Henry VII - Consolidation of Power Flashcards
Who had a greater claim to the throne than Henry VII?
Edward, Earl of Warwick
John, Earl of Lincoln
Edmund de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk
Who did Henry VII marry and when?
Elizabeth of York, Jan 1486
When did Henry arrange his coronation to be and why?
30th Oct before his first meeting with parliament on the 7th Nov to prove his claim was hereditary
When was Prince Arthur born?
September 1486
When did he date his reign from and why?
21st August 1485, so then it was before the Battle of Bosworth and he could have anyone who fought against him done for treason
What did he use against Yorkists to raise royal income?
Acts of Attainder
How many knighthoods did he give out after he won the Battle of Bosworth?
11
Who was the first Chamberlain of the household?
Sir William Stanley
When did Viscount Lovell and the Staffords try to overthrow Henry?
1486
When did Lambert Simnel and the Earl of Lincoln try to overthrow Henry and who died?
1487, the Earl of Lincoln died in the Battle of Stokefield
Who was Perkin Warbeck and when did he try to overthrow Henry?
Perkin Warbeck claimed to be Richard, Duke of York
- In 1495 after being in the court of Margaret of Burgundy
- In 1496 with the help of a small scottish force from James IV
- In 1497 after the Cornish Rebellion
Who was the Earl of Warwick and when did he (and Perkin Warbeck) die?
The youngest claimant to the throne who spent all his life in the Tower of London before being executed with Warbeck in 1499
Who were the De la Pole brothers and what did they do?
The younger brothers of the Earl of Lincoln. Edmund fled to the court of Emperor Maximillian in 1501, but was brought back after the Treaty of Windsor in 1506. Richard was in exile until he died in 1525 at the Battle of Pavia.
What was Henry’s claim to the throne?
Through his mother Margaret Beaufort, who was the great granddaughter of John of Gaunt the third son of Edward III. His father Edmund Tudor was the son of Owen Tudor, the second husband to Catherine of France who was originally married to Henry VI
What was Henry’s early life like?
His father died a few months before he was born and so Henry was raised by his uncle Jasper and his mother before he became the main Lancastrian claimant and Jasper took him to safety in France
