Henry VII - Security

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Usurping the Throne

  • Lived in Exile in France most of his life. supported by Oxford
  • In 1483 attempted to land in England with support from Brittany - fails to cross channel
  • 1483 fled from Brittany  to France after Richard makes alliance with brittany
  • 1485 Charles VIII supports Henry 1000 mercinaries - Henry Lands in Wales + 4000 soldiers = meets richard at bosworth
  • 22nd August 1485 - Battle of Bosworth - Henry Kills Richard - Claims throne
  • 30th october corrinated
  • Marries Elizabeth of York - two days after papal dispensation
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Early Threats to the Throne

Minor Risings

  • 1486 - Henry Travels north on progress to create support
  • 1486 - Lovel + Staffords join up to fight Henry - Lovel heads to meet Henry +Staffords rise rebellion in worcester
  • Henry threatens exuction but pardon if it ends = Rebellion disperses
  • Staffords captured = Humphrey excuted + Thomas pardoned - remained loyal

Wales

  • Vaughn + Herbert cosnpired to kill Henry + Rebel
  • Rebellion put down rebellion - excuted ring leaders - pardoned rank and file
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Yorkshire 1489 and Cornwall 1497

  • Rebellions are Popular - about taxes - dont want to usurp Henry

Yorkshire - 1489

  • Herny panned to invade Brittany - granted subsidy by parliament in 1489
  • Yorkshire rebels because bad harvest + expected not to be taxed (northern Territory)
  • Percy was murdered + rises up in rebellion 
  • Surrey puts down rebellion oustide York  = surrey becomes regent of York
  • Herny ends tax = collects only 27,000

Cornwall - 1497

  • more serious
  • parliament voted heacy taxes to stop warbeck 
  • Cornwall rised 15,000 in rebellion + led by Lord Audley = reached London
  • Lord Daubeney defeats rebels 
  • Rebellion shows Henry cant invade foreign country.
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Simnel 1486-1487

  • 1486 - Symmonds (Priest) recgonises boy looks (simnel) like Edward V - however changes mind and declares him warwick - son of clarenece
  • Went to York - strong Yorkist support
  • Kildare + rest of irish leaders proclaim as Edward VI = crowned in Dublin
  • Margret of Burgundy + Lovel + Lincon  (de la Pole )= L+L to ireland with 2000 troops from burgundy
  • Land in engalnd - meet Henry at Stoke = 8000 more expirenced edward - 12000 henry 
  • Victory for Herny - irish leaders + lovell + Lincon die -  Symmonds captured + Simmnel - revolt ends
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Warbeck 1491-1499

  • Warbeck from france lands in cork 1491 - claims to be Richard son of Edward
  • 1492 in France with 100 yorkist supporters - went to burgundy after Estaples 1492 -recgonised as Richard 
  • Warbeck Plot discoverd in England - acts of attinder passed - stanley excuted
  • Attempts to land in kent fails = travels to Ireland
  • Seiged Waterford for 11 days - fails -flees to scotland
  • James IV marries him to cousin Gordon - supports invasion - fails 
  • 1497 Treaty if Ayton signed - peace with scotland
  • Flees to Devon - fails to gain support captured be Henry - pardoned
  • 1498 - rebels again - captured tried and excuted in 1499
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de La Pole's Rebellion 1499-1506

  • 1499 Sufolk - brother of Lincon - travels to Calais - returns to Herny pardoned
  • flees again in 1501 to Maximillian
  • 1504 suffloks realtions improsend = 54 acts of attainder
  • 1506 - Henry allies with Phillip - suffolk returned to Henry + improsned = end of threat
  • 1513 - excuted by Henry VIII
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