Henry VII's Opposition

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  • Henry VII's Opposition
    • Lovell Conspiracy 1486
      • He was a strong supporter of Richard III along with the Stafford brothers
        • The Stafford brothers started to rebel alongside with Lovell
      • They rebelled in the Midlands and North but was quickly shut down by Henry
        • Henry was on Royal Progressing and this meant he gained more control in the north
      • It had potential but did not turn out to be a serious threat
        • Henry even gave Thomas Stafford a second chance
    • Lambert Simnel 1487
      • He was the Yorkist pretender of Earl of Warwick
        • He had support from Margaret of Burgundy who gave him 2000 mercaneries
        • He was crowned Edward VI in Dublin
          • Failed to gain any English support but had 8000 supporters
      • He forced Henry into a pitched battle at Stoke
        • He had more supporters than Henry had in the Battle of Bosworth
        • John de la Pole was killed by Henry
          • It was a serious threat as Henry could have been killed
    • Perkin Warbeck 1491-99
      • Yorkist pretender of Richard Duke of York
        • In 1491 he failed to gain support in Ireland so went to France
      • In 1492 France and England signed the Treaty of Etaples so he went to Burgundy
      • In 1495 he landed in Deal but was easily repelled so went to Scotland
      • In 1497 he was captured in Cornwall and executed in 1499
        • He was a constant threat and stopped Henry's dynasty being created and had vast foreign support
    • Edmund de la Pole 1501-06
      • He was loyal to Henry till his father died
      • In 1501 he fled the country and asserted his claim to the throne of England by Maximillian
      • In 1506 Henry signed the Treaty of Windsor and Edmund was handed over to him and kept in the Tower of London
        • Big threat as his dynasty was collapsing

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