The government of Henry VII and threats to his rule

Question 1

Battle fo Bosworth

Answer 1

August 1485

Question 2

Henry Vii crowned

Answer 2

October 1485

Question 3

marriage of Henry Vii and elizabeth of York

Answer 3

January 1486

Question 4

how did Henry Vii secure his reign

Answer 4

-backdated his reign
-called parliament
-papel dispension to marry EofY
-marriage after coronation

Question 5

Lovell Conspiracy

Answer 5

1486
-Lord Lovell and the Stafford brothers
-attempted to interrupt the royal progress
_yorkists in the north supported it- Henry had limited control of the north
-army dispersed the rebels easily
-Lovell fled, both Stafford’s arrested

Question 6

Welsh Rebellion

Answer 6

1486
-again, interrupted the Royal Progress
-Herberts and Vanghans
-put down by Rhys ap Thomas

Question 7

Yorkshire Rebellion

Answer 7

1489
-bad harvest 1488
-Henry was attempting to raise money for the Brittany problem, however the North was used to being exempt as they were expected to hold the border against Scotland
-Earl of Northumberland murdered
-rising crushed by the royal army however the money was not collected

Question 8

Cornish Rebellion

Answer 8

1497
-taxation to fund defense against threat from the north- James IV and Perkin Warbeck
-reached 15,000 with cross-class solidarity and approached london
-weren’t against the king but rather ‘evil counselors’
-henry assembled an army of 25,000 which crushed the force at blackheath
-not a serious challenge

Question 9

Lambert Simnel

Answer 9

-claimed to be the Earl of Warwick
-gained support from the Yorkist stronghold in Oxford, Ireland where he was crowned, and Margret of Burgandy who sent money and men
-parading the real earl in london did not stop the rebellion gaining support, marching south with some 8000 men and Henry was forced into battle at Stoke
-incredibly dangerous for henry, shows vulnerability and therefore a threat

Question 10

Warbeck

Answer 10

-claimed to be Richard Duke of York, difficult for Henry to dispute
-won support in Irekand and France, undermined by Etaples
-support from margret, henry cut off cloth trade
-support from HRE although lacked funds to help
-welcomed in Scotland but later abandoned
-failed to capitalise on the cornish rebellion
-persuaded to give himself up and later executed after attempting to plot with the earl of Warwick

Question 11

Edmund de la Pole

Answer 11

-appeared loyal but dissatisfied with henry refusing to make him Duke of Suffolk
-arguably had a stronger claim, became more of a threat with the death of Arthur and Elizabeth
-Henry wasn’t secure until 1506 when Burgundy was forced to hand him over to Henry