HENRY VII ESTABLISHMENT AND THREATS

Question 1

1487 Lambert Simnel

Answer 1

Persuaded by priest Symonds

Question 2

Battle of Stoke

Answer 2

1487

Question 3

Why did Simnel fail?

Answer 3

People fed up of civil unrest so not enough support

Question 4

Who supported Warbeck?

Answer 4

Margaret of Burgundy

Question 5

Why did Henry cut off trade with Flanders?

Answer 5

Because they were supporting Warbeck

Question 6

1486 Opposition from the Lovels

Answer 6

Lord Lovel and the Stafford brothers- Humphrey executed, Thomas pardoned and remained loyal

Question 7

1489 Yorkshire Rebellion

Answer 7

Rebelling against taxes- they were suffering bad harvests and people further north were not paying tax

Question 8

1487 Cornish Rebellion

Answer 8

Mad about tax for war with Scotland

Question 9

Consequences of Cornish and Yorkshire rebellions

Answer 9

Issued a pardon but never collected any more tax

Question 10

Who led Cornish rebellion?

Answer 10

Lord Audley

Question 11

Which two rebellions coincided?

Answer 11

Cornish and Warbeck

Question 12

How can opposition be grouped (4)?

Answer 12

Pretenders
Nobility
Economic
Yorkists

Question 13

How many earls did Henry appoint ?

Answer 13

1

Question 14

Limited land of monarchy

Answer 14

Restored the authority of the monarchy

Question 15

Who received Order of the Garter?

Answer 15

Thomas Howard, Reginald Bray

Question 16

Example of financial punishments

Answer 16

Marquais of Dorset

Question 17

How many attainders did Henry reverse, and how many had special features?

Answer 17

5, with 4 having special features

Question 18

Why was Henry’s position weak due to exile?

Answer 18

14 years in exile

Question 19

How many Orders of the Garter did Henry give?

Answer 19

37

Question 20

When was Henry coronated ?

Answer 20

30 Oct 1485

Question 21

International response to Lambert Simnel

Answer 21

Margaret of Burgundy sent 2000 mercenaries in support

Question 22

Propaganda under Henry VII (2)

Answer 22

Uniting of the Tudor and Lancaster rose

Portrayed Richard III as an illegitimate usurper

Question 23

Henry’s claim

Answer 23

Weak- through his mother

Question 24

Example of nobility threat

Answer 24

Edmund de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk

Question 25

De la Pole threat

Answer 25

Had a strong claim to the throne.

1499 fled to Calais- Henry persuaded him to come back, and he remained loyal until 1501. Fled again and imprisoned

Question 26

Which one of Henry’s trusted officials betrayed him?

Answer 26

William Stanley