The Consolidation Of Power

Question 1

When did Henry become the King of England?

Answer 1

22nd August 1485

Question 2

How did Henry become the King of England?

Answer 2

By beating Richard III’s forces at the Battle of Bosworth

Question 3

Why did Henry have a weak claim to the throne?

Answer 3

Came from a female line of the family and was illegitimate

Question 4

Who proclaimed Henry was the King of England on the battlefield?

Answer 4

Lord Stanley

Question 5

What did Henry dating his reign from the 21st August 1485 do?

Answer 5

Ensured anyone that is on the Yorkist side was a traitor

Question 6

What 7 things did Henry do to consolidate his power?

Answer 6

Publicly rewarded 11 knighthoods, detained the Earl of Warwick, made key appointments to his Council and household, was coronated on 30th October before his first Parliament on 7th November, Parliamentary Acts of Attainder against Yorkists who fought at Bosworth, married Elizabeth of York, birthed Prince Arthur in September 1486

Question 7

When did Henry marry the Elizabeth of York?

Answer 7

January 1486

Question 8

What did Henry make Sir Reginald Bray?

Answer 8

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Question 9

Who became the Chamberlain of the Household?

Answer 9

Sir William Stanley

Question 10

When did Viscount Lovell and the Stafford’s attempt to overthrow Henry?

Answer 10

1486

Question 11

Why did the Viscount Lovell and Stafford’s fail to claim the throne?

Answer 11

Little enthusiasm for a Yorkist uprising in Richard III’s heartland of the North Riding of Yorkshire

Question 12

Who were the 2 individuals that led the second rebellion against the throne?

Answer 12

Lambert Simnel and John de la Pole (Earl of Lincoln)

Question 13

Who did Lambert Simnel pretend to be?

Answer 13

The Earl of Warwick

Question 14

How did Margaret of Burgundy support Lambert Simnel?

Answer 14

Paid for a force of mercenaries

Question 15

How did Henry prepare for Simnel?

Answer 15

Reinstated the Earl of Northumberland and reinforced coastal defences at East Anglia

Question 16

Why did Simnel fail to overthrow Henry?

Answer 16

Reluctant commitment of the Yorkist gentry in the North Riding of Yorkshire

Question 17

When did the Battle of Stoke Field happen?

Answer 17

1487

Question 18

Who led Henry’s army in the Battle of Stoke Field?

Answer 18

Earl of Oxford

Question 19

Who was killed in the Battle of Stoke Field?

Answer 19

The Earl of Lincoln

Question 20

Did the Battle of Stoke Field bring an end to the Wars of the Roses?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

What was a policy Henry introduced to ensure well-behaved landowners?

Answer 21

Bonds of good behaviour

Question 22

Who was Perkin Warbeck?

Answer 22

A cloth trader from Tournai in Flanders

Question 23

Who did Perkin pretend to be to overthrow Henry?

Answer 23

Richard, Duke of York

Question 24

Why was Warbeck a potentially serious threat?

Answer 24

Because he gained patronage from foreign rulers

Question 25

In which year did Warbeck impersonate the Duke of York?

Answer 25

1491

Question 26

Who was a conspirator of Warbeck’s Scottish invasion of England?

Answer 26

Sir William Stanley

Question 27

When did Warbeck surrender to the King?

Answer 27

1497 after the Cornish Rebellion

Question 28

When did Warbeck and the Earl of Warwick get executed?

Answer 28

1499

Question 29

When did Edmund de la Pole get given by Maximilian?

Answer 29

1506 with the Treaty of Windsor

Question 30

When did Richard de la Pole get executed by Henry VIII after Henry VII had died?

Answer 30

1513