Henry VII - Consolidation of Power
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- The Consolidation of the Tudor Dynasty
- Problems with Henry VII's claim to the throne
- He was descended through a female line
- Represented by his mother Margaret Beaufort
- He was descended from John Beaufort
- As John Beaufort was born before John of Gaunts marriage to his third wife he was illegitimate
- He was descended through a female line
- Henry VII's primary goals
- Keep the throne
- Establish a dynasty
- Consolidate his power
- How did Henry VII consolidate his power
- He dated his reign from the 21st August 1485
- Meaning everyone who fought against him at Bosworth was considered a traitor
- Publicly rewarded key supporters, giving 11 knighthoods
- Detained Elizabeth of York, the Eark if Warwick and Edward IV's nephew
- Appointed Sir Reginald Bray ans Chancellor of the Duchy and Sir William Stanley as Lord Chamberlain
- Arranged his coronation on the 30th October 1485
- Before the meeting of hist first parliament, 7th November 1485, and his marriage to Elizabeth of York, January 1486
- Meaning people couldn't claim he was only King because someone else had given him the position
- The marriage also lead to the creation of the Tudor Rose which was often used as a peace of propaganda by Henry
- Before the meeting of hist first parliament, 7th November 1485, and his marriage to Elizabeth of York, January 1486
- Parliament passed Act of Attainder against Yorkists and gave Henry Tonnage and Poundage for life
- He dated his reign from the 21st August 1485
- Early Rebellions
- Viscount Lovell and the Stafford's (1486)
- Support
- Lovell tried rallying support in Yorkshire
- Stafford tried to rally suppot in a Yorkist area of the Midlands
- The lack of support for his rebellion was its ultimate downfall
- Outcome
- Lovell escaped Henry VII's forces
- Stafford was captured and executed
- Leadership
- Francis, Viscount Lovell and Humphrey Stafford
- Support
- Limber Simnel and the rebellion of the Earl of Lincoln (1487)
- Leadership
- Limbert Simnel provided Yorkists with a figure head to back by pretending to be the Earl of Warwick
- Richard Symonds was the main driving force driving the plot as Simnel himself was 10 years old
- John De La Pole and the Earl of Lincoln were also key in the plot to overthrow Henry
- Support
- Margaret of Burgundy paid for an army of mercenaries to invade England
- Outcome
- The Earl of Lincoln was killed in battle
- Richard Symonds was arrested and sentenced to life in a Bishops prison
- Simnel was given a position in the King's kitchen and then later given the post of king’s falconer
- 28 of the nobles who had supported Simnel were attained and had their estates confiscated
- Leadership
- Viscount Lovell and the Stafford's (1486)
- Problems with Henry VII's claim to the throne
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