Key Dates

Question 1

The dated reign Henry VII put in Parliament to ensure any Yorkists were designated traitors

Answer 1

21 August 1485

Question 2

Victory for Henry Vii at the Battle of Bosworth, proclaimed king by Lord Stanley

Answer 2

22 August 1485

Question 3

Henry VII’s coronation Westminster Abbey (arranged before his meeting in Parliament to show he was rightfully king not just because Parliament sanctioned it. Purple velvet for his cloak was 40 shillings a yard)

Answer 3

30th October 1485

Question 4

Henry VII’s meeting with Parliament
-Acts of Attainder against Yorkists
-Act of Resumption
-JPs power to arrest

Answer 4

7th November 1485

Question 5

1st Navigation Act- forbade English merchants loading goods onto foreign ships unless no English ships were available

Answer 5

1485

Question 6

Marriage to Elizabeth of York

Answer 6

18th January 1486

Question 7

Lovell Uprising - During Henry’s Royal Progress (at Lincoln), heard news 3 of Richards best supporters had broken sanctuary in Colchester -Viscount Lovell tried to raise an uprising in the North Riding of Yorkshire while Thomas and Humphrey Stafford tried to raise one in the Midlands. Henry sent armed force to rebels stating they have a choice between pardon or death.

Answer 7

April 1486

Question 8

Birth of Arthur Tudor

Answer 8

September 1486

Question 9

Elizabeth of York crowned Queen of England

Answer 9

25th November 1486

Question 10

Battle of Stoke- two armies met at East Stoke, Northamptonshire, VIIs 12,000 army led efficiently by John de Vere, Earl of Oxford. Only after 3 hours Henry was certain of victory. John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, who lead army of 8,000, killed in battle. After this VII started using bonds of good behaviour to ensure well-behaved landowners

Answer 10

June 1487

Question 11

(Henry VII) Second Parliament - fifteenths and tenths made; Law against retaining established; Court of Star Chamber established as offshoot of the Duchy of Lancaster and run by Sir Reginald Bray to ensure VII was receiving rents and rights in his personal lands. Actions against those who fought in Simnel rebellion, 28 nobles attainted and lands were confiscated

Answer 11

Nov - Dec 1487

Question 12

Act of Resumption

Answer 12

1486

Question 13

LAmbert Simnel conspiracy

Answer 13

1487

Question 14

King calls Great Council

Answer 14

1487

Question 15

Battle of Stoke

Answer 15

1487

Question 16

Henry uses Act of Attainder on 28 people

Answer 16

1487

Question 17

Parliament pass Navigation Acts (2 dates)

Answer 17

1485 and 1489

Question 18

Treaty of Medina del Campo

Answer 18

1489

Question 19

Yorkshire Rebellion

Answer 19

1489

Question 20

Prince Henry Born

Answer 20

1491

Question 21

Warbeck plot begins as he appears in Ireland

Answer 21

1491

Question 22

Siege of Boulogne

Answer 22

1492

Question 23

Treaty of Etaples

Answer 23

1492

Question 24

Warbeck arrives in France and Brittany

Answer 24

1492

Question 25

Warbeck meets Holy Roman Emperor

Answer 25

1493

Question 26

Trade embargo with Burgundy

Answer 26

1493

Question 27

England and Scotland sign 9 year truce

Answer 27

1493

Question 28

William Stanley executed for treason

Answer 28

1495

Question 29

Act of Attainder used on 24 people

Answer 29

1495

Question 30

Council Learned in Law created

Answer 30

1495

Question 31

Parliament grants Henry all lands owned by Richard III

Answer 31

1495

Question 32

Intercsursus Magnus

Answer 32

1496

Question 33

Cornish Rebellion

Answer 33

1497

Question 34

Warbeck lands in Cornwall

Answer 34

1497

Question 35

Warbeck surrenders

Answer 35

1497

Question 36

Henry sponsors another John Cabot expedition, it never returns

Answer 36

1498

Question 37

Warbeck hanged and Earl of Warwick beheaded

Answer 37

1499

Question 38

Henry gives Pope £4,000 to fight Crusade

Answer 38

1501

Question 39

Arthur and Catherine's wedding

Answer 39

1501

Question 40

Arthur dies

Answer 40

1502

Question 41

Elizabeth of York dies

Answer 41

1503

Question 42

Prince Henry and Catherine betrothed

Answer 42

1503

Question 43

Princess Margaret marrues James IV of Scotland

Answer 43

1503

Question 44

Parliament refused Henry;s money request

Answer 44

1504

Question 45

Act of Attainder against 51 people

Answer 45

1504

Question 46

Businesses cant make rules without King's permission

Answer 46

1504

Question 47

60 Lollards burnt for heresy

Answer 47

1506

Question 48

Intercursus malus

Answer 48

1506

Question 49

Earl of Suffolk, Edmund de la Pole, captured and imprisoned in the Tower.

Answer 49

1506

Question 50

Lord Burgavenny fined £70,000 for retaining

Answer 50

1506

Question 51

Treaty of Cambrai

Answer 51

1508