Richard II

Question 1

peasant’s revolt

Answer 1

1381
-persuaded rebels to disperse at 14
-extent of revolt caused paranoia and lack of trust in others

Question 2

1377

Answer 2

crowned at 10
-surrounded by flattery (divine belief)

Question 3

‘Wonderful Parliament’

Answer 3

1386
-showered his favourites with honour (Robert De Vere, De La Pole)

Question 4

‘Merciless Parliament’

Answer 4

1388
-Richard’s forces defeated at Radcott bridge
-his favourites were forced to flee or executed
-sentenced de Vere and de la Pole to death
-his advisors blamed for his military failures and accused of poor financial decisions

Question 5

French Treaty 1396

Answer 5

28 year truce
-to marry 7 yr old Isabelle of Valois
-£80K dowry

Question 6

tyranny

Answer 6

1397
-took lords of appellant on separately and turned others against each other
-blank charters (fill them to take money and frame people)
-Wilton diptych

Question 7

Bolingbroke exiled

Answer 7

1398
-informs king that Mowbray will get rid of him
-RII sees it as a trap + Bolingbroke’s military strength was a threat so he exiled both

Question 8

John of Gaunt dies

Answer 8

1399
-Richard takes Bolingbroke’s inheritance

Question 9

expedition to Ireland

Answer 9

1399
-Edmund, Duke of York = protector
-RII’s return delayed 2 weeks due to weather
-Bolingbroke returned and claimed he wanted to regain Lancastrian lands

Question 10

RII response to ‘wonderful parliament’

Answer 10

-raised troops to display authority against their demand to impeach Michael de la Pole in return for tax approval
-prompted lords of appellant to have de Vere and de la Pole tried for treason

Question 11

5 lord of appellant

Answer 11

Arundel - executed
Gloucester - most likely murdered
Warwick - imprisoned

Bolingbroke - rewarded with dukedome of Hereford
Mowbray - rewreded with dukedome of Norfolk