Henry VII: Consolidation of Power

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Daniel Hanlon

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  • 21st August 1485 - Official start of Henry VII's rule to make Bosworth enemies traitors and therefore vulnerable to acts of attainder
  • 22nd August - Battle of Bosworth. Tudors: 6,000
    Richard III: 12,000
    Stanley: 3,000 (remained on sidelines
  • 30th October: Coronation
  • 7th November - First meeting of Parliament. 28 Acts of Attainder against Yorkists. Act of Resumption: Crown lands given away during War of the Roses returned to King
  • Jasper Tudor, Henry's uncle, made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
  • 1486 - Earl of Northumberland made Lieutenant of the North
  • 18th January 1486: Henry VII marries Elizabeth of York, uniting the two houses