Key Dates Flashcards
When was Henry born (D/M/Y)
28th Jan 1457
When did Margret Beaufort marry Henry Stafford (D/M/Y)
3rd Jan 1458
When did Edward IV become King (D/M/Y)
4th March 1461
When did Jasper Tudor go into exile (-/-/Y)
1461
When was Henry made a ward of William Herbert by Edward IV (-/M/Y)
Feb 1462
When was William Herbert captured and executed (D/M/Y)
27th July 1469
When was Henry VI restored to the throne (D/M/Y)
30th Oct 1470
When did Jasper Tudor return from exile (-/-/Y)
1470
When was Henry Stafford badly injured at the Battle of Barnet (D/M/Y)
14th April 1471
When did Edward IV return to the throne (D/M/Y)
22nd May 1471
When was Henry taken to Brittany by Jasper Tudor, and given protection from Francis II (-/M/Y)
June 1471
When did Henry Stafford die (D/M/Y)
4th Oct 1471
When did Margret Beaufort marry Thomas Stanley (D/M/Y)
12th une 1472
When did Francis II become ill and start negotiations for Henry to return to England (-/M/Y)
November 1476
When was Henry taken to Saint Malo port and intended to be given to Edward IV, but escaped to a monastery (-/-/Y)
1476
When did Edward IV die (D/M/Y)
9th April 1483
When did Edward V become King @ age 12 (-/-/Y)
1483
When did Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville’s marriage get proclaimed invalid making Edward V illegitimate (D/M/Y)
26th June 1483
When did Richard III become king (-/-/Y)
1483
When did Margret Beaufort and Elizabeth Woodville begin to plan Henry’s accession planning for him to marry Elizabeth of York (-/-/Y)
1483
When did Margret Beaufort manage to convince the Duke of Buckingham to support Henry (-/-/Y)
1483
When did Henry publicly declare he would marry Elizabeth of York once made king (D/M/Y)
25th December 1483
When was Titulus Regius Act passed by Parliament, declaring Richard III to be the lawful king and Edward IV’s children illegitimate (D/M/Y)
23rd Jan 1484
When did Henry Leave Harfleur to head an invasion force (D/M/Y)
1st August 1485
When did Henry land in Milford Haven, picking up support and marching inland (D/M/Y)
7th August 1485
When did Henry make camp at Whitesmoor’s Plain in Leicestershire (D/M/Y)
21st August 1485
When was the Battle of Bosworth (D/M/Y)
22nd August 1485
When did Henry backdate his reign to (D/M/Y)
21st August 1485
When did Henry order the arrest of 10 year old Edward, Earl of Warwick (-/M/Y)
August 1485