Pretenders 1485-99

• What were the houses in the War of the Roses?

  Yorkists and Lancastrian
• What was Henry's claim to the throne?

  Illegitimate through his mother
• Who did Henry defeat in the Battle of Bosworth?

  Richard III
• When was the Battle of Bosworth?

  1485
• How did Henry consolidate his power?

  • Crowned a day after Bosworth - those against Henry could be charged with treason
  • An official Coronation
  • Married Elizabeth of York
• How did Henry control the Nobility?

  • Bonds
  • Patronage
  • Acts of Attainders
• When did Lambert Simnel invade England?

  1486
• Who did Lambert Simnel pretend to be?

  Earl of Warwick
• When was the Battle of Stoke?

  1487
• What nobles joined Simnel?

  John de la Pole and Francis Lovell
• What happened at the Battle of Stoke?

  Henry VII won easily, De la Pole Killed and Simnel captured
• What years was Warbeck a threat?

  1491 - 1499
• Which Irish Earl supported Simnel?

  Earl of Kildare
• What support did Margaret give Simnel?

  2000 German Mercenaries
• What support did Margaret give Warbeck?

  300 men
• What foreign support was provided to Warbeck?

  • Ireland
  • Scotland
  • Burgundy
  • France
• What was the Treaty of Etaples, 1492?

  Charles VIII of France agreed not to harbor Henry's enemies, paid 50,000 crowns to Henry annually and stopped a French backed Yorkist challenge
• Why did Burgundy - British relations improve?

  France was a common enemy in the war for land in Italy
• What was Poyning's Law?

  Irish laws had to be approved by the British Monarch
• What was the Intercursus Magnus?

  Burgundy and Britain agreed to lift the trade embargos and for Margaret to stop supporting Warbeck
• Where did Warbeck first invade?

  Deal, Kent with 300 men from Margaret - Warbeck failed and fled
• How much support did James IV give Warbeck?

  1400 men to invade England - Warbeck failed
• What happened as a result of Warbeck's invasion from Scotland?

  Henry increased taxes for an army up North, but caused the Cornish Tax Rebellion
• What was the Cornish Tax Rebellion?

  Around 15,000 peasants marched towards London but were stopped just outside by the Kings Army
• Where did Warbeck go after Scotland?

  Cornwall, after the Cornish Tax Rebellion. 8000 peasants joined him and marched to Exeter - Warbeck failed