3: Challenging The Succession, 1485-99 Flashcards
What was the Battle of Bosworth in 1485?
Henry Tudor challenged Richard III for the throne. Richard wa skilled and Tudor became Henry VII
Who were Henry VIIs rivals?
-JDLP-Earl of Lincoln, leading claimant
-Earl of warwick
-Edward IVS own children
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What measured did henry take to secure his throne
-Ensured he was crowned in a formal cerenmony
his first parlimant
cancelled titulus regous
married elizaebejht of york
What claim did Henry have to the throne?
Henry Tudor did not claim the throne by blood but by conquest. This was because his connection to the royal dynasty was weak – he was descended from the Beauforts, who had originally been a legitimate descendants of Edward III, but were later made legitimate. On the other side, he was a
descendent of Henry V’s widow.
What was the impact of the Battle of Bosworth?
-No longer a figurehead for the Yorkist side to rally around Richard had no surviving son and heir.
-Gave the impression that Henry Tudor’s victory had been blessed by God.
-Some prominent Yorkist nobles like the Duke of Norfolk, John Howard were killed, and others captured.
-Many other nobles had stayed on the sidelines and refused to fight, perhaps under a quarter, showing
a reluctance to get involved.
How did Henry treat the nobles?
Henry rewarded his closest supporters:
- his uncle Jasper Tudor was made Duke of Bedford
- his stepfather Thomas Stanley made The Yorkist Sir Thomas Lovell rewarded for rebelling against Richard III in 1483 with the position of Treasure of the Household.
-Showed considerable leniency towards former loyalists of Richard III. Few were executed after the Battle of Bosworth.
-JDLP was accepted in to the
Royal Council after he swore allegiance to the king.
Who was Lambert Simnel?
Figurehead for the Yorkists, had no royal blood was an imposter. Trained to act as a royal prince; earl of warwick
What was Irish support like for Simnel?
-Provided S with troops and a base to launch an
invasion as it was difficult to Henry to take an army to fight in Ireland
-Crowned S king in Dublin
What was support like from Burgundy for S?
Helped raise army of 2000 German mercenaries, led by experienced Martin Schwartz
gave aslyumto jdlp
How did Henry respond to the threat of Simnel?
- paraded real earl of warwick through streets
- Battle of Stoke: Easily defeated rebels, JDLP killed
- Captured Simnel, put him to work in kings kitchen
What was the Warbeck affair in 1491?
Another pretender emerged in Ireland, claiming to be the duke of york
What was Irish support like for Warbeck?
- Kildare was reluctant to get involved where they neither helped or stopped Warbeck
- Without Kildare, Warbeck has no support and left for Scotland
- Limited support from Ireland for Warbeck
What was support from Burgundy like for Warbeck?
Accepted Warbeck as her nephew duke of york
1496: Treaty of Intercursus Magnus was signed to lift the embargo if Margaret stopped supporting Warbeck which reverted relations back to a mutually beneficial trading
partnerships but Margaret still secretly backed Warbeck which increased the risk of her losing
her lands
What was french suport for warbeck
-Warbeck was welcomed by the French king which was too much of a threat for Henry so he decided to invade it in October 1492 as Charles VIII (King of France) was fighting Italy aswell
- decided to negotiate the Treaty of Etaples which increased Henry’s prestige and power as:
The treaty made charles agree on not harbouring Henry’s enemies and he managed to gain an
annual pension from France- 50,000 crowns per year
Stipped the potential theeat od a french based yorkist challenge
