Henry VII Consolidation of power + rebellions

Question 1

Why did Henry date his reign from 21 August?

Answer 1

So he could declare anyone who was on the Yorkist side a traitor.

Question 2

What is the Tudor rose?

Answer 2

symbolises the joining of the House of Lincolnshire and York ending the war of the roses.

Question 3

when did henry vii get married ?

Answer 3

18th Jan 1486

Question 4

Who did Henry marry?

Answer 4

Elizabeth of York this marriage alliance helped ease tensions

Question 5

What was Henry’s main aim when he became King?

Answer 5

He wanted to ensure he kept the throne

Question 6

Who became Lord Chancellor in 1486?

Answer 6

John Morton

Question 7

Why did Henry arrange his coronation before his marriage?

Answer 7

So no one could claim that he gained the throne through his wife

Question 8

When was Henry VII’s coronation?

Answer 8

30th October 1485

Question 9

The council learned in law

Answer 9

Developed under Brays authority
Functions were to maintain the kings revenue and exploit his prerogative rights eg bonds and recognises
Work has been viewed as ‘shady’
1503 Richard Empsom and Edmund Dudley - unpopular method of collecting money

Question 10

When was Henry VII’s first parliamentary meeting?

Answer 10

7th Nov 1485

Question 11

What is a parliamentary sanction?

Answer 11

An official confirmation or ratification of a law given by Parliament as the acclaimed body of the State

Question 12

What is an Act of Attainder?

Answer 12

A way of stripping someone of their land and possessions and preventing future family members from inheriting them.

Question 13

Who did Henry use Acts of Attainder on?

Answer 13

Yorkists and Rebels

Question 14

How many parliments did Henry call

Answer 14

7

Question 15

What is tonnage and poundage?

Answer 15

The right to raise revenue for the whole reign from imports and exports.

Question 16

Who led the Lovell Rebellion?

Answer 16

Viscount Lovell, Thomas and Humphrey Stafford

Question 17

When and where was the Lovell Rebellion?

Answer 17

Easter, 1486
Midlands

Question 18

What were the outcomes of the Lovell Rebeliion?

Answer 18

Lovell fled, Humphrey Stafford executed, Thomas Stafford pardoned

Question 19

lambert simnel rebellion

Answer 19

1487
Pretended to be earl of warick

Question 20

When was the battle of stoke

Answer 20

1487

Question 21

Yorkshire rebellion

Answer 21

1489
Caused by the high taxation to help Brittany - yorkist didn’t care for Brittany
There was also a poor harvest in 1488
Earl of Northumberland killed

Question 22

how many rebels were there?

Cornish rebellion 1487

Answer 22

15,000 rebels

Question 23

Income of crown lands

Answer 23

£12,000 Nat the start to £42,000 at the end of his reign

Question 24

Why did they move from crop farming to sheep

Answer 24

The cloth trade had become more profitable

Question 25

The treaty of perpetual peace

Answer 25

1502 marriage treaty between James of Scotland and Princess Margert

Question 26

Bonds and recgnances

Answer 26

Legal doc bound indervidual to good behaviour + formal acknowledgment of debt

Question 27

Main aims of foreign policy HVII

Answer 27

- national security - recognition of the Tudor dynasty - defence of endlands trading interests

Question 28

What was Henry VII council like? How may men,Functions,key people

Answer 28

227 men but his **working council had 7 men** Including nobility, churchmen (john Morton and Richard Fox) and Laymen like **Sir Reginald Bray** Functions - advise the king - administer the realm on behalf of the king - make legal judgments