Sources

Question 1

John Blacman

Answer 1

Talks about the holiness of Henry VI but never him as a king

Question 2

John Capgrave

Answer 2

Talks about H6 as a saint but critical as a king

Question 3

Benet’s Chronicle

Answer 3

Pro-Yorkist
Well informed - esp on Cade’s rebellion - 1st hand knowledge?

Question 4

Chronicon Angliae/Giles’ Chronicle

Answer 4

independent-minded
Critical of York at Dartford

Question 5

John Whethampsted/St Albans Registers

Answer 5

St Albans was well situated for receiving news from London
Generally sympathetic to Yorkists, but not uncritically so

Question 6

Crowland (or Croyland) Chronicles

Answer 6

Well informed
Mostly pro-Yorkist
much of this was written in April 1486

Question 7

Polydore Vergil

Answer 7

Requested to write by Henry VII
He preserved the Lancastrian tradition about the Wars of the Roses
Blamed Richard Duke of York for the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses
Very much the Tudor history of the Wars of the Roses
Justifies H7

Question 8

English Chronicle

Answer 8

Pro-Yorkist
Well informed and detailed
Written under E4

Question 9

The Brut Chronicle

Answer 9

Pro-Yorkist
Less detailed and not so well informed
Clear it is written under E4

Question 10

The London Chronicles (Gregory’s Chronicle, Bale’s Chronicle and the Short English Chronicle)

Answer 10

Pro-Yorkist
Well informed on London issues
Gregory’s very detailed and well informed

Question 11

Chronicle of John Warkworth

Answer 11

Critical of E4

Question 12

Chronicle of Jean de Waurin

Answer 12

Burgundian
Sometimes inaccurate
A bit pro-Yorkist - good comments
Well informed militarily

Question 13

Chancery Patent Rolls

Answer 13

provide insight into the exercise of government
who benefited from royal patronage, and who did not
recording pardons granted for offences

Question 14

Examples of pro-Yorkist propaganda:

Answer 14

June 1450 - Cade’s Manifesto
October 1450 – a public bill issued by York
February 1452 - York’s letter from Shrewsbury
May/June 1455 - aftermath of the first battle of St Albans, Yorkists ensured a letter justifying their behaviour was entered on the Parliament roll
1459 – Warwick’s manifesto
1460 - Warwick was also probably responsible for a comprehensive recital of the shortcomings of Henry VI’s regime, issued form Calais

Question 15

pro-Lancastrian propaganda:

Answer 15

The public oath of allegiance to Henry VI sworn by York at St Paul’s on 10 March 1452 was meant to highlight the legitimacy of the Lancastrian king and his regime

The long recital of York’s treacheries since 1450 that precluded the act of attainder passed by the Coventry Parliament (‘of Devils’) in 1459 I even more overtly propagandist

Question 16

Provenance of letters

Answer 16

Often confuse rumours with fact and not yet fully informed/accurate
But recent events and fresh/new information - usually well informed domestically