WOTR Knowledge Tests (1461-1470) “Edward IV’s First Reign” Flashcards
What titles were Edward’s brother’s given?
George, Duke of Clarence and Richard, Duke of Gloucester
What positions did the Nevilles get?
Lord Fauconberg - Earl of Kent
Lord Montagu - Earl of Northumberland
George Neville - Archbishop of York
Warwick - Viceroy of the North
Who was made treasurer in 1463?
Lord Grey
Who was made Earl of Pembroke?
Sir William Herbert
What year were the Channel islands attacked by the French?
1461
How many nobles did Edward have attained from Towton?
14
3 northern castles had been captured by Edward by April 1462, which did he return to Ralph Percy as part of his policy of Appeasement?
Dunstanburgh (Dec 1462, Percy has betrayed him March 1463)
Where did Anjou attack in October 1462 with 800 men?
Bamburgh
Who was killed at the Battle of Hedgeley Moor in 1464?
Ralph Percy
Who defeated the Lancastrians at Hedgley Moor and Hexham?
Lord Montague
Who was killed at the Battle of Hexham?
Somerset, Hungerford and Roos
When did Edward make a truce with France (new Louis XI)?
October 1463
When did Edward make a truce with Scotland? (James III)
December 1463
What month and year was Henry VI captured?
July 1465
What year was Edward granted customs duties for life?
1465 (additional £25,000 a year)
What did Edward use to improve income from Crown Lands?
Land Revenue Experiment
What did Edward replace the exchequer system with?
Chamber System
How much did Edward manage to reduce the crown debt by?
£97,000
In what year was retaining made illegal?
1468
Who was Warwick arranging a marriage to Edward with?
France - Bona of Savoy
When did Edward secretly marry Elizabeth Woodville!
1st May 1464
Who did Thomas Grey (Elizabeth’s son) marry?
Anne Holland (heiress to the Duke of Exeter)
Who did Katherine Neville, Duchess of Norfolk (aged 85) marry?
John Woodville, Queen’s brother
Who was Buckingham married to in 1465, which he resented?
Catherine Woodville
Who became treasurer in 1466?
Earl Rivers (replacing Lord Mountjoy - Warwick’s uncle)
What was Warwick’s income from his estates?
£7,000 p/a
Who did Clarence want to marry, that was refused by Edward?
Isabelle Neville (Warwick’s daughter)
In what year did Jasper Tudor try to launch an invasion of Wales?
1468
Where did unrest break out in 1468?
Kent, Midlands
What was the name of Edward IV’s father, according to the illegitimacy rumours spread by Clarence?
French archer, Blaybourne
Who led a rebellion in the North, in April 1469?
Robin of Redesdale
Warwick refused Edward’s order to stop the Robin of Redesdale’s rebellion, so who did stop it?
John Neville, Lord Montagu/Northumberland
What date did Clarence marry Isabel?
11th July 1469
Who did Warwick have executed after he had Edward in custody?
Earl Rivers, Sir John Woodville
What positions did Richard Duke of Gloucester get in 1469-70?
Earl of Pembroke and Constable of England (Herbert and Rivers’ positions)
Who replaced John Neville as the Earl of Northumberland?
Henry Percy
What was the name of the battle where Edward defeated the rebellion of Clarence and Warwick in Lincolnshire, Spring 1470?
Battle of Epingham (Losecote)
What was the name of the agreement between Anjou, Warwick and Louis XI?
Treaty of Angers
Who married Prince Edward in 1470?
Anne Neville, Warwick’s daughter
When did Warwick and Clarence land in England and drove out Edward?
September 1470
What more did Warwick want?
Warwick desired that he be given Wardship of the whole of Wales
How did Warwick and the Woodvilles’ views on foreign policy differ?
Warwick favoured a treaty with France but the Woodvilles influenced Edward to sign a treaty with Burgundah
Treaty with Burgundy 1467
Enemy of France, Edward’s sister Margaret had to marry Charles the Bold of Burgundy.
How did Clarence cause tension between Edward and Warwick?
He resented the marriage to the Woodvilles due to their influence. He was also ambitious and unstable so Warwick could consider him an alternative to Edward.
Give an example of the Neville’s being demoted in court.
June 1467: Edward dismissed George Neville, Archbishop of York, from office as lord chancellor, to the approval of the Woodvilles. Earl Rivers was rewarded with the promotion to treasurer and constable.
