Chapter 1

Question 1

Why did Henry have a weak claim to the throne?

Answer 1

Through the Beaufort’s. John Beaufort was born before marriage and seen as illegitimate

Question 2

When did Henry VII become king?

Answer 2

22 AUG 1485

Question 3

When was the Battle of Bosworth?

Answer 3

22 AUG 1485

Question 4

What was Henry’s aim at the start of the reign?

Answer 4

To consolidate his power

Question 5

When did Henry date his reign?

Answer 5

21 AUG 1485

Question 6

Why did Henry date his reign back?

Answer 6

Anyone who fought on the Yorkist side at the BoB could be punished as a traitor

Question 7

How did Henry publicly consolidate his power?

Answer 7

Conferred 11 knighthoods

Question 8

What did Henry do with the Earl of Warwick and why?

Answer 8

Detained; seen as having a much greater claim to the throne

Question 9

What key appointments did he make to his Council and Household?

Answer 9

Sir Reginald Bray; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Sir William Stanley; Chamberlain of the Household

Question 10

When was his coronation?

Answer 10

30 OCT 1485

Question 11

When was the first parliament meeting?

Answer 11

7 NOV 1485

Question 12

Why did he have his coronation before Parliament?

Answer 12

demonstrates his hereditary right to the throne and not because Parliament had sanctioned it.

Question 13

What was the Act of Attainder?

Answer 13

ensured that the property of Yorkists who fought against him at BoB was forfeited to the Crown; increased royal income.

Question 14

How was the Act of Attainder further enhanced?

Answer 14

when parliament granted Henry the customs revenue of tonnage and poundage for life.

Question 15

Who did Henry marry?

Answer 15

Elizabeth of York

Question 16

When did Henry marry?

Answer 16

JAN 1486

Question 17

Why did Henry wait to marry?

Answer 17

ensure that the assumption of the Crown was not brought about by his wife’s claim to the throne

Question 18

When was Prince Arthur born?

Answer 18

SEP 1486

Question 19

Who were the potential Yorkist claimants to the throne?

Answer 19

Earl of Warwick and Earl of Lincoln

Question 20

When was the Lovell and Stafford conspiracy?

Answer 20

Easter 1486

Question 21

Who was the Lovell and Stafford conspiracy led by?

Answer 21

Francis Viscount Lovell; key supporter of Richard III

Question 22

Where did Lovell try to raise a rebellion?

Answer 22

Richard III’s heartland of support in the North Riding of Yorkshire

Question 23

Where did Stafford try to raise a rebellion?

Answer 23

Area of Yorkist support in the Midlands

Question 24

What was the outcome of the Lovell and Stafford rebellion?

Answer 24

Lovell escaped, Humphrey Stafford was executed and Thomas was pardoned

Question 25

What did this uprising show?

Answer 25

how little enthusiasm there was at this stage for a Yorkist rising in their heartlands

Question 26

When was the Lambert Simnel conspiracy?

Answer 26

1487

Question 27

What did Lambert Simnel do?

Answer 27

passed off as the Earl of Warwick and was even crowned as King Edward in Ireland in MAY 1487.

Question 28

Who was the Simnel conspiracy put together by?

Answer 28

John de la Pole; Earl of Lincoln

Question 29

How did Henry respond to the situation?

Answer 29

Paraded the real Earl of Warwick around London