Henry VII succession And Marriage Alliances

Question 1

Securing the succession

Answer 1

• chief priority
• had to secure the kingdom at home and find allies abroad
• Arthur born 1486
• Henry (VIII) born 1491
• needed to marry off his children to have children of their own

Question 2

Securing the succession at home

Answer 2

• still Yorkists alive with strong claims to the throne such as Edward, Earl of Warwick and John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln
• surviving yorkist nobility were either pardoned or executed

Question 3

Securing succession: Edward, Earl of Warwick

Answer 3

• 10 year old was sent to the tower of london
• comfortable confinement until 1499
• executed for conspiring with perkin warbeck to escape from the tower

Question 4

Securing succession: John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln

Answer 4

• invited to join the government and became a member of the king’s council
• remained loyal until spring 1487
• Fled the court and joined pretender lambert simnel
• killed at the battle of Stoke in June 1487

Question 5

Securing the succession abroad

Answer 5

• defensive policy because of the nature of his succession by usurpation
• claimants sought aid from foreign powers
• Henry had to guard against possible invasions

Question 6

Marriage alliances

Answer 6

• Bind Scotland and Spain to England through marriages to Henry’s children
• Treaty of Medina de Campo (1489) Arthur to Marry Catherine but arthur dies so Catherine to Marry Henry
• Treaty of Ayton (1502) Henry’s eldest daughter margaret married James IV of Scotland in 1503