderius erasmus do for humanism
wrote "the handbook of a christian scholar" in 1514 which educated on traditional church ceremonies
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how many new grammer schools were founded during henrys reign
53
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where were mystery plays perofomed
during the feasts of corpus chrisi in cities like york and lincoln
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how many musical compositions did the eton choirbook from 1505 have
93
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who were 2 influential composers
thomas browne and robert fayrfax
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what style were churchs built in
the gothic perpendicular style

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