Edward IV's government, 1461-1469

Question 1

Which Lancastrian Northamptonshire knight was pardoned in March 1464 but plotted against Edward IV in 1468?

Answer 1

Thomas Tresham

Question 2

Which brother-in-law of Edward IV was not heavily rewarded by the king?

Answer 2

Duke of Suffolk

Question 3

Which young earl of Shrewsbury was not attainted and came to accept Yorkist rule?

Answer 3

John Talbot

Question 4

What were issued against 113 people including 14 lords (7 of whom were already dead) in 1461?

Answer 4

Attainders

Question 5

Which family which Edward IV would later marry in to were pardoned by him in 1461?

Answer 5

Woodvilles

Question 6

Where in May 1461 did Edward IV seize the lands of 20 lords and gentry 6 of these were attainted?

Answer 6

Northamptonshire

Question 7

What name is given to the new peerage that Edward IV created to serve him from the Yorkist gentry?

Answer 7

New Yorkists

Question 8

Which New Yorkist was given enormous amounts of land and power in Wales?

Answer 8

William Herbert

Question 9

Which New Yorkist was Edward IV’s best friend and chamberlain, controlling access to the king?

Answer 9

William Hastings

Question 10

In which part of England did William Hastings establish a degree of regional dominance?

Answer 10

Midlands

Question 11

Which noble was most heavily rewarded for his loyalty and the service of his family to the Yorkists?

Answer 11

Richard Neville

Question 12

What title was given to William Herbert, Warwick’s rival for power in Wales, in 1468?

Answer 12

Earl of Pembroke

Question 13

Who became archbishop of York in 1465?

Answer 13

George Neville

Question 14

Which uncle of Warwick’s became earl of Kent until his death in 1463?

Answer 14

William Neville

Question 15

What title did John Neville gain for his loyal service in 1464?

Answer 15

Earl of Northumberland

Question 16

Who did Edward IV make a truce with in October 1463 to cut off aid to the Lancastrian resistance?

Answer 16

Louis XI of France

Question 17

Who did Edward IV make a truce with in December 1463 to cut off aid to the Lancastrian resistance?

Answer 17

James III of Scotland

Question 18

When did negotiations for a marriage alliance between England and France collapse due to Edward IV’s secret marriage?

Answer 18

1464

Question 19

Who had Warwick attempted to marry Edward IV to in 1464?

Answer 19

Bona of Savoy

Question 20

Who received vast lands including the confiscated honours of Richmond and Tutbury?

Answer 20

George, Duke of Clarence

Question 21

In what year did Edward IV begin to negotiate for possible alliances with Burgundy and France?

Answer 21

1467

Question 22

Which sister of Edward IV was married to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy in 1468?

Answer 22

Margaret of York

Question 23

From what position was George Neville humiliatingly dismissed in 1467?

Answer 23

Chancellor

Question 24

Who was seeking papal support for a marriage between Clarence and Isabel Neville against royal orders?

Answer 24

George Neville

Question 25

Who did Edward IV secretly marry in May 1464?

Answer 25

Elizabeth Woodville

Question 26

What children did Elizabeth Woodville already have before the royal marriage?

Answer 26

Two sons

Question 27

On which side of the war had Elizabeth Woodville’s first husband fought?

Answer 27

Lancastrian

Question 28

When was Edward IV forced to reveal that he was secretly married to Elizabeth Woodville?

Answer 28

September 1464

Question 29

In what year did Richard Woodville become Earl Rivers and Treasurer of England?

Answer 29

1466

Question 30

Which son of Elizabeth Woodville was married to Anne Holland, heiress to the Duke of Exeter?

Answer 30

Thomas Grey

Question 31

Whose son lost out on a planned marriage to Anne Holland due to Thomas Grey, the king’s step-son?

Answer 31

John Neville

Question 32

Which sister of Elizabeth was married to the son and heir of William Herbert in 1467?

Answer 32

Mary Woodville

Question 33

Which sister of Elizabeth was married to Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, in 1465?

Answer 33

Catherine Woodville

Question 34

Which brother of Elizabeth was scandalously married to Warwick’s 65-year-old aunt, the Duchess of Norfolk?

Answer 34

John Woodville

Question 35

Who were the daughters and only heirs of Richard Neville that he was desperate to marry to high status nobles?

Answer 35

Isabel and Anne

Question 36

Where had Warwick been promised lands by Louis XI in return for getting England to declare war on Burgundy?

Answer 36

Holland and Zealand

Question 37

What title did Edward IV refuse to grant to his cousin, Richard Neville?

Answer 37

Duke of Warwick

Question 38

Who was given the honour of fighting the Bastard of Burgundy at the 1467 tournament?

Answer 38

Anthony Woodville

Question 39

Where was the tournament between England and Burgundy that cemented their alliance in 1467?

Answer 39

Smithfield

Question 40

What innovation of Edward IV's visited crown estates and ensured they were properly audited?

Answer 40

Crown commisioners

Question 41

Which noble became increasingly powerful in the North West and joined the 1463 force against the Scots?

Answer 41

Thomas Stanley

Question 42

What did Edward IV use to bypass the Exchequer, creating a more informal and flexible system of finance?

Answer 42

King's Chamber

Question 43

Which merchant was persecuted by the Woodvilles in 1468 because he would not sell goods to Jacquetta at a loss?

Answer 43

Thomas Cook

Question 44

With what organisation did Edward IV undertake a damaging trade war starting on July 26 1468?

Answer 44

Hanseatic League

Question 45

What title is sometimes given to Edward IV due to his personal interest/involvement in trade?

Answer 45

Merchant King

Question 46

Trade in what increased from 4,976 sacks in 1461 to 9,316 sacks in 1469?

Answer 46

Wool

Question 47

Merchants of which city were knighted in unprecedented numbers (18) by Edward IV?

Answer 47

London

Question 48

What economic act did 11 statutes of the Parliament of 1463-65 actively promote?

Answer 48

Protectionism

Question 49

Trade in what was dominated by Edward IV, gaining him £6,500 in 1467-68 alone?

Answer 49

Tin

Question 50

Which New Yorkist was at various times treasurer of Calais and England before marrying Warwick's aunt?

Answer 50

Walter Blount (Mountjoy)