Yorkist Rebellions

Question 1

what were the 3 Yorkist rebellions and when were they

Answer 1

-Lovell Rebellion Easter 1486
-Lambert Simnel 1486-7
-Perkin Warbeck 1491-99

Question 2

which 3 minor nobles led the Lovell rebellion

Answer 2

-Viscount Lovell
-Humphrey and Thomas Stafford
-all fled after Boswroth

Question 3

what happened during the Lovell rebellions and what was the outcome for the leaders

Answer 3

-all three tried to start uprisings
-Staffords arrested, Humphrey executed
-Lovell stopped by Jasper Tudor, fled to Flanders

Question 4

how did HT react to Lovell’s rebellion

Answer 4

-changed rules of sanctuary so impossible to claim in treason cases

Question 5

what did the Yorkists learn from Lovell’s rebellion

Answer 5

-they needed a Yorkist heir to replace HT for a successful rebellion

Question 6

was the Lovell rebellion a threat to HT?

Answer 6

-put down easily, not much support gained despite lack of heir and early rule

Question 7

who was Lambert Simnel supposed to be

Answer 7

-DoClarence’s son Eo Warwick

Question 8

who was Simnel supported by (5)

Answer 8

-John de la Pole EoLincoln
-Margaret of Burgundy (2000 mercenaries and financial support)
-Viscount Lovell
-EoKildare, Gerald Fitzgerald
-north of England, passed through easily

Question 9

how did HT react to Simnel gaining support (5)

Answer 9

-paraded real EoWarwick around London
-EWoodville confined to a nunnery, deprived of her estates
-promised favours to Northumberland in return for loyalty
-Jasper Tudor DoBedford and EoOxford led army and Stanley + Lord Hastings sent to stop Yorkists gaining support

Question 9

what battle occurred in what rebellion

Answer 9

-Battle of Stoke 1487 in Lambert Simnel rebellion

Question 10

who won at BoStoke 1487

Answer 10

-HT defeated LSimnel

Question 11

give 4 arguments that the LSimnel rebellion was threatening to HT

Answer 11

-started in Ireland, travelled through North/Midlands no fight until Stoke; HT’s authority = weak?
-LSimnel king enough to be crowned in Ireland
-Margaret of Burgundy against him
-people were willing to support a pretender even after real EoWarwick shown

Question 12

when was Perkin Warbeck’s rebellion

Answer 12

1491-99, persistent threat

Question 13

in order give all the places and years Perkin Warbeck went (9)

Answer 13

-1491, Ireland
-1492, France
-1493, Burgundy
-1495, Holy Roman Empire
-1495, Kent
-1495, Scotland
-1497, Ireland
-1497, Cornish Tax Rebellion
-1499 executed

Question 14

what caused PWarbeck to flee Ireland 1491

Answer 14

-HT sent a small army to deal with PW, he did not have support so fled to France

Question 15

what caused PWarbeck to flee France 1492 and where to

Answer 15

-HT’s Treaty of Etaples allied him with France, PWarbeck forced to flee to Burgundy

Question 16

what happened in Burgundy and what caused PWarbeck to flee and where to

Answer 16

-Margaret of Burgundy trained him to be a Yorkist prince
-1493 HT started wool trade embargo against Burgundy
-fled to Holy Roman Empire

Question 17

what did PWarbeck do after Burgundy and why

Answer 17

-1495 with backing from Holy Roman Empire, attempted first invasion, landed in Kent
-quashed by small local army
-fled to Scotland

Question 18

what did Scotland offer PWarbeck 1495

Answer 18

-offered PW a pension £112 a month
-offered marriage to King’s cousin Lady Catherine Gordon
-PWarbecl started raids on England from Scotland

Question 19

how did HT react to PWarbeck’s raids from Scotland

Answer 19

-negotiated treaty with Scotland so that James IV would marry Princess Margaret
-Treaty of Ayton 1496

Question 20

where did PWarbeck flee to after Scotland and after that

Answer 20

-Ireland, EoKildare was loyal to HT
-PW fled to Cornwall to take advantage of Cornish Tax Rebellion

Question 21

what became of the Cornish Tax Rebellion and what was its outcome

Answer 21

-thousands in army but were poorly equipped
-PW fled to sanctuary

Question 22

what led to PW’s death after he fled to sancturary

Answer 22

-HT allowed him to stay at court but put in Tower when he tried to escape
-PW hung when he tried to escape the Tower with EoWarwick (beheaded)