Chapter 1 -Consolidation of power

12 Facts about Henry VIs consolidation of power

Henry’s claim to the throne was through his mother, ____ ____, and was the nephew of ___ _, through making it very weak.

• Margret Beaufort

• Henry V

3 people with a stronger claim than Henry

• Edward, Earl of Warwick

• Earl of Suffolk (Edmund De La Pole)

• Earl of Lincoln (John De La Pole)

When was Henry’s marriage Elizabeth of York?

January 1486

Henry’s coronation

30th of October 1485

Battle of Bosworth

22nd August 1485

Date of Reign

21st August 1485

Henry’s 1st Parliament, on the ___ ___, was before his coronation, which increased his legitimacy.

7th Nov

Henry passed ____ attainders, and reversed ___ of them, which can be seen through the case study of ____ ____

• 136

• 46

• Thomas Grey

Henry gave __ knighthoods to his supporters, some who had supported him at Bosworth, such as his uncle __ ____ _____ and his advisor ___ ______ _____

• 11

• Sir William Stanley

• Sir Reginald Bray

Elizabeth of York’s Coronation in ___ _____, was held later than Henry’s to accentuate his Lancastrian claim to the throne over her’s.

Nov 1487

Henry used the lavish expenditure of his coronation to portray himself as king, seen through the extortionate ost of golden cloth at £_/yard

8

In the Tudor Rose, the Lancaster was symbolised by ___ , and York by the ____.

• Red

• White

When was the Viscount Lovel and the Staffords rebellion?

1486

Lambert Simnel pretended to be the _____ __ _____

Earl of Warwick

In ___ ____, ___ ____ was crowned as king of Ireland.

• May 1487

• Lambert Simnel

Lambert was supported by genuine Yorkist claimant, ____ __ __ ___, who died during the Battle of Stoke Field

John De La Pole

Margret of Burgundy provided Lambert simnel with ____ German mercenaries for his invasion in June 1487

2,000

Perkin Warbeck pretended to be _______ ___ __ ____

Richard Duke of York

Henry executed ____ ____ and ___ __ ____ in 1499

• Perkin Warbeck

• Earl of Warwick

Despite crowning Henry VII in 1485, Sir William Stanley was execute as a traitor on Tower Hill in ____ after supporting Perkin Warbeck.

1495

When was Perkin Warbeck’s small invasion force?

1496

After his short-lived rebellion, ____ _____ was executed in ___ 1486, however Lovell escaped over the Scottish border and found asylum in _____

• Humphrey Stafford

• June

• Burgundy

Who was returned by the 1506 Treaty of Windsor?

• Edmund De La Pole

• Earl of Suffolk