WOTR Knowledge Tests (1455-1458) “Uneasy Peace”

Question 1

In York’s second protectorate what did he try to reduce Margaret of Anjou’s expenditure to?

Answer 1

10,000 marks

Question 2

What was the name of the Bonvilles’ lawyer who was killed by the Courtnay’s?

Answer 2

Nicholas Radford

Question 3

Who did Anjou make Keeper of the Privy Seal in 1456?

Answer 3

Laurence Booth (her private secretary)

Question 4

Who did Anjou make treasurer of England in 1456?

Answer 4

Earl of Shrewsbury, then Wiltshire in 1458

Question 5

Over which castle did Edmund Tudor seize from York in 1456?

Answer 5

Carmarthan Castle

Question 6

Who seized the castle back from Tudor, for York?

Answer 6

William Herbert and Walter Devereux

Question 7

In what month and year did the mayor of Coventry had to intervene to stop Somerset from attacking York?

Answer 7

December 1456

Question 8

In 1457, Henry VI have what castle to Pembroke but the Yorkists refused to surrender it?

Answer 8

Denbigh Castle

Question 9

What date was Loveday?

Answer 9

25th March 1458

Question 10

How much did York pay for compensation to Somerset’s widow?

Answer 10

5,000 marks

Question 11

In October 1458 what acts of piracy did Warwick carry out?

Answer 11

Attacked Castillon Fleet and raided the Hanseatic league

Question 12

What were commissions of array, when did Margaret issue them and why?

Answer 12

Conscription was issued in 1457 to defend the king from the Yorkists

Question 13

Who did the Queen ally herself with following 1455?

Answer 13

Sworn enemies of York from blood feuds including the sons of those who had fell at St Albans - Henry Beaufort Duke of Somerset, Henry Percy Duke of Northumberland and Lord Clifford

Question 14

Why was Warwick powerful during this time?

Answer 14

He remained Captain of Calais as it was loyal to him and he had supporters in both Kent and London for his control over the Channel

Question 15

What sign was there that war was not inevitable?

Answer 15

Despite the growing factions, many nobles did not pick a side and Council continued to run

Question 16

What was happening in London that showed that law and order was suffering and why was this?

Answer 16

Riots broke out in London and magnates even began paying pirates to plunder foreign shipping because Margaret was more concerned with strengthening her allies (e.g. attempting to arrange a marriage between Somerset and a Scottish Princess) than running the country.

Question 17

What happened on Love Day?

Answer 17

Both factions walked arm in arm into St Paul’s Cathedral

Question 18

How many men did both sides bring to Love Day?

Answer 18

York 400
Salisbury 500
Warwick 600
Somerset 800
Northumberland, Egremont, Clifford 1,500

Question 19

Why was there a deep divide between Warwick and Anjou?

Answer 19

She tried to have him charged with piracy but he came to London with 600 men and the charges failed. However, he was ambushed by one of the kitchen staff in the royal kitchens who tried to impale him on a spit.

Question 20

Anjou knew there would be conflict in Autumn 1458, what did she do?

Answer 20

Left court to travel to Lancashire and Cheshire to gather support