Foreign policy

• Commercial Treaty with Brittany


  1486
• Renewal of Treaty with Maximilian


  January 1487
• Treaty of Redon with Brittany


  February 1489

  - France risked dominating the channel, a vital shipping route for England

  - Henry sent 6000 troops to aid Britanny's defence
• Treaty of Medina del Campo

  March 1489

  - Arthur and Catherine would marry with a £40,000 dowry (final agreement 1496)

  - Spain would not help English rebels

  - trade benefits

  - if either country was at war with France the other would support
• Treaty of Etaples


  1492

  - Finished the Britsih invasion

  - minor invasion, laid siege to Boulogne.

  - Charles agreed to pay £159,000 in reparations for the campaign

  - Charles finished all relations with Warbeck
• Temporary Trade embargo with Burgundy


  September 1493

  - due to the Duchess' support o Perkin Warbeck
• Henry joins League of Venice

  1495-96

  - Ferdinand invited Henry to join the anti-France league demonstrating acceptance of Tudor dynasty

  - Henry was not compelled to go to war so he could keep alliances with France.

  - it protected him from the Auld Alliance
• Magnus Intercursus


  1496

  - ended trade embargo

  - allowed toll less sale
• Henry and Ferdinand of Aragon sign further marriage agreement


  October 1496
• Marriage of Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon


  November 1501
• Peace of Ayton (Perpetual Peace) with Scotland


  January 1502

  - Henry's daughter, Margaret, married James IV in 1503
• Prince Arthur's death


  1502
• Malus Intercursus


  1506

  - Weather drove Philip to England, becoming a guest of Henry's

  - Earl of Suffolk would be handed over

  - more beneficial trade rights
• League of Cambrai


  1508

  - England was left out of the League
• Custom duties increased from £33,000 to £40,000


  1485 - 1509
• The creation of a small Royal Navy

  1485 - 1509