Facts for 1445-61

Question 1

Crown debt by 1450

Answer 1

By 1450 the crown was £370,000 in debt

Question 2

how many men in Cade’s rebellion

Answer 2

Almost 50,000 (46,000)

Question 3

How many men did York return with from Ireland and when

Answer 3

3,000
September 1450

Question 4

How much was York owed in 1450

Answer 4

£35,000

Question 5

How many nobles supported York at Dartford and who were they

Answer 5

2 - Earl of Devon (William Courtenay) and Lord Cobham

Question 6

How many nobles supported York at Dartford and who were they

Answer 6

2 - Earl of Devon (William Courtenay) and Lord Cobham

Question 7

When was the Queen (Margaret) pregnant from

Answer 7

Jan 1453

Question 8

What battle caused the 2nd collapse of Gascony and when

Answer 8

August 1453 - Battle of Castillon

Question 9

How much did York reduce crown expenditure by in his 1st protectorate

Answer 9

5X
£25,000 to £5,000

Question 10

What rising did York deal effectively with in the 1st protectorate

Answer 10

Exeter-Egremont rising 1454
Put down at the Battle of Stamford Bridge

Question 11

Why did the Nevilles and Warwick support York

Answer 11

Early 1453 Warwick and Somerset dispute regarding lands in Glamorgan
Nevilles also in dispute with the Percys in Summer 1453 - turned to York to help

Question 12

Who did York alienate in his protectorate

Answer 12

Percys
Exeter - rising plus supporting Nevilles
Somerset - even more

Question 13

When was Edward - Margaret’s son (H6’s) - born

Answer 13

October 1453

Question 14

Yorkist vs Royal men at St Albans 1

Answer 14

3000 Yorkists
2000 Royal

Question 15

Who was killed at St Albans 1

Answer 15

Somerset
Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Lord Clifford

Question 16

When was the Courtenay-Bonville dispute and what happened

Answer 16

Winter 1455
Dispute over new support led to murders
Reason for York becoming Protector
York intervened – the Earl of Devon (Courtenay) submitted to him and was arrested and placed in the Tower
Courtenays later granted a pardon

Question 17

What happened at Loveday

Answer 17

St Pauls - RDY hand-in-hand with Margaret, Somerset and Salisbury and Warwick with Northumberland
Compensation agreed for deaths at St Albans – to Percy and Clifford families
participants at the Loveday had each arrived with a large, armed following

Question 18

Feud between Warwick and Margaret in peace years and pinnacle

Answer 18

feud developed between Margaret and Warwick as Margaret attempted to have Warwick arrested on charges of piracy and riot - Warwick had raided ships to pay his garrison
Warwick survived assassination attempt in London, November 1458

Question 19

Why was Towton not inevitable for E4

Answer 19

Twice as many nobles (19) fought for H6 as fought for Edward (8)

Question 20

What feud did York step in to stop and why was this evidence for his mistrust of Lancastrians

Answer 20

September 1451
Early Courtenay-Bonville dispute (Earl of Devon besieged Lord Bonville) - York stepped in and stopped it
Instead of being thanked he was accused of breaking the peace himself
He had to declare his support for H6 and accused his enemies of making H6 distrust him

Question 21

Evidence that York tried for peaceful solutions first before Dartford

Answer 21

Tried to impeach Somerset desperately in Parliament in late 1451 but failed

Question 22

When were the crown jewels sold and why

Answer 22

1448
For funds due to huge crown debts