Key Dates Flashcards
The dated reign Henry VII put in Parliament to ensure any Yorkists were designated traitors
21 August 1485
Victory for Henry Vii at the Battle of Bosworth, proclaimed king by Lord Stanley
22 August 1485
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)
30th October 1485
Henry VII’s meeting with Parliament
-Acts of Attainder against Yorkists
-Act of Resumption
-JPs power to arrest
7th November 1485
1st Navigation Act- forbade English merchants loading goods onto foreign ships unless no English ships were available
1485
Marriage to Elizabeth of York
18th January 1486
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.
April 1486
Birth of Arthur Tudor
September 1486
Elizabeth of York crowned Queen of England
25th November 1486
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
June 1487
(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
Nov - Dec 1487
Act of Resumption
1486
LAmbert Simnel conspiracy
1487
King calls Great Council
1487
Battle of Stoke
1487
Henry uses Act of Attainder on 28 people
1487
Parliament pass Navigation Acts (2 dates)
1485 and 1489
Treaty of Medina del Campo
1489
Yorkshire Rebellion
1489
Prince Henry Born
1491
Warbeck plot begins as he appears in Ireland
1491
Siege of Boulogne
1492
Treaty of Etaples
1492
Warbeck arrives in France and Brittany
1492
Warbeck meets Holy Roman Emperor
1493
Trade embargo with Burgundy
1493
England and Scotland sign 9 year truce
1493
William Stanley executed for treason
1495
Act of Attainder used on 24 people
1495
Council Learned in Law created
1495
Parliament grants Henry all lands owned by Richard III
1495
Intercsursus Magnus
1496
Cornish Rebellion
1497
Warbeck lands in Cornwall
1497
Warbeck surrenders
1497
Henry sponsors another John Cabot expedition, it never returns
1498
Warbeck hanged and Earl of Warwick beheaded
1499
Henry gives Pope £4,000 to fight Crusade
1501
Arthur and Catherine’s wedding
1501
Arthur dies
1502
Elizabeth of York dies
1503
Prince Henry and Catherine betrothed
1503
Princess Margaret marrues James IV of Scotland
1503
Parliament refused Henry;s money request
1504
Act of Attainder against 51 people
1504
Businesses cant make rules without King’s permission
1504
60 Lollards burnt for heresy
1506
Intercursus malus
1506
Earl of Suffolk, Edmund de la Pole, captured and imprisoned in the Tower.
1506
Lord Burgavenny fined £70,000 for retaining
1506
Treaty of Cambrai
1508
