Henry VII- Threats and Rebellions- COMPLETE Flashcards
What year was the Lovell conspiracy?
1486.
What year was the Cornish rebellion?
1497.
What year was the Yorkshire rebellion?
1489.
What year was the Perkin Warbeck uprising?
1491-1499.
What year was the Lambert Simnel uprising?
1486 but Henry unaware until 1487.
What happened in the Lovell conspiracy? (First rebellion)
-Trouble in the midlands when Henry went on a royal progress to the North.
-Dissatisfied Yorkists.
-Sent a force offering reconciliation or excommunication and death.
-Rebels dispersed.
-Lovell fled to Flanders and the Stafford brothers sought Sanctuary. (H EXECUTED, T LOYAL)
Who were the leaders of the Lovell conspiracy?
-Lord Lovell.
-The Stafford brothers. (Humpherey and Thomas)
Why did the Lovell conspiracy fail?
-Lack of a credible alternative as king.
-Lovell and Stafford were only minor nobles and didn’t have either great wealth or a great following.
-No overseas backing.
-Henry had effective intelligence operation and tracked them, meaning that it failed.
What were the consequences of the Lovell conspiracy?
-Limited.
-Progress able to continue in the North.
-Helped get loyalty and obedience.
Who did Lambert Simnel claim to be?
-The earl of Warwick
Who did Lambert Simnel receive support from? (leaders).
-Crowned in Ireland by the Irish Kildare.
-Earl of Lincoln.
-Margaret of Burgundy.
-Richard Symonds an Oxford priest.
What was Lambert Simnel caused by?
-Dissatisfaction over loss of Yorkist land
What happened in Stoke in 1487? (Lambert Simnel uprising)
-Henry’s army made of roughly 12,000 men met Simnel’s 8,0000-man army at Stoke in 1487.
-The German commander was killed.
What did Simnel’s army contain?
2,000 German mercenaries paid by Burgundy led by Martin Schwartz
About 4,500 ill-disciplined Irish kerns sent by Kildare.
-smaller force of Yorkists under the command of half a dozen local gentry which joined after they landed in England..
How did Henry reinforce that Simnel was not the Earl of Warwick? (2)
-Symonds imprisoned for life and Simnel given a job in the kitchens.
-Henry paraded the real Warwick around London.
Why did the Lambert Simnel uprising fail? (6)
-presence of ‘brutal’ Irish.
-Henry’s army bigger and better.
-No widespread support.
-Leaders killed.
-Exhaustion and poverty
-Lambert clearly not legitimate at 12.
Why could Lambert Simnel still be considered a threat? (5)
-Battle of Stoke- closely fought 3 hours.
-Henry had little support too only from Oxford and Derby.
-Margaret of Burgundy’s support.
-Henry unaware for a year showing his vunerability.
-8000 men.
What caused the Yorkshire rebellions?
-Protest at the collection of subsidies.
-Yorkshire men felt that Britany was of none of their concern and was a further strain on an already financially suffering area.
-Also bad harvests at the time.
What happened during the Yorkshire rebellion?
-Northumberland was sent to collect the taxes but was killed in the process
-Henry sent an army of 8,000 led by the Earl of surrey and the rebels were dispersed.
What were the consequences of the Yorkshire rebellion? (3)
-An establishment of the Tudor crown in Yorkshire.
-The taxes however were never collected which questions royal authority
-The Earl of surrey selected as his representative who had no vested interest so would be very loyal.
Who led the Cornish rebellion?
Michael An Goff.
What caused the Cornish rebellion?
-A response to high taxes placed on people for Henry VII to finance a war against Scotland. (as they were funding Perkin Warbeck and threatening Northern war).
Who led the Yorkshire rebellion?
-Sir John Egremont
-an illegitimate member of the Percy family and Yorkist supporter.
How many supporters did the Cornish rebellion attract?
15,000. This included only one noble, Lord Audley. But numbers did decline upon reaching London perhaps in fear.
