Henry VII
Key Information
Event Date Key figures Things to Note
Battle of Tewkesbury 1471 York vs Lancaster
Henry flees to Brittany 1471 Henry’s Uncle Jasper Henry = Lancastrian
Edward IV is King
King Edward IV Dies 1483 Richard Duke of Gloucester
Richard III is now King becomes Richard III
Battle of Bosworth 22nd August Henry VII 1st August
Henry landed in Pembroke
1485 Richard III
Rhys ap Thomas 22nd August
Earl of Richmond Met Richard at battlefield
Lord Thomas Stanley
Sir William Stanley Richard had a better position to
fight
Duke of Norfolk
The Stanley’s intervened in
support of Henry … Henry won
Henry Changed the Date from
when he became king to the day
BEFORE the battle of Bosworth
Henry formally crowned 30th
King Henry VII October
1485
Justices of Peace (JP’s) 1485 JPs were appointed to maintain
public law and order
increase their power to
arrest poachers and
hunters
Navigation acts passed 1485-6 Hansatic League
for English trade
John Morton given titles 1486-1493 John had various titles: John Morton was a close Friend of
Henry
Lord Chancellor
Archbishop of Canterbury
Cardinal
Lambert Simnel Relevant: Pretending to be
1487 Edward Earl of Warwick
Richard Symonds
Margarete of Burgundy
John de la Pole, The Earl of Lincoln
Earl of Kildare
Battle of Stoke Field 1487 Lambert Simnel Final battle of war of the roses
Breton Crisis 1488-92 France absorbing Brittany
Yorkshire Rebellion 1489 5,000 rebels 1488 Bad Harvest
Earl of Northumberland (Henry’s tax caused by economic issues and
collector) resentment of taxation
Only £25,000 of the £100,000
Key Information
Event Date Key figures Things to Note
Battle of Tewkesbury 1471 York vs Lancaster
Henry flees to Brittany 1471 Henry’s Uncle Jasper Henry = Lancastrian
Edward IV is King
King Edward IV Dies 1483 Richard Duke of Gloucester
Richard III is now King becomes Richard III
Battle of Bosworth 22nd August Henry VII 1st August
Henry landed in Pembroke
1485 Richard III
Rhys ap Thomas 22nd August
Earl of Richmond Met Richard at battlefield
Lord Thomas Stanley
Sir William Stanley Richard had a better position to
fight
Duke of Norfolk
The Stanley’s intervened in
support of Henry … Henry won
Henry Changed the Date from
when he became king to the day
BEFORE the battle of Bosworth
Henry formally crowned 30th
King Henry VII October
1485
Justices of Peace (JP’s) 1485 JPs were appointed to maintain
public law and order
increase their power to
arrest poachers and
hunters
Navigation acts passed 1485-6 Hansatic League
for English trade
John Morton given titles 1486-1493 John had various titles: John Morton was a close Friend of
Henry
Lord Chancellor
Archbishop of Canterbury
Cardinal
Lambert Simnel Relevant: Pretending to be
1487 Edward Earl of Warwick
Richard Symonds
Margarete of Burgundy
John de la Pole, The Earl of Lincoln
Earl of Kildare
Battle of Stoke Field 1487 Lambert Simnel Final battle of war of the roses
Breton Crisis 1488-92 France absorbing Brittany
Yorkshire Rebellion 1489 5,000 rebels 1488 Bad Harvest
Earl of Northumberland (Henry’s tax caused by economic issues and
collector) resentment of taxation
Only £25,000 of the £100,000
