3. Henry vii- Threats To Power

Question 1

What year with lambert simnel came about

Answer 1

1486

Question 2

Who was simnel trying to impersonate?

Answer 2

The Earl of Warrick

Question 3

Who supported simnel

Answer 3

• Margaret of burgundy +2,000 soldiers
• lord Lovell
• earl of kildare

Question 4

Where did simnel have the most support

Answer 4

-A priest took the pretender to Ireland where he was the centre of yorkist support

Question 5

Name of battle between Henry + simnel and year

Answer 5

• Battle of stoke 1487
• Henry killed earl of Lincoln
• marked end of war of the roses
• Henry won
• allowed Simnel to work in the kitchens

Question 6

Why were there few executions after battle of stoke

Answer 6

• Henry could be seen as merciful and encourage any enemies to convert to allies. (Evidenced by simnel allowed to work in kitchens)
• wanted to downplay the serenity of the rebellion

Question 7

pretenders during reign?

Answer 7

• Lambert Simnel = earl of Warwick- 1487
• Perkin Warbeck= Richard of York 1491-99
• De La Pole brothers= 1506

Question 8

Who did perkin warbeck impersonate?

Answer 8

Richard duke of York

Question 9

When did perkin warbeck come about,

Answer 9

1489

Question 10

Who did Henry believe backed warbeck?

Answer 10

-due to Burgundian origins it was assumed Margaret of burgundy supported him, but it was actually Louis of France

Question 11

What happened between France and Britain that endangered warbeck?

Answer 11

Treaty of Estaples 1492. Charles and Henry made peace and agreed to not support pretenders
-as a result Warbeck had to flee

Question 12

Did m of burgundy and Maximilian offer warbeck support

Answer 12

-in 1492 they offered support but not immediate as they had primary issues

Question 13

When warbeck landed in England what happened?

Answer 13

• 1495: fled to Scottish court,and tried to invade England with a small Scottish army, who soon retreated and James IV agreed to marry Henry’s daughter Margaret
• lack of allies+ support so he turned himself in (1497)
• henry allowed him to stay at court
• but in 1499 he tried to run away, was found and executed

Question 14

What year did warbeck turn himself in?

Answer 14

1497

Question 15

why did henry trade with all of burgundy besides flanders?

Answer 15

margaret of b had taken the pretender perkin warbeck into her court, this was threatening towards henry and he cut off trade as a result

Question 16

why was henry lucky in regards to maximillion and warbeck?

Answer 16

although max was supporting warbeck he lost interest in Warbeck and directed his attention and finance towards north Italy, which he invaded in 1494.

Question 17

explain the significance of Warbeck?

Answer 17

• patronage from foreign rulers meant that Warbeck was potentially a serious threat, demonstrating how fragile Henry’s position was to be considered by other rulers
• Sir William Stanley’s involvement showed how vulnerable Henry was even within his household

Question 18

explain the threat and significance of the De la Pole brothers

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Answer 18

the brothers fled to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian. Supporters of the York family gathered around the Earl of Suffolk in Flanders being dafe under Maximilian. Henry after losing his eldest son, Arthur, to illness had to demonstrate that he was a strong and well-established king.
-Suffolk’s relations were all arrested and imprisoned
-In 1506, Philip of Burgundy and his wife had to take refuge in the port of Weymouth as a result of a storm. he used them as a bargaining tool.
Henry persuaded Burgundy to accept a deal in return for his release – surrender the Earl of Suffolk.
-Suffolk was imprisoned in the Tower of London but Henry VII did not have him executed. He was executed, however, in 1513 when Henry VIII was king.
-Suffolk’s brother, Richard, remained was killed at the Battle of Pavia in 1525.
-By the end of 1506 Henry probably finally felt safe from a York threat. Many had been physically eliminated but those who remained in England and showed their loyalty to Henry were safe.