Threats to Henry VII

Question 1

What were the 3 main threats to Henry VII?

Answer 1

• Perkin Warbeck
• Lambert Simnel
• economic rebellions (Yorkshire + Cornwall)

Question 2

who did Perkin Warbeck claim to be?

Answer 2

Richard, Duke of York

Question 3

how long did the threat of Perkin Warbeck last for?

Answer 3

Nov 1491 - Nov 1499 (8 yrs)

Question 4

where and when did he make his first public appearance?

Answer 4

Nov 1491 in Cork

Question 5

where did Warbeck go after Ireland?

Answer 5

France and Charles VIII

Question 6

how did Henry end French support of warbeck?

Answer 6

• Treaty of Étaples (3 Nov 92)

- Charles agreed he wouldn’t support Henry’s rebels

Question 7

where did warbeck go after France?

Answer 7

Low countries

Question 8

who supported Warbeck in LC?

Answer 8

Margaret of Burgundy and Maximilian

Question 9

what did Henry do to M of B and Maximilian?

Answer 9

antagonised them - making the threat more serious

Question 10

what happened in ENG in jan + feb 1495?

Answer 10

• several men put on trial for treason for their contact w/ Warbeck
• including sir William stanley

Question 11

when was sir William Stanley executed?

Answer 11

16 feb 1495

Question 12

when was warbeck received by James IV?

Answer 12

27 Nov 1495

Question 13

when was the Scottish invasion launched?

Answer 13

17 sept 1496

Question 14

how far did the Scottish invasion get?

Answer 14

4 miles before retreating

Question 15

who did Lambert simnel pretend to be?

Answer 15

Edward, earl of Warwick

Question 16

who brought Lambert simnel to Ireland?

Answer 16

priest, Richard Simon

Question 17

which foreign power supported Lambert Simnel?

Answer 17

Margaret of Burgundy (Ed IV’s sister)

Question 18

who had gone to Burgundy to persuade MofB to support Simnel?

Answer 18

viscount Lovell

Question 19

how did MofB support Simnel?

Answer 19

she supplied them with German and Swiss mercenaries and their leader, Martin Schwartz

Question 20

what happened on 24 May 1487?

Answer 20

• Lambert Simnel crowned Edward VI before mixed group of rebels
• included earl of Kildare and Martin Schwartz

Question 21

who was the most prominent noble to support simnel in England?

Answer 21

earl of Lincoln

Question 22

when was the battle of stoke?

Answer 22

16 June 1487

Question 23

how many men did the rebels have at stoke? how ddi this compare to royal army?

Answer 23

• lead by Lincoln a force of 8000 men

- heavily outnumbered by royal forces

Question 24

how did the battle of stoke play out?

Answer 24

• battle was close and not an easy victory for Henry
• royals eventually won
• Lincoln and Schwartz killed fighting

Question 25

what were the two main economic rebellions in Henry VII’s reign?

Answer 25

Yorkshire and Cornwall

Question 26

what caused the Yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 26

• 1489 parl voted £100,000 to support Henry’s invasion of France
• resented in Yorkshire & Durham as they felt they were placed under an undue burden as they also had to defend against Scots

Question 27

when did the Yorkshire rebellion begin? who was the leader?

Answer 27

• 20 April 1489

- led by yeoman, Robert Chamber

Question 28

what happened to Earl of Northumberland in Yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 28

• struggled to control revolt

- 28 April murdered by rebels

Question 29

who squashed the Yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 29

earl of Surrey, who led royal army

Question 30

what caused the Cornwall rebellion?

Answer 30

• taxation voted in parl of Jan 1497
• Tax for preparations to resist against invasions of Warbeck and James IV
• Cornish had unfair burden in amount of tax paid and men and ships taken

Question 31

when was battle of blackheath?

Answer 31

17 June 1497

Question 32

what happened at battle of blackheath?

Answer 32

• Henry VII lead his army from London to Blackheath where the rebel camp was surrounded
• Rebels were defeated - supposedly 1000 rebels killed
• Leaders executed