Henry VII consolidation of power

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When was the Battle of Bosworth?
22nd August 1485
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Why did Henry VII set his reign a day before?
To ensure that those who fought against him would be charged and executed for treason
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Why was Henry VII's position on the throne insecure?
His only links to the Plantagenets was through his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort
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Why was Richard III so unpopular?
He was believed to have disposed of the Princes in the Tower
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Who did Henry VII marry?
Elizabeth of York
(Daughter of Edward IV, sister to Edward V, niece of Richard III, wife to Henry VII and mother to Henry VIII)
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What were Acts of Attainder?
This declared a landowner guilty of rebelling against a monarch; the attained noble lost his title, lands and sometimes his head; his heirs were disinherited
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Who was Henry and Elizabeth's heir?
Arthur, Prince of Wales
(born. September 1489)
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Viscount Lovell and the Staffords
Lovell tried to create in uprising in Yorkshire, whilst Humphrey Stafford gained troops in the Midlands. Lovell escaped, but Stafford was captured and executed
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Who was Lambert Simnel?
A boy, who was made to impersonate Edward, Earl of Warwick
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What was the reason for the use of Simnel?
To take the throne off Henry and return it back to Yorkshire
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How did Henry end this rebellion?
He paraded the imprisoned Earl of Warwick in London, but he was later executed. Simnel was pardoned and given a job in the kitchens
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The Battle of Stoke Field
Henry made an army of ex-Richard III supporters and they met the Earl of Lincoln's army near Newark, but he feared Richard's fate might happen to him. They stayed strong and Lincoln was killed
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Why was the Battle of Stoke Field important?
It officially ended the Wars of the Roses and emphasised Henry's military strength
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Who did Perkin Warbeck impersonate and where did he go before arriving in England?
Richard, Duke of York
(One of the Princes in the Tower), and found himself in Ireland, France and Burgundy. In Burgundy he was trained by Richard III's sister on how to be like her nephew
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When and how did Perkin Warbeck arrive in England for the first time?
He arrived in England in 1495 and quickly retreated to Scotland to join the court of James IV
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How did Perkin Warbeck's downfall happen?
A small Scottish army invaded England in 1496, but retreated and Warbeck's plans ended when James IV agreed to marry Henry's daughter Margaret. He later tried to exploit the Cornish Rebellion, but was captured and executed in 1499
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The De la Pole's
Edmund, Earl of Suffolk, and Richard, both younger brothers of the Earl of Lincoln fled to Flanders in 1498 and took refuge under Maximilian and Margaret of Burgundy
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The Treaty of Windsor (1506)
Improved friendly relations with England and Maximilian agreed to give up Suffolk, who was imprisoned in The Tower. Henry took no further action, but he was executed in 1513 for treason. Richard died in 1525 fighting for the French at the Battle of Pavia
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