Henry VII govt & threats

• Who did H7 have is claim through?

  Margaret Beaufort
• Who were other claimants which H7 faced upon his accession?

  Edmund de la Pole
• H7 backdated his reign to what day so he was the usurped not the usurper in the Battle of Bosworth?

  From 22nd August TO 21st August 1485
• H7 spent 14 years in exile hosted by who?

  Francis II (Duke of Brittany)
• Who called H7 'the imp' and offered a reward for the capture of H7 BUT Francis II stood by his guest?

  Edward IV
• Why was H7 upbringing an advantage to his position in 1485?

  He was an only child & he was detached from nobility being brought up in Pembroke castle in Wales
• England's population was shrinking, what was the stats?

  750,000 - 3 million
• The socio-economic status of England was deteriorating, e.g. most people were moving to wool-cloth areas like?

  Yorkshire & East Anglia
• H7 rewarded the Lancastrians with the Order of the Garter, how many were rewarded?

  37
• H7 gave patronage to Jasper Tudor (55 & no heirs), what titles were granted?

  Duke of Bedford & Chief Justice in Wales
• H7 gave patronage to Giles Daubeney, what titles were granted?

  Lord and Lieutenant of Calais
• H7 gave patronage to Reginald Bray, what titles were granted?

  Chancellor & Duchy of Lancaster & Chief Financial and Property advisor
• What was the problem with rewarding the Lancastrians with Patronage?

  The nobles could overthrown H7
• When did H7 marry Elizabeth of York, which united the Yorkist & Lancastrians?

  18 January 1486
• What did H7 create which united the House of York (white) with the House of Lancastrians (red)?

  Tudor Rose
• What was the issue with the Tudor Rose?

  Merely symbolic
• H7 challenged the Yorkist threat by backdating his reign to when, so he was the usurped not usurper?

  21st August 1485
• Potential threats like who, swore their loyalty to H7 = suppression of Yorkist threat?

  John de la Pole (Duke of Suffolk) -- he was even in H7 council
• How many nobles fought against H7 in the Battle of Bosworth?

  1 in 4 & Earl of Warwick was locked in the Tower of London (though lived in comfort)
• When was the Lovell Conspiracy?

  1486
• Who were the leaders of the Lovell Conspiracy (1486)?

  Lord Lovell & Humphrey Stafford
• When Lovell fled to Flanders who was he under the protection of?

  Margaret of Burgundy
• The Stafford Brothers led the rebellion where, whilst H7 was on his Northern Progress?

  Worcester
• When H7 advanced to Worcester in the Lovell Conspiracy (1486), the Stafford Brother fled where?

  Culham Abbey
• What was the result of the Lovell Conspiracy (1486)?

  Humphrey Stafford (older brother) was executed
• Who pretended to be Earl of Warwick?

  Lambert Simnel
• How was Lambert Simnel supported by foreign aid?

  Margaret of Burgundy sent him 2,000 mercenaries
• Lambert Simnel was 'crowned' as Earl of Warwick in Dublin Cathedral BUT when he came back he was not supported, when was this?

  landed in Lancashire in June 1487
• How did H7 deal with Simnel pretending?

  • Paraded the real Earl of Warwick around London
  • 8,000 Simnel men < 12,000 H7 men
  • H7 gave Simnel a job as a falconer
• When was the Yorkshire Rebellion?

  1489
• What caused the Yorkshire Rebellion (1489)?

  A parliamentary tax to fund H7 expedition to Brittany
• Who was a key figure of the Yorkshire Rebellion (1489)?

  Sir John Egremont
• It took how many troops for the Earl of Surrey to defeat rebels of the Yorkshire Rebellion (1489)?

  8,000
• Who fled to Flanders after the Yorkshire Rebellion (1489)?

  Egremont
• Why was the chamber better than the Exchequer for administration?

  the king had direct control over land revenue & could readily supply cash if needed
• Patronage was a great way for H7 to get administrative roles & govt positions e.g.?

  Jasper Tudor = Duke of Bedford
• Yet, H7 admin/govt was not always efficient especially with his use of bonds (promise of good behaviour), how?

  From 1485 - 1509, only 36/62 nobles gave bonds to H7
• What Act allowed H7 to increase his Crown lands by 5x?

  Act of Resumption (1486)
• Act of Attainders (land confiscation) were used as punishment and augmentation, for example who received on?

  Thomas Howard, who fought against him in the Battle of Bosworth
• What was the issue with H7 implementing Custom Duties?

  Smuggling was common & foreign alliances relied on good trade