Henry The 7th Flashcards
Who are the nobles?
Rich landowners
Who are the gentry?
The middle ranks of society but still wealthy
What was the role of parliament and finance in Tudor times?
To get consent for taxation
What was the main source of farming?
Arable farming
What is the ‘great chain of being’?
That society was structured with wealth
What is the ‘Divine right of the Kings’?
That the monarch was chosen by god and ruling on behalf of him
What year did Henry VII become king?
1485
Who stole the crown off Edward V in the tower?
Richard III
What side was Richard III on?
York
What year was the battle of Bosworth?
1485
Who went head to head in the battle of Bosworth?
Richard III and Henry VII
Who did Henry VII kill in the battle of Bosworth?
Richard III
Who did Henry VII marry in 1486?
Elizabeth of York
What did Henry VII and Elizabeth of York’s’ marriage create?
A Tudor dynasty
Why was Richard III unpopular?
He was made suspicious about the princes in the tower
Who did Henry VII live in refuge with?
The Duke of Brittany
What were the 4 problems faced by Henry VII early on in his reign?
Threats to legitimacy
Increasing power of the nobels
Financial struggles
Yorkist uprisings
What date was the battle of Bosworth?
22nd August 1485
What were the Acts of Attainder?
Laws passed by parliament seizing land and titles as punishment
What are tonnage and poundage?
Tax on imports and goods
What is papal dispensation?
Official permission from the pope
What is a Lord Chamberlain?
Most senior official of the Royal Household (court)
What is being detained
Being kept safe in the tower of London
In 1485 how many knighthoods did Henry VII give out?
11
What was Sir William Stanley promoted to?
Lord Chaimberlain
Why did Henry VII put his coronation before the first parliament met?
To show that he was put in hereditary claim and in God’s will
What was the name of Henry VII first son?
Prince Arthur
What year was the Yorkshire rebellion?
1489
What was the root causes of the Yorkshire rebellion?
It was to fund a war with Brittany and they didn’t want to pay for it
Who did Henry VII send to stop the Yorkshire rebellion?
Earl of Northumberland
What happened to the Earl of Northumberland in the Yorkshire rebellion?
He was murdered
What year was the Cornish rebellion?
1497
What was the root cause of the Cornish rebellion?
The funding of a war in the north that did not impact them
Where did the Cornish rebellion march from and to?
Bodmin in Cornwall to Blackheath
How many supporters did the Cornish rebellion have?
15,000
What were the two popular rebellions?
The Yorkshire and Cornish
What was the Lord and Lovell and Stafford rebellion about?
To overthrow Henry VII and replace with an unspecified Yorkist claimant
Who did Henry VII send to pardon the rebels of the Lovell and Stafford?
His uncle Jasper Tudor
What was the Lambert Simnel rebellion about?
He claimed to be the Earl of Warrick and was supported by nobels
Why did the Lambert Simnel rebellion fail?
Henry VII put the real Earl of Warrick on show
How old was Lambert Simnel?
12
How long did the Perkin Warbeck rebellion go on for?
8 years
Who did Perkin Warbeck claim to be?
Richard of York
Why did Henry VII execute Perkin Warbeck and the Earl of Warrick?
Treason and plotting together
Why did the dynastic and popular rebellions fail?
Lack of support
Poor Organisation
Lack of alternative claimant
Why were the nobility important?
They maintained social order, raised revenue for the crown, powerful in status and wealth
Who are the magnates?
The most powerful nobels
What did Henry VII gave titles in return of?
Loyalty and support
What are bonds and recognizances?
Payment to ensure loyalty
What are the laws against retaining?
Limiting the number of soldiers allowed per noble
What are JPs?
Justices of the peace who maintained public order and law
Roughly how many JPs were there per country?
18