Parliament + other breadth info

Question 1

What was the ‘Wonderful Parliament’ of RII? When was this held?

Answer 1

threatened RII with deposition if he did not attend and have chancellor forcibly removed
1386

Question 2

‘Long Parliament’ dates? Purpose and result?

Answer 2

1st March - 22nd December 1406
HIV health declining - transferred powers to prince H
31 article document restricting financial expenditure

Question 3

What happened as a result of victory in Agnicourt?

Answer 3

1415 - parliament grants HV tonnage and poundage for life + other tax grants

Question 4

Example of strong parliament?

Answer 4

1450 - Commons demanded Duke of Suffolk removed from power + preferably put on trial for treason

Question 5

In what year did parliament declare R duke of York ‘Defender and Protecter of the Realm’ for the first time?

Answer 5

1454

Question 6

Examples of weak parliaments?

Answer 6

1459 - ‘Parliament of Devils’

1478 - parliament passes bastardisation of all possible opponents to RIII’s power

Question 7

When was Clarence tried for treason in parliament and found guilty?

Answer 7

1478

Question 8

What did parliament refuse to grant in 1504?

Answer 8

financial support for knighting of Prince Arthur and marriage of Princess Margaret

Question 9

In the 27 years HVII was king how many parliaments did he call?

Answer 9

7

Question 10

Why were kings often reluctant to call parliament?

Answer 10

awkward and tricky

asked for tax - parliament saw this as leverage so they could voice grievances to king

Question 11

Who was in the HoC?

Answer 11

lesser gentry + business people from towns

Question 12

Who was in HoL?

Answer 12

nobles + archbishops

Question 13

Hotspur’s rebellion?

Answer 13

1403

aimed to replace HIV with Edmund Mortimer

Question 14

How did the French king react to HIV taking throne of England?

Answer 14

did not accept HIV as rightful monarch - RII’s widow = French princess

Question 15

Scrope rebellion?

Answer 15

1405
partially due to financial mismanagement
Scrope = archbishop
rebellion involved:
Archbishop of York, Richard Scrope, Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, Earl of Nottingham
Thomas Mowbray
Lord Bardolf
Scrope = executed

Question 16

What happens with HIV’s health at time of Scrope rebellion?

Answer 16

deteriorates
incapacitated for a week
health returns in 1406

Question 17

Situation with French Scottish and English 1402?

Answer 17

French-Scottish alliance against English

Question 18

When did piracy increase? What group penalised the English over this?

Answer 18

1402

Hanseatic League

Question 19

Owain Glyndwr rebellion?

Answer 19

1405
supported by French king and 2,500 of his troops
tripartite indenture
1406, parliament has to be called to subdue rebellion

Question 20

Why were French naval attacks on the south coast of 1404 such a problem?

Answer 20

repares - tax needed - criticism of king

Question 21

How do the French take advantage of growing criticism for HIV in England?

Answer 21

challenge English territory in France
targeted Calais, Aquitaine + Gascony
1400-3 cost 13000 per month defencing Aquitaine alone

Question 22

How did HIV feel about sidelined role in govt when his health was deteriorating?

Answer 22

resentful of it

tension between HIV and his son

Question 23

Why was parliament happy to grant taxation in 1407?

Answer 23

measures had been taken to reduce spending on the royal household

Question 24

Why was Parliament called in 1406?

Answer 24

Henry IV was struggling to subdue the Owain Glyndwr rebellion