Henry VII - Foreign Policy 1485-1492

Question 1

Foreign Policy Aims

Answer 1

1) National Security 2) Avoiding War 3) Gain Allies

4) Recognition of Tudor Dynasty 5) Improve Trade

Question 2

1485: One Year Truce with France

Answer 2

Extended to 1489.

Question 3

1485-1486: Navigation Acts

Answer 3

Merchants can only export on English ships (50% of crewmen had to be English).

Question 4

1486: Three Year Truce with Scotland

Answer 4

Scots capture Dunbar and peace treaty signed, with potential marriage alliance

Question 5

1487: H7 secures agreement with HRE

Answer 5

E4’s treaty renewed for 1 year.

Question 6

1488: J3 assassinated

Answer 6

J3 dies at Sauchieburn against rebellious nobles. J4 ascends to throne as minor, regency council dominated by anti-English. Margaret, H7’s daughter, marries J4. H7 successfully supports pro-English Earl of Angus.

Question 7

1489: Treaty of Redon

Answer 7

Breton Crisis: Regent Anne of France wants Anne, daugher of F2 of Brittany to marry C8 so they can gain control, but she is already proposed to Max. French attack, so does HRE + Spain. Treaty of Redon: H7 sends 6k men, paid for by A of Brittany. Treaty of Dordrecht: H7 would send 3k troops + HRE would too, however, HRE backs out + makes peace with C8.

Question 8

1489: Treaty of MdelC

Answer 8

Arthur to marry C of A with £40k dowry; if either country was at war with France, the other would intervene. Wouldn’t support Warbeck. Important trade clauses, but H7 wasn’t allowed access to New World trade.

Question 9

1489: Trade treaty with Denmark.
1490: Trade treaty with Norway.

Answer 9

Opened up Iceland and tried to disrupt Hanseatic League’s dominance.

Question 10

1490: Signs trade treaty with Florence

Answer 10

Establishes staple in Pisa to stop Venice’s dominance of Mediterranean trade + the high taxes imposed on English ships carrying Malmsey wine.

Question 11

1491: Brittany accepts defeat

Answer 11

C8 marries Anne of Brittany, and France are in control of most of the English Channel now.

Question 12

Sep 1492: H7 launches French invasion

Answer 12

26k men sent to fight late in season - doesn’t drag out too long. C8 quickly settles for peace: Treaty of Étaples.

Question 13

Nov 1492: Treaty of Étaples

Answer 13

£159k/50k crowns as French Pension - £5k pa - 5% of royal income. France won’t support any claimants (Warbeck) + would pay arrears of Treaty of Picquigny.