Chapter 3 - Foreign Policy

Key events and facts in English foreign policy 1509-1546

Treaty of Etaples was first signed in ___, but renewed in ___ by Henry’s councillors

• 1492

• 1510

Henry commissioned a translated biography of ____ _, who won Agincourt in 1415.

Henry V

When did Henry join the Holy League in(1511)

• England

• Spain

• Holy roman empire

• venice

• Papacy

ANTI French alliance

Name 4 members of the Holy League that were united against ____

• England

• HRE

• Spain

• Papacy

• France

In ___, the Marquis of ___ led ______ troops to the SW of France in an ultimately pointless military expedition

• 1512

• Dorset

• 10,000

When was the battle of the Spurs?

1513

Henry had to liquidate his £300,000 inheritance to pay for the first French war (£_______)

£400,000

Despite capturing ____ and _____, Henry had to sell both back to the French at a loss.

• Therouanne

• Tournai

Who led the English forces at the Battle of Flooded (1513) ?

Earl of Surrey

1516

• Ferdinand of Aragon dies

• Charles V inherits crown

• 1517 - Treaty of Cambrai with French - english isolated

Treaty of London

• 1518

• Negotiated by Wolsey at height of diplomatic power

• Treaty of Perpetual Peace between Eng, Fr, Sp, HRE, = 20 + countries

• Didn’t last long but was highly significant

Charles V elected HRE

• June 1519

• Pisses off Henry

June 1520

Field of the Cloth of Gold

Field of cloth of gold facts

• 6,000 attendants for Henry

• Half of Francis’ spending was borrowed

1521

Treaty of Bruges

• Negociated by Wolsey

• Charles engaged to Mary I

• Eng + Charles ould declare war on Francis if he refused to stop Habsburg-Valois war

• Kept secret until Henry had received Fr pension

• Success???

Battle of Pavia

• May 1525

• Francis captured by Charles V

• Lead to Aug Treaty of the More (fr + eng)

May 1527

Charles V sacks rome, Pope Clement VII is captured

Treaty of Amiens

• 1527

• W agreed to pay Fr for attack against Charles to try to release pope/pressure for annulment

• Trade embargo (1527-8) failed due to protests from cloth towns

July 1543

• Treaty of Greenwich

• Mary and Edward betrothed

• Auld Alliance NOT revoked

Dec 1543

Scottish Parliament reject Treaty of Greenwich

Henry VII’s ONLY War against France

• £108,000

• 88-92

When was the first war against France?

1512 - 14

Second French War (date + cost)

• 1522 - 25

• £400,000

Third French war (dates + cost)

• £2.1 MILLION

• 1542 - 46

Total Costs of French Wars

£3,545,000

Total from French pension

£730,000

How large was the annual pension promised by Francis in 1525?

• Treaty of the More (1525)

• 20,000