Henry VII- important people

Question 1

Who was John de Vere?

Answer 1

He had helped put Henry VI on the throne, commanded some of Henry VII’s army at Bosworth, and was a very loyal servant; he was made Earl of Oxford again by Henry after Bosworth

Question 2

Which family were one of Henry VII’s main rivals?

Answer 2

The De La Poles

Question 3

Who was Margaret of Burgundy (also known as Margaret of York)?

Answer 3

Sister of Edward IV and Richard III and widow of Charles the Bold; in effect ruler of the Netherlands. Gave shelter to Lovell, Lincoln and Warbeck and acknowledged Simnel as her nephew

Question 4

Who was Charles VIII?

Answer 4

King of France 1483-1498

Question 5

Who was Sir William Stanley?

Answer 5

He helped Henry VII at Bosworth, was a loyal servant and leading courtier and Lord Chamberlain of the king’s household; was suspected of helping Warbeck with his plot to overthrow Henry and executed in February 1495

Question 6

Who was Lambert Simnel?

Answer 6

He pretender to the throne, he claimed to be Edward, Earl of Warwick

Question 7

Who was Perkin Warbeck?

Answer 7

Another pretender to the throne, who claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York; he was hanged in 11499

Question 8

Who were Lovell and the Stafford brothers?

Answer 8

They led the first uprising during Henry VII’s reign- Lovell was an English nobleman who went missing in 1487 after the Battle of Stoke; Humphrey Stafford was executed after the conspiracy but Thomas Stafford was pardoned and remained loyal to Henry VII

Question 9

Who was James IV?

Answer 9

King of Scotland from 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513

Question 10

Who was Richard III?

Answer 10

The last Yorkist king, he ruled 1483-1485 and was defeated by Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth

Question 11

Who was Edward IV?

Answer 11

The first Yorkist king, he ruled 1461-1470 and 1471-1483

Question 12

Who was Edward V?

Answer 12

The first son of Edward IV, he ruled for 86 days until he went ‘missing’ with his brother; one of the ‘Princes in the Tower’

Question 13

Who was Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York?

Answer 13

The second son of Edward IV who went ‘missing’ when Richard III seized the throne; one of the ‘Princes in the Tower’

Question 14

Who was Owen Tudor?

Answer 14

Henry VII’s grandfather who married Catherine of France who had previously been married to Henry V

Question 15

Who was Jasper Tudor?

Answer 15

Henry VII’s uncle who helped him successfully conquer England and Wales in 1485

Question 16

Who was Margaret Beaufort?

Answer 16

Henry VII’s mother who was a descendent of Edward III by the marriage of his third son, John of Gaunt, to Catherine Swynford

Question 17

Who was Elizabeth of York?

Answer 17

The eldest daughter of Edward IV and therefore a possible Yorkist claim to the throne; wife of Henry VII ad mother of Henry VIII

Question 18

Who was Edward, Earl of Warwick?

Answer 18

Richard III’s nephew and a Yorkist claim to the throne; sent to the tower when Henry VII became king but not executed until 1499

Question 19

Who was John de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk?

Answer 19

Richard III’s brother in law and father of John Earl of Lincoln and Edmund Earl of Suffolk; had supported the Yorkists in the War of the Roses but was loyal to Henry VII until his death in 1491

Question 20

Who was John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln?

Answer 20

Richard III’s nephew and a Yorkist claim to the throne; joined Henry VII’s council after professing his loyalty, but was later killed at the Battle of Stoke in 1487 whilst supporting Simnel

Question 21

Who was John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk?

Answer 21

A close friend and loyal supporter of Richard III, he died at Bosworth; father of Thomas Howard

Question 22

Who was Thomas Howard (also known as the Earl of Surrey), 2nd Duke of Norfolk?

Answer 22

The son of John Howard; a Yorkist who was captured at Bosworth whilst fighting for Richard III, he was stripped of his land and titles and held in the Tower of London where he was offered the opportunity to escape during the rebellion of the Earl of Lincoln in 1487 but did not, so winning Henry VII’s trust and given lots of responsibilities. Grandfather of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard

Question 23

Who was Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland?

Answer 23

He led a major portion of Richard III’s army at Bosworth, but did not commit his troops, he was briefly imprisoned but then given the responsibility of controlling the north of England; was murdered after trying to collect tax after the Yorkshire rebellion

Question 24

Who was Sir John Egremont?

Answer 24

He led the Yorkshire rebellion; was a Yorkist supporter

Question 25

Who was Lord Audley?

Answer 25

The only noble involved in the Cornish rebellion, he was arrested and beheaded

Question 26

Who was John Morton?

Answer 26

He was Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury; best known for his harsh taxation policies, particularly benevolences

Question 27

Who was Sir Reginald Bray?

Answer 27

He was appointed to Henry VII’s council in 1492 as his chief financial advisor

Question 28

Who was Prince Arthur Tudor?

Answer 28

The first son of Henry VII, he died in 1502

Question 29

Who was Prince Henry Tudor?

Answer 29

The second son of Henry VII, he went on to become Henry VIII in 1509

Question 30

Who was Catherine of Aragon?

Answer 30

The daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, first married to Arthur and then Henry VIII, Queen of England 1509-1533

Question 31

Who were Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile?

Answer 31

Joint monarchs of Spain

Question 32

Who was Margaret Tudor?

Answer 32

The eldest daughter of Henry VII, she married James IV in 1503

Question 33

Who was Louis XII?

Answer 33

King of France 1498-1515

Question 34

Who was Maximilian I?

Answer 34

Holy Roman Emperor 1486-1519

Question 35

Who was Edmund de la Pole?

Answer 35

Brother of John de la Pole, after John’s death in 1487 became the leading Yorkist claimant to the throne, executed by Henry VIII in 1513

Question 36

Who was Philip of Burgundy?

Answer 36

The son of Maximilian and heir to the Holy Roman Empire, but did not take the throne

Question 37

Who were Edmund Dudley and Richard Empson?

Answer 37

Members of the Royal Council and the Council Learned in the Law; arrested and executed by Henry VIII