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Pre Henry Illness Flashcards

1
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Age Henry VI inherited the throne

A

9 months

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2
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Henry founds King’s college Cambridge and Eton

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1441 and 1440

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3
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Debt by 1450

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£370,000
10x royal income

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4
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Dukes in charge of campaigns in France

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Somerset and Suffolk
Suffered a number of defeats by 1444

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5
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Treaty of Tours

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1444 2 year truce
Henry marries Margaret of Anjou
No Dowry
England surrender Maine to France after hard fought capture in 1424

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6
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Henry crowned as king of England

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1422

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7
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Henry crowned as king of France

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1431

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8
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Henry’s minority

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Gloucester, Henry Beaufort and Bedford

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9
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Treaty of Arras

A

1435
Bedford died
Burgundians changed allegiances from English

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10
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Defeat in Normandy

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1449-50
Surrendered at Formigny under Somerset

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11
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Crown owed York for his services as Captain of English troops

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£38,000
1440-45

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12
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Arrest of Gloucester

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1447

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13
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Suffolk banished

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5 years on 1st May 1450

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14
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Suffolk death

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Intercepted by pirates on his boat
Executed by sailors on 2nd May 1450

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15
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William Cromer

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Local Sheriff
Was corrupt

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16
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Lord Saye

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King’s treasurer
Known for violence

17
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11th June 1450

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Rebels march to London and set up camp at Blackheath

18
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13th June 1450

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Delegation sent to rebels but was rejected

19
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Bishop Aiscough

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murdered in Salisbury
officiated Henry’s wedding

20
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Henry flees to Kenilworth castle

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25th June 1450

21
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Size of Cade’s army

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46,000 approx.

22
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Cade’s army defeated by the Londoners

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5th-6th July

23
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Act of Resumption

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1450
the crown recovered lands given to Henry VI’s favourites

24
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York imposes himself at Dartford

A

1452

25
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King backs Somerset and Percies against the Nevilles

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1453

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