Threats to Henry VII's throne

Question 1

Who did Lambert Simnel impersonate?

Answer 1

Earl of Warwick

Question 2

How long was Lambert Simnel’s threat to the throne?

Answer 2

1 year, 1486-87

Question 3

How did Henry VII deal with Simnel’s threat?

Answer 3

Took the real Earl of Warwick out of the Tower of London and Paraded him around England.
Defeated him at Battle of Stoke, June 16th 1487.

Question 4

What Nobles were involved in the Simnel rebellion? (4)

Answer 4

John de la Pole, Francis Lovell and Margaret of Burgundy, Earl of Kildare

Question 5

What was the Margaret of Burgundy’s Roles in Simnel’s rebellion?

Answer 5

Used her money to hire 2,000 German mercenaries, met with the Irish and used some of their troops invade from the North on June 1487.

Question 6

Why did the Nobles go to Ireland in 1487?

Answer 6

Yorkist Stronghold

Question 7

What title did Simnel receive while in Ireland?

Answer 7

Was Crowned King of Dublin

Question 8

What Earl caused problems for Henry VII by not stopping the rebels?

Answer 8

Earl of Northumberland; just let them pass through

Question 9

Give Lambert Simnel context

Answer 9

He was of no royal blood
10 year old son of a joiner from Oxford
Trained by a priest to act like royalty

Question 10

What miscalculations did Henry Make about Simnel’s threat?

Answer 10

Trusted de la Pole even with the rumors of his involvement

Pole was present in Henry’s council in Febuary 1487 to discuss Simnel’s threat to the throne

Question 11

When did Henry VII become aware of John de la Pole’s involvement with Simnel?

Answer 11

April 1487

Question 12

When did Perkin Warbeck become a threat to the throne?

Answer 12

1491

Question 13

Who did Warbeck claim to be?

Answer 13

Richard Duke of York.

Question 14

Why was Warbeck’s impersonation better than Simnels?

Answer 14

No one knows what happened to York and Henry can’t just present him like Warwick.

Question 15

What international support did Warbeck gain? Name them. (5)

Answer 15

Charles VIII, Margaret of Burgundy, Philip of Burgundy, Maximilian, Holy Roman Emperor, James IV.

Question 16

Where and why did Warbeck start his rebellion?

Answer 16

In Ireland because it’s a Yorkist stronghold.

Question 17

1493-94 some people were put on trial, why?

Answer 17

They were agents of Burgundy who infiltrated England and tried to recruit support for Warbeck.

Question 18

William Stanley and Robert Clifford’s roles in the Warbeck problem

Answer 18

Stanley was in communication with Warbeck and Clifford exposed his communication to Henry VII. Stanley was executed.

Question 19

Why was William Stanley’s betrayal such a problem to Henry?

Answer 19

Stanley was in constant contact with the king, knew a lot.

Question 20

When did Warbeck try his first invasion with how many troops?

Answer 20

July 1495 with 300 troops. Failed to gain support so fled to Scotland.

Question 21

Why was Ireland such a problem to England?

Answer 21

Too hard to control from England
Very good launch point to invasions
English only controlled The Pale
Henry couldn’t control Ireland so he had to let them be

Question 22

Who was the most problematic Nobel in Ireland?

Answer 22

Earl of Kildare

didn’t try to stop the Irish based invasion in 1495

Question 23

How did Henry deal with Kildare’s situation?

Answer 23

He Pardoned Kildare and asked for Bond from Kildare

K refused because Henry wasn’t in a strong position

Question 24

How did Ireland support Warbeck?

Answer 24

The invasion in 1495, again in 1497

each time Kildare didn’t give him much support

Question 25

How did Henry VII deal is Irish threat?

Answer 25

1492 Henry sent a small force to Ireland to deal with Warbeck, who fled but came back in other years

Question 26

When was Warbeck captured and imprisoned?

Answer 26

1498