Britain 1489 - 1499
In depth study into Britain 1483-1529.
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- Threats to the throne
- Pretenders
- Rebellions
- Perkin Warbeck
- The Yorkshire Rebellion
- The Cornish Rebellion
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Rebellion
The Yorkshire Rebellion
- The rebellion broke out in Yorkshire and Northumberland in April 1489
- It was due to a subsidy being introduced here to help fund the war against France
- The King put the Earl of Northumberland in charge of collecting the subsidy
- However, the Earl was murdered by the rebels
- Henry VII wanted to reassert royal authority and since the Earl of Northumberland had represented royal authority Henry VII had to make a strong statement about his murder.
- For this reason, Henry VII had the rebel leader, John a Chambre, charged with treason and hung for murdering the Earl
- The rebels found a new leader, John Egremount, who was unreliable and fled to Burgundy
- However unsuccessful the revolt was, Henry VII never attempted to raise tax in this area again
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Pretender
Perkin Warbeck
- Perkin Warbeck was a pretender to the throne
- His threat lasted eight years from 1491 - 1499
- He claimed to be one of the Prince's in the Tower, Richard Duke of York
- He started his pretence in Cork, Ireland
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Perkin Warbeck in France
- Henry VII sent an army to meet him but Warbeck had not gained enough support in Ireland and had to flee to France
- Charles VIII gave his support to the pretender since France was at war with Tudor England
- Henry VII retaliated by negotiating the Treat of Etaples
- When Charles VII declared war on Italy a few years later, he withdrew all support for Warbeck
- Warbeck then had to flee again to Burgundy where he gained support from
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Perkin Warbeck in Burgundy
- Margaret of Burgundy and other dissatisfied Yorkist nobles gave their support to Warbeck
- Henry VII then placed the Trade Embargo on Burgundy meaning English merchants could not trade with Burgundy
- Burgundy was the main source of trade with Britain and the economic state of the two countries depended on each others trade so the Trade Embargo had disastrous affects
- Eventually Burgundy stopped their support for the pretender and Henry VII reversed the Embargo
- Warbeck was allowed to remain in Burgundy but was forced to seek support elsewhere
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Perkin Warbeck and the Holy Roman Emperor
- The HRE was anti-French and was therefore angered by the new Anglo-French coalition established in the Treaty of Etaples
- For that reason the HRE gave his support to Warbeck
- Although, fortunatley for Henry VII, the HRE lacked military resources to provide Warbeck with
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Perkin Warbeck's first invasion
- The first Warbeck invasion began in Kent 1495
- Henry had been pre-warned about this invasion and was prepared
- Sir William Stanley had made contact with Warbeck before this first invasion and Henry VII charged him with treason
- Perkin Warbeck himself never left the ship and set sail for Ireland before he could be defeated by Tudor's forces fully
- He gained no support however in Ireland and so fled again to Scotland
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Perkin Warbeck in Scotland
- James IV of Scotland welcomed Perkin Warbeck and provided him with
- Shelter
- A pension
- A royal wife (Margaret, cousin of James IV)
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Perkin Warbeck's second invasion
- Warbeck invaded England again in 1496
- This time Warbeck was accompanied by a Scottish army
- When he gained no support in England he fled back to Scotland and his planned rebellion failed
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Perkin Warbeck in Scotland
- When Warbeck returned to Scotland, Henry VII began talks with King of Scotland, James VI
- They negotiated and arranged the marriage between James IV and Henry's daughter Princess Margaret in return for not supporting Warbeck
- Warbeck then had to flee again, to Ireland
- However, the Earl of Kildare proved loyal to Henry and Warbeck fled again
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Perkin Warbeck's third Invasion
- For Warbeck's last invasion, he tried to exploit the Cornish rebellion in 1497
- The Cornish were rebelling peacefully against a tax rise for warfare when Warbeck hijacked it and turned the rebels violent
- When Cornish rebels joined Warbeck, the rebellion became a disaster
- It became:
- Disorganised
- Poorly led
- Underequipt
- And showed Warbeck's inadequacies as a leader - Henry VII had been warned about this invasion and had sent nobles to deal with the rebels at Exeter
- Warbeck fled to sancutary at first
- He then later gave himself up and confessed
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Pretender
Henry VII and Perkin Warbeck
- Henry VII was very lenient towards Warbeck
- Warbeck was allowed to remain at court with his wife
- This was until he tried to escape
- Henry VII then confined him to the Tower of London
- There Warbeck conspired with Richard III's son, Edward of Warwick
- The two plotted to escape
- When Henry VII heard of this:
- Warwick was beheaded
- Warbeck was hung in 1499
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Why did Perkin Warbeck's threat last for eight years?
- He bore a striking resemblance to Edward IV
- He was well educated
- He was experienced
- His teachers were very able
- Margaret of Burgundy (Edward IV's sister) had trained Warbeck well
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Rebellion
What did Henry VII learn from the Cornish and Yorkshire rebellions?
- He had to avoid expensive wars
- Foreign wars = raised taxes
- Raised taxes = Rebellion
- Rebellion = Threat to dynasty = Money to suppress - And
- Foreign wars = trade stopped
- Stopped Trade = Unemployment
- Unemployment = rebellion/economic crisis
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