If the winning side were the Lancastrians, what were the losing side called?
Yorkists
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What was the most significant reason that Richard III lost support of many of his contemporaries?
The imprisonment and likely murder of Edward V and his brother Richard (princes in the tower).
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Describe Henry VII's claim to the throne.
Descended through female line via his mother Margaret Beaufort, third wife of John the Gaunt (son of Edward III) but supposedly descended through illegitimate child
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Where did Henry live aged 14-27?
The Breton Court (Brittany)
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Give 1 advantage of Henry's adolescence
Life as 'nobody' in foreign court taught him how to deal with gossip, backstabbing and court rivalry
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Give 1 disadvantage of Henry's adolescence
Unknown in England so had less personal support and trusted few in England who had not fought with him at Bosworth
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The change in allegiance of which family was instrumental in Henry's victory
Stanleys (Henry's mother married to Lord Stanley, whose brother Sir William led troops)
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Give 2 examples of how Henry consolidated power
Dating reign from 21st August (before battle), public rewards to supporters (11 knighthoods), detention of Elizabeth of York and Earl of Warwick
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When was Henry crowned?
30th October 1485
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What important event did his coronation precede?
Prior to first meeting of Parliament on 7th November
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What were the Act of Attainder?
Legal act declaring a landowner of being guilty of rebelling against a monarch and therefore losing title, lands, disinheriting heirs etc. (were reversible)
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What is tonnage and poundage?
The right to raise revenue for the whole reign from exports and imports
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When did Henry marry Elizabeth of York?
18th January 1486
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What happened in September 1489 to further secure the reign?
Dynastic policy: Birth of Arthur
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Who rose against Henry at Easter 1486 with limited support?
Viscount Lovell and Humphrey Stafford
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When was the Battle of Stoke?
16th June 1487
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What rebellion did the Battle of Stoke end?
Effectively marked the end of the Lambert Simnel conspiracy
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Give an example of foreign support for Lambert Simnel.
Crowned in Ireland, Margaret of Burgundy (possibly persuaded by Lovell who escaped to her court)
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Perkin Warbeck pretended to be whom between 1491 and 1499?
Richard, Duke of York (Edward IV's second son)
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Which Lord Chamberlain was his accomplice?
Sir William Stanley
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Why did James IV withdraw his support for Perkin Warbeck?
Accepted offer of marriage to Henry's daughter Margaret, and Treaty of Perpetual Peace
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What was the Great Council?
A gathering of the House of Lords (meeting without the Commons)
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What was the Council Learned?
An offshoot of the Council (King's main advisory group). Described by John Guy as a 'specialist board'
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Who was the original leader of the Council Learned?
Reginald Bray
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Which branch of the government could be described as being wherever the King was at any given time?
Court
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What was the name of the private areas of the Court?
The Chamber
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Who presided over that section of the household?
Lord Chamberlain
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How was this further limited after William Stanley's involvement in the Perkin Warbeck plot?
He created the Privy Chamber comprising of the close personal servants of the monarch
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What were fifteenths and tenths?
Standard taxes paid by towns and boroughs
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What does JP stand for?
Justices of the Peace
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What were bonds?
Legal documents that Henry used to tie a person to another and specified that they had to pay a sum of money if they didn't perform a particular action
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Which type of courts dealt with major issues such as rebellions?
The King's Courts and county level
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At the start of Henry's reign income from the lands was administered by which inefficient Court?
Court of the Exchequer
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Around 1492 Henry switched to using which institution to administer finance?
The Chamber i.e. the Royal Household
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What was wardship?
The feudal right that allowed Henry that ability to gain the profits from property held by a minor.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Who did Henry VII beat there to become king?
Back
Richard III
Card 3
Front
If the winning side were the Lancastrians, what were the losing side called?
Back
Card 4
Front
What was the most significant reason that Richard III lost support of many of his contemporaries?
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