Henry VII foreign policy

Question 1

How much did Henry VII’s customs revenue increase after the Treaty of Medina del Campo in 1489?

Answer 1

It increased from £33,000 to £40,000 in 1509

Question 2

In what year was the Magnus Intercursus?

Answer 2

1496

Question 3

What did the Magnus Intercursus do?

Answer 3

It allowed English merchants to sell goods in most of Duke Philip of Burgundy’s lands without paying tolls or customs, while Burgundian subjects did have to pay in England

Question 4

In what year did Henry VII sign a treaty with Florence, and why did he do this?

Answer 4

1490
Because Venice was placing heavy duties on English ships

Question 5

How did Venice react to the treaty of Henry VII with Florence?

Answer 5

It dropped the heavy duties it had been charging English ships

Question 6

In what year was the Malus Intercursus?

Answer 6

1506

Question 7

Why did Philip of Burgundy agree to the Malus Intercursus if it was so unfair to the merchants of his country?

Answer 7

A storm had driven him onto the English shore in 1506, and he was effectively being held prisoner by Henry VII

Question 8

When and why was the Malus Intercursus cancelled?

Answer 8

1507
Because it was so unfair to Burgundian merchants and it harmed trade

Question 9

True or false: King Ferdinand of Spain did not allow English merchants access to the New World for trade

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Why was Henry VII unable to improve English trade in the Baltic Sea?

Answer 10

Because it was dominated by the Hanseatic League, who did not want English competition

Question 11

What was the name of Henry VII’s eldest daughter? Whom did she marry? When?

Answer 11

Margaret
King James IV of Scotland
1503

Question 12

What marriage arrangement was agreed in the Treaty of Medina del Campo, and in what year was this?

Answer 12

Prince Arthur of England and princess Catherine of Aragon
1489

Question 13

In what year did Henry VII’s son Arthur die?

Answer 13

1501

Question 14

In what year did Henry VII win a papal dispensation so Arthur’s widow Catherine of Aragon could marry his other son, Henry?

Answer 14

1503

Question 15

Whom was Henry VII’s daughter Mary supposed to marry? In what year was this agreed?

Answer 15

Charles, son of Philip of Burgundy and Joanna of Castile (the future Charles V)
1507

Question 16

In what year was the engagement of Henry VII’s daughter Mary and Charles cancelled?

Answer 16

1513

Question 17

Whom did Perkin Warbeck marry? In what year?

Answer 17

A cousin of King James IV of Scotland
1495

Question 18

In what year did Perkin Warbeck invade England from Scotland?

Answer 18

1496

Question 19

Which Yorkist pretenders did Margaret of Burgundy support?

Answer 19

Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck

Question 20

Which Yorkist pretender did Emperor Maximilian I protect? In which year?

Answer 20

Edmund de la Pole
1501

Question 21

When were the Italian Wars?

Answer 21

1494 to 1559

Question 22

Why were the Italian Wars useful for England?

Answer 22

They distracted the major powers of the Holy Roman Empire, France and Spain, making England less vulnerable to attack

Question 23

In what month and year did Henry VII invade France?

Answer 23

October 1492

Question 24

What treaty ended Henry VII’s invasion of France?

Answer 24

The Treaty of Étaples (1492)

Question 25

How much did Henry VII receive from the French Pension agreed in the Treaty of Étaples?

Answer 25

£5000 per annum

Question 26

In what year did England agree a three year truce with Scotland?

Answer 26

1486

Question 27

In what year did England agree a nine year truce with Scotland?

Answer 27

1493

Question 28

In what year did England make a formal peace treaty with Scotland? What was the treaty called?

Answer 28

1499
The Peace of Ayton

Question 29

Before the Peace of Ayton, when was the last peace treaty between England and Scotland?

Answer 29

1328