The Consolidation Of Power

Question 1

Where did the last conflict of the War of the Roses take place?

Answer 1

Battle of Stoke (stoke field)

Question 2

Who did Henry make the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster?

Answer 2

Sir Reginald Bray

Question 3

What is tonnage and poundage?

Answer 3

the right to raise revenue for the whole reign from imports and exports

Question 4

What are Acts of Attainder?

Answer 4

this declared a landowner guilty of rebelling against a monarch to which the attained noble lost his title, lands and sometimes his head, with their heirs dishonoured

Question 5

Why did Henry V11 often use parliamentary sanction?

Answer 5

this was because his claim to the throne was tenuous and so this fortified his actions

Question 6

Who was Elizabeth of York related to?

Answer 6

she was the daughter of Edward 1V

Question 7

Who was the Earl of Warwick related to?

Answer 7

He was Edward 1V’s nephew

Question 8

When was the meeting of the first Parliament?

Answer 8

7th November 1485

Question 9

What year did Henry marry Elizabeth of York?

Answer 9

January 1486

Question 10

What was Henry Tudors other name ?

Answer 10

Earl of Richmond

Question 11

At which battle did Henry V11 win victory over Richard 111’s forces ? And at which year?

Answer 11

• battle of Bosworth

- 22nd August 1485

Question 12

Why was Henry V11’s claim to the throne weak?

Answer 12

1) he descended through the female line represented by his mother, Lady Margret Beaufort
2) The line came from John of Gaunts third wife their son John Beaufort who was born before their marriage and was seen as illegitimate

Question 13

Why did Henry V11 become the Lancastrian claimant ?

Answer 13

No one else who could for fill the role

Question 14

Who procLaimed Henry V11 the King of England on the battlefield ?

Answer 14

Lord Stanley

Question 15

Why was there little opposition to Henry V11’s claim to the throne at first ?

Answer 15

Richard 111 had become an object of suspicion because of the disappearance of the princes in the Tower, along with other crimes

Question 16

How many knighthoods did Henry V11 confer?

Answer 16

11 to his key supporters

Question 17

How did Henry distinguish traitors?

Answer 17

he dated his reign from 21st august, those who fought against him at Bosworth were named traitors

Question 18

How was parliament used to punish opposition to the crown?

Answer 18

Parliamentary Acts of Attainder meant Yorkist property was given to the crown which increased royal income

Question 19

How did Henry assert his hereditary right as king?

Answer 19

His coronation 30th October, first meeting of parliament 7th November. He didn’t wait to be sanctioned by parliament.

Question 20

When was the birth of prince Arthur?

Answer 20

1486 September

Question 21

How did Henry gain popularity through publicity?

Answer 21

propaganda of the union of the two houses of Lancaster and York

Question 22

what was the customs revenues given to Henry by the crown? what did this do?

Answer 22

The custom revenue of ‘tonnage and poundage’. This gave the right to raise revenue for the whole reign from imports to exports

Question 23

how many men were met by Henry v11’s 12,000 army at the battle of stoke?

Answer 23

8,000 (2,000 mercenaries given by Margret of burgundy)

Question 24

How does Henry react after the uprising of the alleged Earl of warkwick?

Answer 24

he becomes suspicious of the nobility and fines them heavily. More parliament time spent dealing with opposition

Question 25

Who was the leader of Burgundy and why did they dislike Henry?

Answer 25

Maxmillion, they opposed the French who sponsored Henry’s uprising

Question 26

What was the problem of the uprising by Viscount Lovell and the Earl of Lincoln (John de la Pole)?

Answer 26

Not enough support in Richard 111’s homelands in the east such as Cumbria and North Yorkshire

Question 27

Who and where was the ‘earl of warwick’ coroneted?

Answer 27

Lord Kildare crowned him king of Ireland.

Question 28

Who did Henry make Lord Chamberlain?

Answer 28

William Stanley

Question 29

How many monarchs before Henry V11 had met untimely ends?

Answer 29

4