Henry VII - Consolidation of power

• Defeated Richard III @ Battle of Bosworth BUT claim = weak

Consolidation

• Dated reign day before BoB so Yorkists = traitors
• Detained Elizabeth of York and Earl of Warwick (claimants)
• Act of Attainder against Yorkist property
• 1486 married Elizabeth of York (combined roses)
• 1489 Prince Arthur born = heir

Yorkist opposition

• Lovell and Stafford fail to gain support
• Lambert Simnel passed as Earl of Warwick, conspiracy created by John de la Pole -> Henry exhibited real Earl of Warwick -> fled to Margaret of Burgundy
• Henry appointed Earl of Northumberland = gamble

Battle of Stoke Field

• 1489, Henry victorious, army led effectively by Earl of Oxford -> killed John de la Pole
• Ended war of roses
• Mild treatment of Yorkist rebels
• Set up bonds of god behaviour

Perkin Warbeck imposture

• 1491 Warbeck impersonated Duke of York (in Ireland)
• 1495 landed in England but Henry was informed = easily defeated + fled to James IV (Scotland)
• William Stanley betrayal
• 1496 Scottish army retreated after crossing border -> James married Henry's daughter Margaret = Warbeck lost Scottish support