Henry VII Chapter 1 - Consolidation of Power

Henry VII at BOB

• 5,000 s0ldiers

• Landed 7th August

• Marched 200 miles into England to Bosworth Field

• Henry stayed at the back of the field during the battle until the end of the battle

Richard III at BOB

• 15,000 men

• Confident he would defeat Henry

• Charged at Henry when he only had 200 men left

• Beaten to death

• Put on display on the back of a house and toured around Leicester

Earl of Northumberland at BOB (and Lord Thomas but didnt get involved)

• 6,000 men

• Didn’t fight until he saw Henry losing and then sided with him due to not liking Richard due to the POT

• Saved Henry

How did Henry have a link to the throne and make it stronger

• Henry’s mum had a connection to Edward III

• Married Elizabeth of York who was a child of Edward IV on January 18th 1486

Henry’s nobility data

• Went from 50 to 35 peers

• Went from 16 to 10 major peers e.g. Earls

Why did Henry need the nobles

• Ran local government

• Collected taxes

• Raised armies

• Advertised

Finances

• 138 AOA, 46 reversed

• 42/62 noble families at financial mercy

• Passed 51 AOA between 1504 - 1509 die to paranoia 

• 192 bonds in first ten years

• William Stanley £9,000 fine (AOA)

• £7,000 for a marriage licence]

• Henry only got £11,700 from his lands in his first year compared to Richard’s £25,000

• Had to tale loans out in order to pay for his coronation, marriage and his first Royal Process to the north

• Henry used both the Exchequer and the Chamber to collect money