Henry VII Last Years

AQA Tudors History Revision (Unit 1C)

When did Arthur Tudor die?

1502

Who was Arthur Tudor’s younger brother and when did he die?

• Edmund Tudor

• 1500

How many children did Henry VII have?

4, including 3 boys - Arthur, Henry, and Edmund

When did Elizabeth of York die and what effect did this have?

• 1503

• Robbed him of some Yorkist loyalty

What highlighted the danger to Henry’s rule after Elizabeth’s death?

The flight of Edmund do la Pole to Burgundy for refuge

What effect did Arthur Tudors death have, and how did Henry VII nullify this?

• It disrupted Henry’s carefully fostered relations with Spain

• He organised for Catherine of Aragon to marry Henry (with special Papal permission)

What did Henry do to ensure that his nobles didn’t exploit his dynastic weakness after the death of his son and wife?

Using all the powers at his disposal to ensure that his nobles weren’t in a position to threaten him, departing from his previous shrewd leniency to an increase in punishments

What evidences Henry’s increasing dynastic concern?

The increased activity of the Council Learned

What was used by Henry to maintain his feudal rights over the nobility?

The Council Learned in conjunction with the Court of the Star Chamber

How much money did bonds bring in 1493 compared to 1505?

• 1493 = £3,000

• 1505 = £35,000

How many noble families were there under Henry VII and how many out of this number suffered under financial difficulty?

• 62 families

• 46 out of 62

How many cases did Dudley confess to having extracted money illegally in 1509?

84 cases

At the end of his reign, due to his unstable position, what was Henry forced to do in foreign policy?

Adopt short-term, reactive policies

What changed in foreign dynamics at the latter end of Henry VII’s reign?

After significant fluctuations in alliances at the start of the 1500s, the League of Cambrai was formed in 1508, isolating England

Who were involved in the League of Cambrai and who was it against?

• Louis XII of France, Ferdinand of Spain, Archduke Charles of the Netherlands, and the Pope

• Venice

What was 1 benefit and 1 disadvantage to England’s exclusion from the League of Cambrai?

• Benefit = turned attention away from England, indicating that none of the involved countries saw England as an enemy

• Disadvantage = showed that England was not acknowledged as a player on the European stage