Henry VII - Threats and Rebellions

Question 1

1486 Lovell Rebellion - Events

Answer 1

Thomas Lovell, alongside Thomas and Humphrey Stafford, plan to seize Henry while he is travelling to York and at the same time raise a rebellion in the West. There was no real figurehead and the rebellion never gained much support. Henry heard of the plan and quickly sent an armed force to meet them. Thomas Stafford was forgiven and Humphrey Stafford was beheaded

Question 2

1486 Simnel Rebellion - Beginnings

Answer 2

Simnel is taken to Dublin by a priest named Symons, who sees a resemblance between Simnel and the Earl of Warwick

Question 3

1486 - Simnel Rebellion - Support from Margaret of Burgundy

Answer 3

Margaret of Burgundy paid 2,000 mercenaries to support Simnel’s campaign (never recovered financially)

Question 4

1486 - Simnel Rebellion - Support from the Earl of Lincoln

Answer 4

Simnel appeared in Ireland in 1486 and was joined by the Earl of Lincoln with 3000 men with his soldiers which was the signal for the start of the invasion in May 1487.

Question 5

1486 - Simnel Rebellion - Reasons for the support of the Earl of Lincoln

Answer 5

Ireland had always been pro-Yorkist (they had highly respected Richard Duke of York when he was Lieutenant of Ireland in the 1450s)

Question 6

1487 - Simnel Rebellion - How Henry defeats it

Answer 6

Henry immediately produced the real Earl of Warwick to demonstrate that Simnel was a fake. Henry’s army met the rebels in the Battle of Stoke, where they were defeated and John De la Pole was killed

Question 7

1497 - Cornwall Rebellion - Causes

Answer 7

• Henry requests £120,000 from parliament to help stop Warbeck
• People in Cornwall didn’t see the events of the north as relevant to them and so refused to pay
• Anger also fuelled by local nobles Duabeney and De Broke, who profited from their roles as landowners yet did not fulfill their noble functions

Question 8

1497 - Cornwall Rebellion - How Henry defeats it

Answer 8

Government troops in Kent outnumber rebels 25,000 to 10,000. It is estimated that 1,000 rebels were killed in the battle of Blackheath. Rebels flee and leaders are executed due to their poor organisation among other factors.

Question 9

1486 - Welsh Rebellion - Events

Answer 9

Led by Thomas Vaughn, a committed Yorkist supporter, who hoped to kill Henry and seize Brecon Castle. Its intentions and causes were similar to those of the Lovell Rebellion and it was put down by Rhys Ap-Thomas

Question 10

1489 - Yorkshire Rebellion - Causes

Answer 10

Parliament had granted £100,000 to pay for war with France, which was badly received in Yorkshire since they were often exempt of this tax due to conflicts with the Scots. Like the Cornish Rebellion, the anger was also spurred on by poor harvests in 1489

Question 11

1489 - Yorkshire Rebellion - How Henry defeats it

Answer 11

Henry sends armed troops to the north and the rebels are dispersed – Thomas Howard is given the job of “cleaning up” and becomes Lord Lieutenant of the North for doing so

Question 12

Warbeck Rebellion - Beginnings

Answer 12

• Warbeck was a servant for Sir Edward Brampton, a Yorkist who lived in the Netherlands during the events of Bosworth
• 1490 - Another Yorkist, John Taylor, took Warbeck to Ireland in order for him to impersonate Richard, Edward IV’s youngest son

Question 13

Warbeck Rebellion - Foreign Support

Answer 13

• 1492 - Warbeck is received by Charles VIII as a prince (he is later removed due to the terms of the Treaty of Etaples)
• 1493 - Archduke Philip assumes control of Burgundy. Henry proposes that Philip hands over Warbeck, but is refused. Henry subsequently imposes a trade ban
• 1494 - Henry’s spies uncover English conspirators within the government, including Sir William Stanley - Henry has them executed
• Warbeck is welcomed in Scotland by James IV, recieving an annual pension and eventually being allowed to marry his cousin, Lady Catherine Gordon

Question 14

Warbeck Rebellion - End

Answer 14

• 1498 - Warbeck arrives in Cornwall to try and take advantage of the lack of support for Henry but receives little help and is eventually arrested
• 1499 - Warbeck is executed at the Tower of London alongside the Earl of Warwick after they (allegedly) attempt to escape

Question 15

Warbeck Rebellion - France

Answer 15

-1492 - Warbeck is received by Charles VIII as a prince (he is later removed due to the terms of the Treaty of Etaples)

Question 16

Warbeck Rebellion - Burgundy

Answer 16

-1493 - Archduke Philip assumes control of Burgundy. Henry proposes that Philip hands over Warbeck, but is refused. Henry subsequently imposes a trade ban

Question 17

Warbeck Rebellion - Scotland

Answer 17

Warbeck is welcomed in Scotland by James IV, recieving an annual pension and eventually being allowed to marry his cousin, Lady Catherine Gordon