Consolidation of Power

• aims


  control nobility

  establish his dynasty

  advance crown finance
• Became king following the battle of Bosworth 22nd August 1485, his victory ending Plantagenet rule in England and establishing the new tudor dynasty.
• Henry's power was insecure, his claim to the throne was incredibly weak becausee he was descended through the female line from his mum and the line came from John Beaufort who was illegitimate and he was considered a usurper. Thus, having many enemies in the form of the yorkists who supported Richard III.
• there were more legitemite claims to the throne, for example Elizabeth of yourk, the earl of warwick and the de la pole brothers
• it was the victory in battle alone that brought henry the throne he was proclaimed king by his step father Lord Stanley on the battlefield
• Henry had been living abroad in Brittany since he was 14, so he wasn't trusting to english nobility
• hadnt been raised to rule, fled to france / brittany and lived as a fugitive after the battle of teukesbury took many lancastrian lives
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  predated his reign to 21st of august 1485, the day before the battle of Bosworth as to make any supporters of Richard III treacherous
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  married elizabeth of york in 1486 to unite the houses of york and lancaster and to further legitimise his claim to the throne since elizabeth had a strong claim. also got papal dospensation from the pope for the marriage, being supported by him showed henrys divine right of kings and aided relations with the catholic europe
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  was crowned king in october of 1485 a week before he called parliaent so there was no room for discussion about his ascension and no one would say he was crowned because of parliament
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  he began a progress to establish rapport with his people, also used it to listen to grievances, distribute justice and do charity
• henry vii was born in 1457, raised by his mother Margeret Beaufort and his uncle Jasper Tudor since his father Edmund has died months before his birth and died in 1509. he assented in 1485.
• after the battle of bosworth, henry made his way to Leicester to see the remains of Richard III, then to london. where, on September 3rd he met the lord mayor and used pageantry and ceremony to woo the public into cheering their new monarch. additionally, richard had become an object of suspicion after the princes in the tower and other presumed crimes, so it mattered little to the public how slender his claim was. he wasnt richard and that was enough for the english public
• battle of bosworth


  • richard III is an unpopoular monarch due in part to his reputation stemming for his asseccion and the princes in the tower
  • henry tudor joins the duke of buckingham's rebellion against him, but when it falls through starts his own
  • he masses a small army of people who dislike richard, supported financially by the king of france
  • 22nd of August 1485, Henry's smaller army triumphs over richard as the stanleys, who were previously under richard, offer henry their support and kill richard in battle. henry is crowned on the battlefield