Henry VII consolidation and security of power

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  • Henry VII consolidation of Power
    • Threats
      • There were people with stronger claims.
        • John de la pole - heir presumative
        • Edward, the earl of Warwick
        • Richard, Duke of York.
        • Henry's only claim was through the illegite Beaufort family.
      • Henry had claimed the throne though force.
        • encouragement?
      • Henry was considered a Usurper.
        • Illegitimate.
    • Gaining the Nobles support
      • kept some Yorkists within parliament.
        • Henry had little political experience.
      • Cancelled the Titlus Regius. Yorkist support.
      • reward supporters with Land and money.
        • not so much that they became more powerful than him.
      • didn't execute the survivors of Bosworth.
        • didnt look like Richard III.
      • Act of Resumption (1486)
        • claimed all land that had been given away since1455.
      • act of retaining (1485)
        • couldn't obtain private armies.
    • Foreign Support.
      • treaty of Medina del Campo with Spain (1489)
      • Threatened a trade embargo on Burgundy.
      • Henry was Catholic - stopped religious war.
    • Gaining the peoples support
      • Parliament declared his reign had begun the day before Bosworth.
        • 21st August 1485.
      • Henry was crowned in a formal ceremony - swore an oath.
        • this was also a religious ceremony - gods choice.
      • Cancelled the Titilus Regius that made Elizabeth illegitimate.
        • Married Liz, uniting the houses and adding to his legitimacy.
          • Cancelled the Titlus Regius. Yorkist support.
      • Made it appear is if he was chosen by god.
        • Gaining the Nobles support
          • kept some Yorkists within parliament.
            • Henry had little political experience.
          • reward supporters with Land and money.
            • not so much that they became more powerful than him.
          • didn't execute the survivors of Bosworth.
            • didnt look like Richard III.
          • Act of Resumption (1486)
            • claimed all land that had been given away since1455.
          • act of retaining (1485)
            • couldn't obtain private armies.

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