Henry VII's Rebellions.

• Lord Lovell and the Staffords Rebellion: 1486 (Henry was not stable on his throne!)

  • April 1486 - Henry learned of the rebellion.
  • April 23rd, 1486 - failed attempt to seize Henry in York.
  • 11th May, 1486 - The Stafford brothers flee to Abbingdon Abbey to claim sanctuary.
  • 14th May, 1486 - the Staffords are removed by the king's men.
  • 8th July, 1486 - Humphrey Stafford is executed.
• Lord Lovell and the Staffords: Origins of claim:

  • Dynastic rebellion - against the Tudor dynasty.
  • Francis Lovell had been friends with Richard 3rd and Humphrey Stafford had fought on Richard's side.
  • Devoted the Yorkist side.
• Lord Lovell and the Staffords: Support.

  • House of York.
  • Led by Viscount Francis Lovell, Sir Humphrey Stafford and his brother, Thomas Stafford.
• Lord Lovell and the Staffords: Why was Henry VII able to overcome their threat?

  • They had no candidate to replace Henry with and failed to attract much support without one.
  • Lovell and the Staffords were minor nobles, not huge amounts of power, wealth or influence.
  • Henry had an efficient spy network, so he had time to plan his response.
  • Lovell and the Staffords had no foreign backing, so they had little money, troops, support or influence.
• Lambert Simnel and John de la Pole: Origin of claim:

  • Lambert Simnel's similarity to Richard Duke of York (one of the Princes in the tower), was noticed by his tutor, Richard Symonds, who taught him that he should claim to be the prince and took him to Ireland, a Yorkist stronghold.
  • It would be effective to pretend to be the Earl of Warwick (who was in the tower at the time).
• Lambert Simnel and John de la Pole: Support:

  • Margaret of Burgundy (2, 000 supporters).
  • John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, who went to join the rebels.
• Lambert Simnel and John de la Pole: Dates:

  • May, 1487. Rebels landed at Furness in Lanceshire and marched across the Pennines and turned South, gaining little support in the North.
• Lambert Simnel and John de la Pole: How was Henry able to overcome this?

  • Henry met the rebels with his own army at East Stoke outside Newark and the rebels were defeated.
• Perkin Warbeck: Origin:

  • Claimed he was one of the princes in the tower.
• Perkin Warbeck: Support:

  • Margaret of Burgundy.
  • Earl of Kildare.
  • Charles VIII of France (initially).
  • Roman Emperor Maximilian I, son-in-law of Margaret, but was too busy to offer much support.
  • James IV of Scotland (may've thought Perkin was genuinely one of the Princes).
• Perkin Warbeck: Dates:

  • First appeared as a threat in Ireland in 1491 (Perkin was only seventeen).
  • In 1492, Charles VIII made peace with Henry, so Warbeck went to Burgundy.
  • Many leading figures in the conspiracy, including Sir William Stanley, were accused and executed for treason in 1495.
  • Warbeck landed in Kent in 1495 to little support.
  • 1497 - a Scottish invasion fails. Warbeck was horrified by the brutality of the Scots.
  • August, 1497, Warbeck gave himself up.
  • 1498 - Warbeck escaped, then was recaptured and executed in 1499.
• Perkin Warbeck: How was Henry able to overcome threats?

  • Charles VIII was likely only using Perkin Warbeck to embarrass Henry and as a diversion, he attempted to invade Brittany, but Charles made peace with Henry in 1492.
  • Roman Emperor Maximillian I was too busy with affairs in Italy to offeer too much support, so Henry had time to deal with the English Conspirators.
• Edmund de la Pole Earl of Suffolk, and Richard de la Pole, the 'White Rose': Origin:

  • Earl of Suffolk.
  • Yorkist family.
  • Richard de la Pole was the last Yorkist claimant to the English throne.
• Edmund and Richard: Support:

  • Fled to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian in 1501.
  • Margaret of York/Burgundy
• Edmund and Richard: Dates.

  • 1502: The Yorkist threat becomes major - Henry's heir is at risk.
  • Eventually executed in 1513 by Henry VIII
• Edmund and Richard: Why was Henry able to overcome the threat?

  • Diplomatic manoeuvres allowed him posession of Suffolk on the condition that he would not be killed.
  • Some of Suffolk's relatives were imprisoned and some were attained when Parliament met.