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The reign of Henry VII, 1487-1509: political power and control
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- 1Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. Margaret Duchess of BurgundyShe was the hardest to get rid of.
Who was involved?:
Edward, Earl of Warwick
John De La Pole
Powerful Yorkist Nobles:
Duke of Suffolk
Earl of Surrey
Duke of Northumberland - 2Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. Margaret Duchess of BurgundyWhat Happened?:
The Earl of Warwick was sent to the Tower of London
John De La Pole and the Duke of Suffolk had to take on oath of loyalty to Henry
The Earl of Surrey was imprisoned and later swore allegiance
The Duke of Northumberland the given control of the North, he tried to plot with the Earl of Warwick - 3Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. The Lovell RebellionWho was involved?:
Lord Lovell
Thomas Stafford
Humphrey Stafford - 4Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. The Lovell RebellionWhat Happened?:
They planned to attack the King when he was in York
They planned to raise a rebellion in the west
Henry gave them a choice - Loyalty or Death
Lovell escaped to Flanders
Humphrey Stafford was executed
Thomas Stafford was pardoned as he swore an oath of loyalty - 5Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. Lambert SimnelWho was involved?:
John De La Pole
Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy
Maximilian, Duke of Burgundy
The Earl of Kildare (irish) - 6Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. Lambert SimnelWhat Happened?:
The Irish crowned Simnel King Edward VI
Margaret gave him 2000 troops
Lord Lovell gave Simnel his army, as did John De La Pole
It leads to the Battle of Stoke (16th June 1487) - 7Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. Perkin WarbeckWho was involved?:
Margaret Duchess of Burgundy
Leading Irish Nobles
King Charles VIII of France
Maximilian - Holy Roman Empire
Sir Robert Clifford
Sir William Stanley
James IV of Scotland - 8Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. Perkin WarbeckWhat Happened?:
People were fooled into believing that Warbeck was really Richard, Duke of York
Supporting Warbeck gave people a chance to overthrow Henry
1492:
Warbeck was in France
France were at war with England
Charles VIII protected Warbeck for a while
England and Franc signed a treaty
Warbeck fled to Flanders
Warbeck was a pretender from 1491-1499 meaning that Henry had to deal with him for a long time
James IV married Warbeck to his cousin, this would have been a powerful marriage if Warbeck had become King - 9Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. The Cornish RebellionWho was involved?:
Perkin Warbeck
Thomas Flamanck
Michael Joseph
Lord Daubeney
Lord Audley - 10Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. The Cornish RebellionWhat Happened?:
The rebellion was a result of attempts to raise taxes in Cornwall, because England went to war with Scotland because they Scots supported Warbeck
The rebels were led by Flamanck and Joseph
The rebel army was composed of 6000 peasants
They marched peacefully to London
Warbeck hijacked the rebellion to help his own cause to overthrow the king
Lord Daubeney fought the rebel army with 8000 Kings men
The two leaders were caught and executed - 11Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. Open RebellionWho was involved?:
Earl of Lincoln
Earl of Warwick
Richard Supporters
Earl of Northumberland
Earl of Shrewsbury
Earl of Devon
Lord Hastings
Sir Edward Woodville - 12Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. Open RebellionWhat happened?:
An open revolt from Earl of Lincoln, Earl of Warwick and various Richardians
The rebels landed on the west coast of Cumbria on 4th June 1487 - 13Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. Battle of StokeWho was involved?:
Earl of Lincoln
Everyone who was involved in the Lambert Simnel threat - 14Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. Battle of StokeWhat Happened?:
The Battle was a huge threat
The rebel army failed to win enough support during the open rebellion
There were approximately 8000 rebels and they were poorly armed
The royal army numbered around 15000
Lambert Simnel was taken alive
The battle lasted around 3 hours
Henry spared the lives of English rebels offering them behaviour bonds or fines - 15Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. The Yorkshire RebellionWho was involved?:
Henry Percy, the Earl of Northumberland
John à Chambre
Margaret Duchess of Burgundy - 16Claimants, Pretenders and Rebellions: Dealing Threats to the Monarchy. The Yorkshire RebellionWhat Happened?:
Parliament increased taxes to pay for a war to defend Brittany
The Earl of Northumberland was responsible for collecting the taxes
Men in Northumberland and Yorkshire believed they had already payed for protection of the realm through local taxes
They asked for a pardon from the King but it was denied
The Earl had to send a large army to control the rebels
After this Henry didn't try to raise taxes in Northumberland or Yorkshire again - 17Henry VII and the countries of Europe: Protecting the security of the dynasty through relations with foreign powers. The Death of Arthur, April 1501This was the biggest blow in Henry's reign
It undid all of what the marriage to Catherine of Aragon had won for Henry VII
Dynasty is about to crumble, position as King became insecure
But Ferdinand and Isabella wanted a quick marriage to Henry VI's second son, Prince Henry
The marriage would need a special dispensation from the pope as it was not normally acceptable to marry your brother's widow - 18Henry VII and the countries of Europe: Protecting the security of the dynasty through relations with foreign powers. Changing Circumstances 1504 (1)Henry VII's wife died in childbirth
This show new dynastic concern for Henry as no wife meant no more children. He needed to find a new wife to produce a spare heir incase Prince Henry died
If he married Joanna of Naples he would have kept the allegiance with Spain and he would have made a connection with Italy - 19Henry VII and the countries of Europe: Protecting the security of the dynasty through relations with foreign powers. Changing Circumstances 1504 (2)The death of Isabella of Spain meant that both Henry and Ferdinand were in competition for a new wife.
