LOVELLS REBELLION

Who was Lovell?

A supporter of Richard III

Who was Lovell’s wife a cousin of?

Anne Neville

Who were the Staffords that joined Lovell?

Humphrey and Thomas

Who did Lovell fight for at Bosworth?

Richard III

What did Lovell want to achieve?

dethrone or kill Henry VII and put someone else on the throne

What kind of noblemen were Lovell and the Staffords?

relatively minor

What happened to Lovell under Richard III?

He prospered

What did they seek to gain from the rebellion?

social standing, political power and wealth

Where were the Staffords and Lovell in sanctuary?

Colchester

Who were they followed by after they left sanctuary?

Henry VII’s spies

Where did Lovell initially head?

North

Where did the Stafford’s initially head?

to seize Worcester

What did Stafford do as soon as he got to Worcester?

established personal contact

What rumour did Stafford spread?

That Henry VII had pardoned him

What had Henry VII previously done to Stafford?

made him an attainted man

How did the Stafford’s enter Worcester?

claimed Henry VII had pardoned them , lack of defence

How did Stafford describe himself?

as the kings true liegeman

When did Henry VII go on progress?

April 1486

Where did Lovell head after heading North?

Yorkshire, Middleham Castle

What happened when Lovell got to Yorkshire?

A few Yorkist retainers came out to support him

Where was Henry when he heard about the rebellion?

Lincoln

What did Henry do when he heard about the rebellion?

he moved north to York with a large armed force

Where did Henry send Bedford?

Yorkshire, to offer a pardon to everyone except Lovell

What happened to the rebel force after they were offered peace?

they disbanded as they had no yorkist to rally around

When did Lovell flee to Burgundy?

22nd April 1486

Why was there little support for the yorkists?

they had no yorkist leader an Henry had mass support

Why did protests occur?

in response to Henry breaking sanctuary

What did Pope Innocent VIII do?

issue a papal bull severly limiting the rights of sanctuary

what did the Staffords urge their men to do

ride north and assist Lovell in the destruction of Henry VII

When did Henry reach Pontefract?

20th April 1486

Why is Pontefract castle important?

controls road to London , gateway to the south

Who warned Stafford of the approaching royalists?

Richard Burdett

Who were the brothers nearly captured by?

Thomas Cokesey

Where did the brothers flee to?

Culham, Oxfordshire

What happened to the brothers sanctuary?

It was violated on th 13th May 1486 by John Savage

What was Humphrey’s Stafford’s defence based off of?

the sanctuary violation

When was the case brought o court, then adjourned

20th June, 28th June

How did the judges make their decision?

by listening to the king’s desires

What did the judges decide about sanctuary?

could not be pleaded in cases of treason

What happened to Humphrey Stafford?

condemned on 5th July to a traitors death

what happened to Thomas Stafford?

pardoned

Where did Lovell flee to?

Burgundy

Who did Henry send to arrest Lovell?

Sir Richard Edgecombe and Sir William Tyler

What did the rebellion reveal about Henry?

strong willed

What did the rebellion reveal about England?

Still some discontent and some yorkist support

What did the rebellion reveal to foreign countries?

They can profit off of yorkist claimants

What did the rebellion reveal to Henry?

The importance of allies

What did the Yorkists learn from the rebellion\/

need a yorkist claimant to rally behind