WOTR Knowledge Tests “Richard’s Coup” Flashcards
What date did Edward IV die?
9th April 1483
Who attempted to have Edward V coronated straight away?
The Woodvilles
What did Edward’s say should happen if he died?
Gloucester should act as protector (his first will from 1475 said regency council)
What did the Woodvilles have control of at the time of Edward’s death?
Treasury, Edward V himself, Crown’s fleet
Who informed Gloucester of his brother’s death?
Lord Hastings
Who else quickly wrote to Richard offering support?
Buckingham (gathered 300 men)
Where did Gloucester agree to meet Earl Rivers, on their way to London?
Stony Stratford
After Richard got control of Edward V at Stony Stratford, who did he have locked up?
Earl Rivers, Richard Grey, Thomas Vaughan
On what date was Gloucester made protector?
10th may
To what date did the coronation get delayed to?
24th June
On 10th June, Richard summoned men to London from where?
York and Hull
Who was arrested at a Council meeting on the 10th June?
Lord Hastings, Archbishop Rotherham of York and Bishop Morton of Ely
Why did Gloucester have Hastings executed?
For conspiring with the Woodvilles
On what date was Edward’s younger son, Richard also locked up in the Tower?
16th June 1483, and the coronation was delayed again
On 22nd June, who preached that the Princes were illegitimate?
Ralph Shaw
Why was Edward IV’s marriage to Elizabeth Woodville supposedly illegitimate?
He was already betrothed to Eleanor Butler (aka Eleanor Talbot)
On what date was Rivers, Vaughan and Grey executed?
25th June 1483
On what date was Richard III declared King?
26th June 1483
When was Richard III coronated?
6th July 1483
