#2 Overview of Key Events in Henry's Reign

Question 1

Put the events in order:

1. Act of Resumption
2. Simnel’s rebellion and Battle of Stoke
3. Death of Queen Elizabeth
4. Edmund de la Pole (Sufflok) imprisoned
5. Battle of Bosworth
6. Birth of Prince Arthur
7. Warbeck’s rebellion
8. Henry VII crowned king
9. Cornish rebellion
10. Warbeck surrenders and is then hung
11. Death of Prince Arthur
12. Henry marries Elizabeth of York
13. Henry VII dies
14. Yorkshire rebellion
15. Lovell and Stafford Conspiracy
16. Birth of Prince Henry

Answer 1

1. Battle of Bosworth
2. Henry VII crowned king
3. Henry marries Elizabeth of York
4. Lovell and Stafford Conspiracy
5. Birth of Prince Arthur
6. Act of Resumption
7. Simnel’s rebellion and Battle of Stoke
8. Yorkshire rebellion
9. Warbeck’s rebellion
10. Birth of Prince Henry
11. Cornish rebellion
12. Warbeck surrenders and is then hung
13. Death of Prince Arthur
14. Death of Queen Elizabeth
15. Edmund de la Pole (Sufflok) imprisoned
16. Henry VII dies

Question 2

What 2 events happened in 1485?

Answer 2

1. Battle of Bosworth
2. Henry VII crowned king

Question 3

When did Henry marry Elizabeth of York?

Answer 3

January 1486

Question 4

Pretender key dates - name them

1. July 1486
2. June 1487
3. 1491-97
4. 1497-99
5. April 1506

Answer 4

1. July 1486 - Lovell and Stafford Conspiracy
2. June 1487 - Simnel’s rebellion and Battle of Stoke
3. 1491-99 - Warbeck’s rebellion
4. 1497-99 - Warbeck surrenders then is hung
5. April 1506 - Edmund de la Pole (Sufflok) imprisoned

Question 5

Pretenders key events - date them

1. Lovell and Stafford Conspiracy
2. Simnel’s rebellion and Battle of Stoke
3. Warbeck’s rebellion
4. Warbeck surrenders then is hung
5. Edmund de la Pole (Sufflok) imprisoned

Answer 5

1. July 1486 - Lovell and Stafford Conspiracy
2. June 1487 - Simnel’s rebellion and Battle of Stoke
3. 1491-97 - Warbeck’s rebellion
4. 1497-99 - Warbeck surrenders then is hung
5. April 1506 - Edmund de la Pole (Sufflok) imprisoned

Question 6

Which came first, the Yorkshire or Cornish rebellion?

Date them!

Answer 6

1. Yorkshire - 1489
2. Cornish - May 1497

Question 7

When did Henry pass the Act of Resumption?

Answer 7

September 1486

(stingey from his early days)

Question 8

When were Henry’s two boys born?

Answer 8

1. Arthur - September 1486 ^{_{(that was quick)}}
2. Henry - June 1491 ^{_{(five years later)}}

Question 9

What two events (and when) badly weakened Henry’s throne?

Answer 9

1. Death of Prince Arthur - April 1502
2. Death of Queen Elizabeth - February 1503 _{^{(only a year after)}}

Question 10

When did Henry die?

Answer 10

April 1509