Nobility in each reign Flashcards
E4’s close nobles in 1461
Family - brothers - Richard and George
Nevilles - (Richard) Warwick, Montagu (George), William Neville (became Earl of Kent)
Friends - William Herbert (became Pembroke), William Hastings
Which nobles did E4 gain as supporters - 1st reign
Reconciliation - Lord Rivers and Lord Stanley
Woodvilles - after marriage in 1464
Lord Rivers made Earl Rivers 1466, Anthony Woodville made Lord Scales
What patronage did E4 give to his nobles - 1st reign
Richard - Gloucester, George - Clarence
Warwick - Captain of Calais, High Admiral of England, Northern lands, Stewardship of Duchy of Lancaster
Montagu - Northumberland 1464-1470
William Neville - Earl of Kent 1461
Herbert - Pembroke 1461
Hastings - Master of the Mint and Lord Chamberlain
Lord Rivers - Earl Rivers and Anthony Woodville - Lord Scales
What did H7 allow peerage to reduce from and to
60 to 40
How many noble families were at some point under H7’s control financially
46/62
How many attainders did H7 reverse on nobles
45
How much did H7 make Edmund de la Pole pay for some of his father’s land - why is this significant
£5000
Edmund (Suffolk) rebels in 1501 after H7s harsh treatment - mainly as he wont give his fathers Dukedom to him only Earldom
Who are H7’s close nobles
Jasper Tudor- made Duke of Bedford
Lord Thomas Stanley - made Earl of Derby
Earl of Oxford
Earl of Shrewsbury - Knight of Garter
Sir William Stanely - until 1495 - Knight of Garter
Rhys ap Thomas - Knight of Garter
Who were H7 opposing nobles
Earl of Lincoln - John de la Pole
Earl of Suffolk - Edmund de la Pole
Northumberland - doesn’t stop Lincoln’s army
28 who supported Lincoln at Stoke
Who did H7 gain support from
Thomas Howard - Made Earl of Surrey by R3 (son of Norfolk) - imprisoned by H7 but proved his loyalty and given back Earl of Surrey after he puts down Yorkshire rebellion - became important w Scotland
Edward IV second reign - close nobles
Richard and George - Gloucester and Clarence
Woodvilles - Earl Rivers, Lord Scales
John Howard
William Herbert - Earl of Pembroke
William Hastings
E4 2nd reign - who did he gain support from (what policy) - and who did it fail with/how
Policy of reconciliation
Gained support from Earl of Exeter - spared and reconciled - Exeter fights in France in 1475
Limited success other than this - Lancastrians mostly defeated or exiled
E4 2nd reign - patronage
Gloucester and Clarence given Warwick’s lands
Gloucester given some of Clarence’s lands after 1478
Gloucester ended with vice-regal powers in the North
Earl Rivers made head of Council of Wales - Pembroke removed 1479
Hastings given power in Midlands
Howard given power in East Midlands
E4 2nd reign - opposing nobles
Bastard of Fauconberg - rebels 1471 from Kent
Jasper Tudor and Rhys ap Thomas in Wales - 1471-3
Earl of Oxford in 1473
Clarence - seems overmighty and causes problems - has a maid executed and kidnaps Anne Neville
