a3) rebellions, pretenders & plots

Question 1

what plot occurred in 1586?

Answer 1

Viscount Lovell and the Staffords

Question 2

what happened in viscount lovell & the staffords rebellion?

Answer 2

• the lords had taken sanctuary from henru at Colchester but emerged in 1486 to gather troops against him
• lovell raised forces in the north and Stafford raised forces in the west midlands
• henry travelled north in april 1486 on a royal progress and the three lords broke sanctuary to fight him
• henry had heard about the plot but continued his progress anyway, ordering his forces to attack Lovell and the Staffords
• the rebels were given a choice: to fight and be killed or to do nothing and be pardoned
• Lovell managed to escape the king’s forces & flee to Flanders (later involved w Lambert Simnel)
• Thomas Stafford pardoned
• Humphrey Stafford captured & executed

Question 3

what were the aims of viscount lovell and the staffords?

Answer 3

to overthrow Henry VII and replace him with a Yorkist claimant

Question 4

who led the 1586 plot?

Answer 4

• francis, viscount lovell
• humphrey and thomas stafford

Question 5

was the 1586 plot a success or failure?

Answer 5

• there was little enthusiasm for a yorkist rebellion and the rising was easily supressed
• henry’s policy of ‘calculated mercy’ (severity towards the ringleaders and mercy towards the rank) proved successful
• the Royal Progress made people loyal to him