WOTR Knowledge Tests (1450-1455) “Causes” Flashcards
What year was the Treaty of Tours?
1444
In 1447 what position was York given?
Lieutenant of Ireland
Where in France did Somerset try and capture, which restarted the war with France?
Fougeres
When Somerset was captured in France, in 1450, he agreed to surrender Caen, how much did Henry VI pay for his release?
300,000 ecus
How much debt was the country in by 1450?
£372,000
The crown’s income had fallen from £120,000 in the reign of Henry IV to what under Henry VI?
£45,000
Who had placed a trade embargo on English cloth?
Burgundy
How many unemployed soldiers returned from the wars in France?
5000
Who did Suffolk try to arrange a marriage for his son to?
Margaret Beaufort
How much money did the Crown owe York?
£38,000
Who rebelled in January 1450?
Thomas Cheyne
What month was Cade’s rebellion?
May 1450
How many rebels were involved in Cade’s rebellion?
46000
Where did Henry VI flee to during Cade’s rebellion?
Kenilworth Castle
How many years did Henry banish Suffolk instead of executing him?
5 years
What month did York issue his 2 bills?
September 1450
Who issued a bill in parliament to make York heir in May 1451?
Thomas Young
What year was Somerset made Captain of Calais?
1451
Who joined York at Dartford?
Earl of Devon and Lord Cobham
What former Neville position, was given to William Percy in 1452?
Bishop of Carlisle
Who did Thomas Neville marry in 1453 that led to a conflict with Northumberland (Percy)?
Maud Stanhope
Who was killed at the battle of Castillon in 1453?
John Talbot
Where in France did Henry VI still have land, after the battle of Castillon?
Calais
What month and year did Anjou have a son?
October 1453
What positions has belonged to Warwick, but was given to Somerset by Henry in 1453?
Lordship of Glamorgan
In March 1454, who died and forced the Council to appoint a protector?
Archbishop of Canterbury, (Chancellor)
What month and year was York’s first protectorate started?
March 1454
Whose death triggered the announcement of York’s Protectorate?
Cardinal Kemp
Who did York appoint to Chancellor after the death of John Kemp?
Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury
York reduced household expenditure from £24,000 to what?
£5193
Who was locked up by York for ransacking Neville properties in May 1454?
Richard Percy and Lord Egremont
What month and year did York’s first protectorate end?
February 1455
In what month in 1455 was there a Council held, that York, Salisbury, and Warwick were excluded from?
May - Council at Leicester
Who did Henry make Chancellor when he removed York as Protectorate?
Viscount Bourchier
Who was made treasurer after York’s First protectorate had ended?
Wiltshire (Queen’s favourite)
How many men did York have at the First Battle of St Albans?
3000
Who was killed at St Albans?
Somerset, Clifford, Northumberland
What month was there a Parliament held after St Albans?
July
What positions was York given after St Albans?
Constable of England
Who was made Captain of Calais after St Albans?
Warwick
Who was made treasurer after First Battle of St Albans?
Lord Bourchier
When did York’s second protectorate start and end?
Started November 1455 and ended February 1456
