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1
Q

What was the date of the Battle of Bosworth and who did Henry Tudor defeat?

A

22nd August 1485, Richard III

2
Q

Why was Henry’s claim to the throne weak?

A

The blood line was from his mothers side (Lady Margaret Beaufort)

3
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How did Henry allow himself to accuse Richard III’s soldiers of treason?

A

Backdated his reign to the day before the Battle of Bosworth, to 21st August 1485

4
Q

How did Henry show that his power had not come from Parliament?

A

Coronation took place on the 30th October, a week before he held his first parliament, on the 7th November

5
Q

How did Henry neutralise the Yorkist threat to the throne? [2]

A
  • Detained the Earl of Warwick in the Tower of London

- Married Elizabeth of York in January 1486

6
Q

Which two people did Henry appoint to his council and what positions did they take?

A

Sir Reginald Bray as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Sir William Stanley as Chamberlain of the Household

7
Q

When did the Lovell and Stafford rebellion take place and where did they attempt to rally forces?

A

Easter 1486.
Lovell tried to raise a rebellion in the North riding of Yorkshire
Stafford tried to raise support in the Midlands

8
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What did the Lovell and Stafford rebellion show to Henry?

A

The Yorkists at the time weren’t very enthusiastic about a revolt

9
Q

Who did Lambert Simnel attempt to impersonate in 1487 and who masterminded it?

A

The Earl of Warwick, organised by John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln

10
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How did Henry deal with the Lambert Simnel impersonation?

A

He put the true Earl of Warwick on show in London for all to see

11
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Who did Henry reinstate to the North in order to neutralise the Yorkist threat?

A

The Earl of Northumberland

12
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Where did Henry’s troops and Margarets mercenaries meet in the Lambert Simnel impersonation? Who was head of Henry’s army and who was killed?

A

The Battle of Stoke Field in 1487.
Henry’s army was led by the Earl of Oxford
John de la Pole, the Earl on Lincoln was killed

13
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Who did Perkin Warbeck impersonate?

A

Richard, Duke of York, a prince from the tower

14
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Who trained Perkin Warbeck as a Yorkists prince

A

Margaret of Burgundy

15
Q

Which insider was helping Perkin Warbeck

A

Sir William Stanley, the Lord Chamberlain

16
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When did Perkin Warbeck surrender to Henry and why?

A

In 1497, after failing to exploit the crown during the Cornish rebellion