Ferdinand was now not as powerful as he used to be - 20Henry VII and the countries of Europe: Protecting the security of the dynasty through relations with foreign powers. Changing Circumstances 1504 (3)Henry had to keep both burgundy and Spain as allies
If he supports Spain he loses trade with Burgundy and if he supports Burgundy he loses a powerful ally in Spain - 21Henry VII and the countries of Europe: Protecting the security of the dynasty through relations with foreign powers. Relations with BurgundyHenry tried to improve his relations with Phillip of Burgundy but this made relations with Spain worse
Phillip took shelter from a storm in England and henry took this opportunity to negotiate a treaty with him.
This made Ferdinand seek an agreement with franc. this was good for France as it broke the Spain/Netherlands link.
Henry was keen to improve trade relations with Burgundy. - 22Henry VII and the countries of Europe: Protecting the security of the dynasty through relations with foreign powers. Restoring Links with SpainPhillip of Burgundy died in September 1506 and his wife apparently went mad with grief. This gave Ferdinand an excuse to take over Castile
This was a period of turmoil for Henry
Ferdinand becomes king of Spain again
Henry tried to reform an allegiance with Spain and strengthen links with Maximilian - 23Henry VII and the countries of Europe: Protecting the security of the dynasty through relations with foreign powers. Henry's Aims Regarding Foreign PolicyTo secure the throne
To promote prosperity
To increase trade
To gain international recognition
To increase his legitimacy
To reduce his chances of conflict - 24Henry VII and the countries of Europe: Protecting the security of the dynasty through relations with foreign powers. Countries he had to be concerned aboutBurgundy
Brittany
France
Spain
Scotland
Ireland
The Holy Roman Empire - 25Henry VII and the countries of Europe: Protecting the security of the dynasty through relations with foreign powers. Europe 1485Each country was supposed to live in peace
War was acceptable as a way to defend your country
War was expensive Diplomacy was growing in importance such as in negotiation peace terms
diplomacy was talking through problems
ambitious rulers were more aware of the geography of their world - 26Henry VII and the countries of Europe: Protecting the security of the dynasty through relations with foreign powers. 1485-1492 Developing DiplomacyJuly 1486 Henry persuaded James III of Scotland to agree a three year truce..
He also made a truece with france
He seems to be successful on his foreign policy because it was allowing him to strengthen his own position
He signed a trade treaty with Brittany
He didn't get into anything expensive that could challenge his wealth - 27Establishing Royal Authority: Relations with the nobility. How prepared was Henry for his role as King?When he was in exile in brittany he had seen how a weak king ruled.
He had little experience but he had observed, which provided him with personal experience.
He had experience of how a french court operated
He spoke and understood several languages which made it easier for him to negotiate with other kings and ambassadors
He knew how dangerous imposters could be
He had built up a close group of loyal and trusted colleagues - 28Establishing Royal Authority: Relations with the nobility.Government: the different institutions which allowed Henry to run the country such as ministers, parliament, nobles, etc
Governance: the way Henry actually ruled
Central Government: the different groups who met to make decisions the court, counsel and parliament
Local Government: how Henry's laws were carried out at a county level- collection of taxes, dealing with law and order - 29Establishing Royal Authority: Relations with the nobility.The nobility had to show their loyalty.
Marcher Lords were on the border between Wales and England
War of the Roses had reduced the number of noble families to about 60
Henry was determined for the nobility to show greater loyalty to him - 30Establishing Royal Authority: Relations with the nobility.Jobs that were traditionally done by the nobility were given to the gentry by Henry
Sir Robert Bray was useful to Henry as he was helping to raise funds- he had financial skills-Henry really liked him - 31Establishing Royal Authority: Relations with the nobility.Legally train gentry became became skilled and effective administrators for Henry.
Doing this meant they were loyal and they had incentives to be loyal. - 32Establishing Royal Authority: Relations with the nobility. The Council Learned In The LawThis was the most important council
It helped Henry to enforce the system of recognisances
Bonds and recognisances were a way for henry to gain more loyalty
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- A Level History (The Tudors) Karteikarten am The reign of Henry VII, 1487-1509: political power and control, erstellt von Laura Faith am 30/03/2015.
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