Rebellions and Threats

When did the Yorkshire Rebellion begin and why did it begin?

It started on April 20, 1489.\nA £100,000 tax for Brittany sparked anger.\nPoor harvests in York worsened unrest.\n5,000 rebels rallied in Yorkshire.

When did the Yorkshire rebels retreat and capture the city of York?

They took York on May 15, 1489.\nRebels briefly held the city.\nThey retreated after initial success.\n3,000 occupied York’s walls.

When did the Earl of Surrey, sent with force, reach York and put down the Yorkshire Rebellion with ease?

He arrived on May 20, 1489.\nHe led 8,000 men to crush it.\nThe rebellion was swiftly ended.\n200 rebels were captured.

What happened to the Earl of Northumberland during the Yorkshire Rebellion?

He was killed on April 28, 1489.\nRebels led by Robert Chamber attacked him.\nHis death left a northern power vacuum.\n500 rebels ambushed him near Thirsk.

What did the Earl of Surrey do after the murder of the Earl of Northumberland in the Yorkshire Rebellion?

He became Henry’s northern lieutenant.\nHe restored order in the region.\nHe led the Council of the North.\nSurrey governed from York with 1,000 troops.

What did Robert Chamber do in the Yorkshire Rebellion?

He led the rebellion’s start.\nHe organized Northumberland’s assassination.\nHe rallied northern discontent.\nChamber commanded 500 men in the attack.

What happened to the 5,000 Yorkshire rebels?

They received a royal pardon.\nNo further taxes were collected.\nThis calmed the unrest.\n4,000 accepted amnesty by June 1489.

What was the Battle of Deptford Bridge in the Cornish Rebellion?

It occurred on June 17, 1497.\nHenry defeated rebels with 25,000 men.\nIt ended the Cornish rebellion.\n1,000 rebels died in the clash.

Who were the leaders of the Cornish Rebellion?

Michael Joseph and Thomas Flamank led it.\nBoth were executed on June 27, 1497.\nThey rallied Cornish discontent.\nJoseph, a blacksmith, led 5,000 initially.

Why did the Cornish Rebellion happen?

A 1497 tax for Scotland angered Cornwall.\nThey saw it as unjust and distant.\nEconomic hardship fueled the revolt.\n5,000 marched from Bodmin.

Who led the Cornish Rebellion?

Thomas Flamank, a lawyer, co-led it.\nMichael An Gof, a blacksmith, joined him.\nThey organized the march to London.\nFlamank drafted demands for 10,000 rebels.

How threatening was the Cornish Rebellion to Henry VII?

Rebels reaching London was a threat.\nIt forced army recall from Scotland in June 1497.\nIt tested royal control.\n15,000 rebels camped near London.

What happened after the Cornish Rebellion?

Henry never taxed Cornwall again.\nThis avoided future unrest there.\nRebels were pardoned or executed.\n2,000 survivors returned home.

How many rebels were there when the Cornish Rebellion first started and when they reached London?

On May 14, 1497, 5,000 began in Cornwall.\nBy June 16, 1497, 15,000 reached London.\nNumbers grew en route.\n10,000 joined at Blackheath.

Who was Edmund de la Pole, the Earl of Suffolk, related to?

He was nephew to Edward IV and Richard III.\nHis Yorkist blood gave a strong claim.\nHe threatened Henry’s throne.\nHis brother Richard fled with him in 1501.

Why was Edmund de la Pole, the Earl of Suffolk, mad at Henry VII?

His family opposed Henry early on.\nHe paid £5,000 for his brother’s Simnel role.\nThis limited his inheritance.\nHis father’s death at Stoke in 1487 fueled anger.

What did the Earl of Suffolk do in 1499?

He killed a man and faced court.\nHe fled to Burgundy after a summons.\nHis associates were arrested.\n20 allies were detained in London.

Where did the Earl of Suffolk go in 1501?

He fled again with brother Richard.\nThey sought foreign support.\nBurgundy sheltered them.\nThey took 50 men from Suffolk.

What happened to William de la Pole?

He was jailed in the Tower for 38 years.\nHe died there under Henry VIII.\nHe was Suffolk’s kin and a threat.\nHe entered the Tower in 1501.

How much money did Henry VII pay to get back the White Rose (Edmund de la Pole) from the Holy Roman Empire?

He paid £250,000 total.\nThis secured Suffolk’s return.\nIt weakened Yorkist claims.\n£138,000 went to Philip of Burgundy.

When was Philip of Burgundy stranded in Weymouth due to a storm, and did Henry VII use this to address the Suffolk threat?

It happened in 1506.\nHenry held Philip as leverage.\nThis forced Suffolk’s handover.\nPhilip stayed 3 months in England.

How did Henry VII get the White Rose (Edmund de la Pole) back?

He paid Philip £138,000 for Suffolk.\nPhilip aided his Spanish campaign.\nThis ended a Yorkist threat.\nSuffolk returned with 10 guards.

When did Suffolk return to England after his capture?

He returned on March 16, 1506.\nHe was jailed in the Tower.\nHenry VIII executed him in 1513.\n50 Tower prisoners included him.

When did Henry VII stop all trade with the Holy Roman Empire due to the White Rose (Edmund de la Pole)?

He halted trade in 1505.\nThis pressured Suffolk’s return.\nIt strained foreign ties.\n£20,000 in trade was lost yearly.

Why was Henry VII’s handling of rebellions and threats significant?

Henry VII’s adept handling of rebellions and threats—such as the Yorkshire Rebellion (1489), Cornish Rebellion (1497), and the Suffolk challenge—was crucial in safeguarding his fragile throne and ensuring the Tudor dynasty’s survival amidst persistent instability.\nThe Yorkshire Rebellion’s tax-driven unrest (5,000 rebels, £100,000 demand) and the Cornish march to London (15,000 strong) exposed vulnerabilities, but his decisive responses—8,000 troops under Surrey and 25,000 at Deptford Bridge—crushed dissent, demonstrating military resolve despite a weak initial power base post-Bosworth.\nHis diplomatic finesse in neutralizing Suffolk’s Yorkist threat (£250,000 to retrieve him in 1506) and leveraging Philip of Burgundy’s stranding showed a strategic blend of coercion and negotiation, eliminating a claimant with a stronger blood claim than his own.\nThese victories were significant not just for immediate security but for their broader impact: pardoning 4,000 Yorkshire rebels and avoiding Cornish taxes post-1497 quelled regional discontent, while Suffolk’s Tower confinement (38 years for William de la Pole) deterred Yorkist resurgence.\nCollectively, this approach stabilized England’s volatile north and southwest, secured foreign borders against meddling (e.g., trade halt in 1505), and projected a king capable of both force and pragmatism, fortifying the Tudors against internal and external foes for decades.