Edward IV's pacification and foreign policy, 1471-1483

Question 1

Which rebel leader was executed in September 1471 after having been initially pardoned?

Answer 1

Thomas of Fauconberg

Question 2

Which rebel Mayor of Canterbury was executed on 29 May 1471?

Answer 2

Nicholas Fount

Question 3

Who was appointed Captain of Calais in 1471 after Rivers left on pilgrimage?

Answer 3

William Hastings

Question 4

Who was sent to oppose Jasper Tudor in 1471 but was killed by him?

Answer 4

Roger Vaughan

Question 5

Which castle was besieged by Yorkists until September 1471 when Jasper Tudor fled?

Answer 5

Pembroke

Question 6

Where did Jasper and Henry Tudor end up in captivity after fleeing England in September 1471?

Answer 6

Brittany

Question 7

What did Edward appoint to investigate his enemies and rebels in Kent and Essex?

Answer 7

Commissions

Question 8

Which Lancastrian city had to pay £400 to Edward IV to regain its liberties?

Answer 8

Coventry

Question 9

Who was made to pay 1,000 marks as a fine for his support of the Lancastrian cause?

Answer 9

Reginald West

Question 10

How many attainders were issued by Edward IV after he regained the throne in 1471?

Answer 10

Thirteen

Question 11

When did Edward IV issue a general pardon?

Answer 11

October 1471

Question 12

Which former chancellor in exile to King Henry VI became a loyal servant to Edward IV?

Answer 12

Sir John Fortescue

Question 13

Which former Lancastrian defender of Harlech and master of the mint became a royal councillor?

Answer 13

Sir Richard Tunstall

Question 14

Who was Edward IV’s sister allowed to divorce in 1472?

Answer 14

Henry Holland

Question 15

Which Earl of Essex and former Treasurer of England was restored to the role in 1471?

Answer 15

Henry Bourchier

Question 16

Which abbot of Westminster, who had sheltered Queen Elizabeth, was made Bishop of Hereford in 1474?

Answer 16

Thomas Milling

Question 17

Who was restored to treasurer of England on 22 April 1471?

Answer 17

Henry Bourchier

Question 18

When did John de Vere unsuccessfully attempt to land his opposition force in Essex?

Answer 18

May 1473

Question 19

Where did John de Vere successfully hold from September 1473 until May 1474?

Answer 19

St Michael’s Mount

Question 20

In what year was John de Vere attainted after being placed in Hammes Castle?

Answer 20

1475

Question 21

Who did Edward IV seek revenge against due to his support for Queen Margaret and Warwick?

Answer 21

Louis XI

Question 22

Where did Edward IV invade in 1475 with a force of 12,000 well-trained and equipped men?

Answer 22

France

Question 23

Which allies failed to materialise for Edward IV after his 1475 invasion of France?

Answer 23

Bretons

Question 24

Where did Edward IV meet Louis XI in August 1475 and sign a treaty?

Answer 24

Picquigny

Question 25

How long was the truce agreed between Edward IV and Louis XI in the Treaty of Picquigny?

Answer 25

Seven years

Question 26

How much money did Edward IV receive per year in addition to the initial £15,000 due to the Treaty of Picquigny?

Answer 26

£10,000

Question 27

Which daughter of Edward IV was supposed to marry the French dauphin but never did?

Answer 27

Elizabeth of York

Question 28

Which Duke of Brittany was reluctant to antagonise the French but asked Edward IV for aid in 1472?

Answer 28

Francis II

Question 29

What force did Edward IV send to aid the Bretons against French invasion in 1472?

Answer 29

3000 archers

Question 30

What did Francis II of Brittany emptily promise Edward for his invasion of France?

Answer 30

8000 men

Question 31

What mutual defence was made between Edward IV and Duke Charles of Burgundy in 1474?

Answer 31

Treaty of London

Question 32

In which year did Charles of Burgundy die in battle leaving his daughter Mary as his heiress?

Answer 32

1477

Question 33

Which Habsburg heir to the Holy Roman Empire who married Mary of Burgundy in August 1477?

Answer 33

Maximilian

Question 34

Which Franco-Burgundian peace in 1482 undermined all of Edward IV’s previous efforts?

Answer 34

Treaty of Arras

Question 35

When did Edward IV sign a treaty with James III of Scotland?

Answer 35

October 1474

Question 36

Which daughter of Edward IV was supposed to marry the son of James III but never did?

Answer 36

Cecily of York

Question 37

In which year did the Scots begin to breach the truce with England?

Answer 37

1480

Question 38

Who was the Duke of Albany and brother of James III who gained English support in 1482?

Answer 38

Alexander Stewart

Question 39

In which year did Richard of Gloucester invade Scotland?

Answer 39

1482

Question 40

Which major town did Richard of Gloucester recover for England in 1482?

Answer 40

Berwick

Question 41

Which chronicler was critical of Richard of Gloucester's achievements in Scotland in 1482?

Answer 41

2nd Crowland Chronicler

Question 42

Who was placed him in charge of the North in 1471-72 with very wide powers?

Answer 42

Richard of Gloucester

Question 43

Who was married to Cecily Bonville in 1474 and became the major power in South West England?

Answer 43

Thomas Grey

Question 44

Who became the key noble in the midlands during Edward IV’s second reign?

Answer 44

William Hastings

Question 45

What did Edward IV negotiate in 1473-74 that restored relations with the Hanseatic League?

Answer 45

Treaty of Utrecht

Question 46

Who was Edward IV’s heir, Edward, arranged to marry in the treaty of 1481?

Answer 46

Anne of Brittany

Question 47

Who was Edward IV’s daughter, Anne, arranged to marry in the treaty of 1480?

Answer 47

Philip of Burgundy