Threats to Henry VII

Question 1

who was Perkin Warbeck?

Answer 1

an imposter who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York

Question 2

for what period was Warbeck a threat to Henry?

Answer 2

November 1491 to November 1499

Question 3

how did the threat of Warbeck change over time?

Answer 3

level of threat fluctuated over time

Question 4

when did warbeck make his first appearance?

Answer 4

November 1491 in cork

Question 5

why was warbeck a minor threat in Ireland?

Answer 5

failed to receive much support

Question 6

where did Warbeck move after Ireland? (1491)

Answer 6

France - as he had the support of Charles VII

Question 7

how did Henry end the threat of warbeck and France?

Answer 7

treaty ot Etaples - 3 Nov 1492

Question 8

what was the treaty of Étaples?

Answer 8

• Charles VIII to give Henry £159,000
• Charles would not aid any of Henry VII’s rebels
• agreed to expel Warbeck

Question 9

where did Warbeck move to after France?

Answer 9

Low Countries

Question 10

why did Warbeck’s threat get more serious as he went to LC?

Answer 10

-had support of Margaret of Burgundy and Maximilian (HRE)

Question 11

how did Henry make the situation worse when Warbeck was in LC?

Answer 11

antagonised them - led to making threat more serious

Question 12

what happened in England in jan + Feb 1495?

Answer 12

several men put on trill for treason for their contact w/ Warbeck - inc. Sir William Stanley

Question 13

when was Stanley executed?

Answer 13

16 feb 1495

Question 14

when did Warbeck attempt an invasion on Kent? how big was his force

Answer 14

• 3 July 1495

- force probably numbered around 1300 men and had 14 ships

Question 15

was the Kentish invasion successful?

Answer 15

no

Question 16

where did Warbeck return to after his failure in Kent? was he successful?

Answer 16

Ireland - failed to muster support in Ireland

Question 17

when was the height of the Warbeck threat?

Answer 17

Scottish invasion w/ James IV

Question 18

when was warbeck welcomed by James IV?

Answer 18

27 November 1495

Question 19

who did Warbeck marry?

Answer 19

Dec 1495 - Lady Katherine Gordon (niece of James IV)

Question 20

when did warbeck launch his Scottish invasion? was it successful?

Answer 20

17 sept 1496. failure - only got 4 miles before retreating

Question 21

what did warbeck attempt to do in Cornwall?

Answer 21

join the Cornish revolt but failed

Question 22

when was Warbeck executed?

Answer 22

23 November 1499

Question 23

who was the most serious threat to Henry VII?

Answer 23

Lambert simnel

Question 24

who did Lambert simnel pretend to be?

Answer 24

Edward, Earl of Warwick

Question 25

who brought Simnel to Ireland?

Answer 25

priest, Richard Simon

Question 26

when was Simnel crowned Edward IV?

Answer 26

24 may - in front of a group of mixed rebels e.g. Earl of Kildare and Martin Schwartz

Question 27

which foreign power supported Simnel?

Answer 27

Margaret of Burgundy

Question 28

who had persuaded Margaret to support Simnel?

Answer 28

Viscount Lovell

Question 29

what did Margaret supply simnel with?

Answer 29

2000 German and Swiss mercenaries, and their leader Martin Schwartz

Question 30

who did simnel have the support of in England?

Answer 30

many Yorkists e.g. Earl of Lincoln

Question 31

when was the battle of stoke?

Answer 31

16 June 1487

Question 32

how strong was the rebel force at stoke?

Answer 32

lead by Lincoln had force of 8000 men, but heavily outnumbered by royal forces led by Oxford

Question 33

what was the battle like at Stoke?

Answer 33

close and not an easy victory, but Henry's forces eventually won

Question 34

who died at battle of stoke?

Answer 34

Lincoln and Schwartz

Question 35

why was Simnel the most serious threat to Henry VII?

Answer 35

closest Henry came to losing the throne - stoke was a tight battle that could have gone either way

Question 36

what were the two main rebellions (non-dynastic) that Henry faced?

Answer 36

Yorkshire and Cornwall

Question 37

what did the 1489 parl do?

Answer 37

voted £100,000 to support Henry's invasion of France

Question 38

why was Yorkshire unhappy with the 1489 parl?

Answer 38

felt they were placed under an undue burden as they also had to defend against the Scots

Question 39

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

Answer 39

20 April 1489 - led by Robert Chamber

Question 40

what happened on 28 April 1489? (Yorkshire)

Answer 40

earl of Northumberland murdered by rebels

Question 41

who quashed the Yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 41

royal army led by Earl of Surrey

Question 42

what was the cause of the Cornish rebellion?

Answer 42

taxation voted in parl of jan 1497 - tax preparations to reissue against invasion of Warbeck and James IV

Question 43

why did the Cornish feel hard done by?

Answer 43

had unfair burden in amount of tax paid and men and ships taken

Question 44

when did the Cornish rebellion culminate?

Answer 44

battle of blackheath - 17 June 1497

Question 45

what happened at battle of blackheath?

Answer 45

- Henry surrounded rebel camp - rebels were drafted - supposedly 1000 rebels killed - leaders executed