Henry VII

• When did Henry VII become King?

  22nd August 1485
• Why was Henry VII's claim to the throne weak?


  Female line through Lady Margaret Beaufort
• Where was Henry VII raised?

  Brittany
• What was Henry VII's primary aim at the beginning of his reign?

  Consolidate power
• When did Henry date his reign?

  21st August 1485
• Why did Henry date his reign earlier?

  Yorkist fighters became traitors
• Who did Henry put in the Tower of London at the beginning of his reign?

  Elizabeth of York, Earl of Warwick
• Who was the Earl of Warick?


  Edward IV's nephew
• Why was the Earl of Warwick a threat?

  He had a claim to the throne
• How did Henry VII reward key supporters?

  Gave 11 knighthoods
• When did Henry VII marry Elizabeth of York?

  18th January 1486
• How did Henry VII's marriage consolidate power?


  United houses of Lancaster and York
• Who was Sir William Stanley?

  Close advisor, Chamberlain of the Household
• Why was Henry VII coronated before calling parliament?

  Showed that he was King due to hereditary right and not because parliament sanctioned it
• How were Yorkists dealt with?

  Acts of Attainder
• What were Acts of Attainder?


  Guilty noble loses title, lands and sometimes head, heirs disinherited
• What was tonnage and poundage?


  a tax on imports and exports (by weight)
• When was the Lovell rebellion?

  1486
• Who was Viscount Lovell?

  Key supporter of Richard III
• Who led the Lovell rebellion?


  Viscount Lovell and Humphrey Stafford
• What happened during the Lovell rebellion?

  Lovell tried to raise forces in Yorkshire while Stafford attempted in the Midlands
• How was the Lovell rebellion dealt with?

  Lovell escaped, Humphrey Stafford executed
• When was the Simnel rebellion?

  1487
• Who was Lambert Simnel?


  Figurehead, pretended to be the Earl of Warwick, crowned King Edward in Ireland
• Who organised the Simnel rebellion?

  John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln
• How did Henry VII respond to the Simnel rebellion?

  Exhibited the real Earl of Warwick in London
• Where did the Earl of Lincoln flee too?

  Margaret of Burgundy, he joined Lovell
• When was the Battle of Stroke field?

  1487
• What happened at the Battle of Strokes field?

  Henry won, Earl of Lincoln killed, War of roses ended
• When was Perkin Warbeck a threat?

  1491-99
• Who did Perkin Warbeck impersonate?

  Richard, Duke of York
• Where did Perkin Warbeck go in 1492?


  Margaret of Burgundy, he trained to be Yorkist Prince
• When did Perkin Warbeck first try to invade England?

  1495
• How did Warbeck's first invasion go?


  Quickly defeated, fled to Scotland
• When did Perkin Warbeck try to invade a second time?

  1496 - Small Scottish force crossed the border then retreated
• How did Henry VII deal with Warbeck's Scottish aid?

  Treaty of Perpetual Peace
• When was the Treaty of Perpetual Peace?

  1502
• What was the Treat of Perpetual Peace?


  James IV to marry Henry's daughter Margaret and to stop helping Warbeck
• When did Warbeck try to invade a third time?

  1497 - tried to exploit Cornish Rebellion
• How did Henry VII respond to Perkin Warbeck?


  Captured him in 1497 and imprisoned in the Tower of London, Executed him in 1499 after he tried to escape