The Crisis of 1450 Flashcards
What position held by York from December 1447 prevented him from
personally intervening to aid his Norman affinity?
Lieutenant of Ireland
Which major Norman city did Somerset surrender in October
1449 in order to secure his personal freedom?
Rouen
Which Norman city, held by a follower of York for him, was
lost in June 1450, arguably due to Somerset’s cowardice?
Caen
Who was alleged to have been scheming to place Richard of
York on the throne as early as March 1450?
Sir William Oldhall
Which prominent financier and mentor of Suffolk had become
dominant in England by the 1440s before dying in 1447?
Cardinal Beaufort
Control of which group enabled Suffolk to dominate
government in the 1440s?
King’s household
What was the king’s household widely accused of by 1450?
Corruption
Whose inaction and disinterest arguably forced Suffolk to operate in a manner that was bound to fail eventually?
Henry VI
What was Suffolk effectively controlling for the king which created a conflict of interest for him as a noble?
Duchy of Lancaster
What was signed with France in 1444 when Suffolk’s faction was dominant?
Treaty of Tours
Who was Henry VI unpopularly married to in 1445, for which Suffolk was unfairly blamed?
Margaret of Anjou
Which territory was surrendered to the French by the Suffolk-dominated government in 1448?
Maine
Which territory was the Suffolk-led government blamed for losing in 1449-1450?
Normandy
Which Breton town was captured by Suffolk’s captain, Francois de Surienne, on 29 March 1449, breaking the truce with the French?
Fougeres
Which Breton duke was driven into an alliance with Charles VII of France by the attack on Fougeres in March 1449?
Francis I
Which government official was killed by a mob of unpaid soldiers at Portsmouth on 9 January 1450?
Adam Moleyns
When was Suffolk arrested as unrest grew throughout the country?
28 January 1450
For how many years did Henry VI banish Suffolk in an attempt to save his life?
Five
Where was Suffolk’s body found after his ship was intercepted by English rebels in May 1450?
Kent
Which pro-French war uncle of Henry VI was Suffolk widely blamed for the death of in 1447?
Humphrey of Gloucester
Which potential ‘Lancastrian’ heiress did Suffolk marry to his son John in early 1450?
Margaret Beaufort
When was the Norman capital Rouen surrendered to the French by Suffolk’s ally, the Duke of Somerset?
October 1449
When was Jack Cade’s Rebellion?
May-July 1450
The loss of control of Normandy led to increases in what?
French piracy
When were the English ports Rye and Winchelsea burnt down by the French?
1448
Where did the majority of the soldiers return to after Normandy fell?
South East England (Kent)
Where did Jack Cade’s Rebellion originate?
Kent
What did Jack Cade change his surname to?
Mortimer
When did Cade change his surname to Mortimer?
June 1450
What symbol, formerly associated with the deposed Richard II, was used as the name of the inn where Cade stayed?
White Hart
Cade’s complaint explicitly denied that the rebels intended to replace Henry VI with whom?
Richard of York
Which battle on 15 April 1450 was a decisive defeat for English forces in Normandy?
Formigny
Who was the hated and corrupt former sheriff of Kent?
William Crowmer
What did William Crowmer, former Sheriff of Kent, become notorious for?
Corruption
How much was the crown’s debt increasing by each year?
£20,000
What was the total debt of the English Crown by 1450?
£372,000
What territorial loss was linked to Jack Cade’s Rebellion?
Normandy
How many formal complaints were made by the Jack Cade’s Rebellion?
Fifteen
In what year was Normandy lost to the French?
1450
Which prominent Yorkist was later accused of inciting the Jack Cade’s rebels in order to put York on the throne?
Sir William Oldhall
Which bishop of Salisbury, associated with Suffolk and the king’s marriage, was murdered in Wiltshire in June 1450?
William Ayscough
Which corrupt supporter of Suffolk’s, and father-in-law of William Crowmer, was killed by Cade’s rebels?
Lord Saye
Imports of what into England fell to barely a quarter of what they had been after the war with France restarted?
Wine
Which two household men with close ties to Suffolk were specifically mentioned as corrupt enemies by the rebels?
Thomas Daniel and John Trevelyan
What blocked English trade to Germany and the Baltic in retaliation for English piracy, prompting anger from Cade’s rebels?
Hanseatic League
Who returned to London from Normandy on 1 August 1450, taking over leadership of the king’s household?
Edmund Beaufort (Somerset)
When did Richard of York return from Ireland claiming a conspiracy against him and his family?
September 1450
Where did York tour in October 1450 gathering armed support from the Duke of Norfolk?
East Anglia
When did the York-supporting Commons in parliament petition for action to be taken against Somerset?
November 1450
When was Somerset assaulted by a mob and placed in the Tower of London for his own protection?
December 1450
