Henry VII (1485-1509)
Beginning his reign
1. How many men did Henry have in the Battle of Bosworth?
5000
2. How many men did Richard have during the Battle of Bosworth?
10-15,000
3. How many losses were there?
100 for Henry, 1000 of Richard’s men
4. When was the Battle of Bosworth?
22nd August 1485
5. How many men did Stanley provide Henry with?
3000
6. How many men were in Henry’s Yeoman of the guard by the end of his reign?
200
7. When did Henry coronate himself?
30th October 1485
8. When did Henry call his first parliament and predate his reign?
7th November 1485
9. When did Henry predate his reign to?
21st August 1485
10. When did Henry marry Elizabeth of York?
18th January 1486
11. When did Henry go on royal progress?
March 1486
12. What years were Henry’s children born?
Arthur in 1486, Margaret in 1488, Henry in 1491, Mary in 1496
13. When was Elizabeth’s coronation?
25th November 1487
14. Give at least three examples of how Henry rewarded his supporters after Bosworth.
John Morton- Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury
Jasper Tudor- Constable of all royal castles in Wales, Duke of Bedford
Thomas Stanley- Earl of Derby
Richard Fox- keeper of the Privy Seal
Government
, 15. How many members of the Privy Council were there?
240
16. How many regularly attended meetings?
Six or seven, including Morton, Fox, Lord Daubeney
17. What was the Council divided into?
Council Learned and Council Learned in the law
18. How many times did Parliament meet during Henry’s reign?
7
19. How many of these were in the first 10 years of his reign?
5
20. Who was Henry careful not to give too much power?
The nobility
21. How many JPs were there and what was their function?
18, to maintain public order in local government
22. How many bishops were there?
16
Finance
23. Why was the exchequer system ineffective?
In the first year of his reign, he gathered £11,700 from land whereas Richard is estimated to
have gathered £250,000 in one year
24. When did Henry switch to the chamber system?
1492
25. What did the chamber system mean?
It was supervised by Henry rather than officials, and was a lot faster
26. How much was Henry’s income per year for land by the end of his reign?
£42,000
27. By the end of his reign, what was Henry’s spending per annum?
£113,000
28. In total, how much did Henry leave behind at the end of his reign?
£300,000 in plates and jewels, £10,000 in cash
29. Henry was the only Tudor monarch to do what?
Leave the crown solvent.
Rebellions
, 30. When was the Stafford and Lovell rebellion?
Easter 1486
31. Who was it led by?
Viscount Lovell, who had supported Richard III and Stafford
32. Where did Lovell try to raise a rebellion?
In the North riding of Yorkshire
33. Where did Stafford try to raise forces?
Midlands
34. What happened?
There was little support and the rebels were easily crushed. Lovell fled and Stafford was
executed.
35. When was the Lambert Simnel rebellion?
1487
36. Who was Simnel posing as?
Edward, Earl of Warwick
37. Who was he supported by?
De la Pole, and Margaret of Burgundy, Richard’s mother
38. What did Margaret do?
Acknowledge Simnel as her nephew
39. How many mercenaries did she provide them with as they set sail for Ireland?
2000
40. When was Simnel crowned by Kildare in Dublin?
24th May 1487
41. When was the Battle of Stoke Field?
June 1487
42. How big was Henry’s army?
12,000 men
43. How many rebels were there?
8000
44. What was the outcome of the battle?
Henry’s army inflicted heavy defeat on the rebels. The earl of Lincoln was killed during
fighting and Simnel lived a comfortable life in royal kitchens.
45. When was the Yorkshire rebellion?
, 1489
46. What was its main cause?
People objected to paying a tax that didn’t concern them.
47. What did the rebels do and who were they led by?
Killed Henry Percy, the unpopular Earl of Northumberland, who led the tax commission, led
by Sir John Egremont
48. What were the outcomes of the rebellion?
- 1500 men pardoned and 6 executed
- Did not collect the tax- Henry received only £27,000 out of the £100,000 Parliament
had voted for
49. When was Perkin Warbeck a threat?
1491-99
50. Who did Perkin Warbeck pretend to be?
Richard, one of the Princes in the tower
51. Who was he refused backing by?
The Irish
52. Where did he receive international reception and recognition?
From Charles VIII of France
53. Who else sheltered or welcomed Warbeck?
Margaret of Burgundy sheltered, welcomed by Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian, and by
James of Scotland
54. Who did James of Scotland allow Warbeck to marry?
His cousin, Lady Catherine Gordon
55. When was Warbeck arrested and transferred to the tower?
1498
56. When was the Cornish rebellion?
January 1497
57. What caused it?
When parliament voted £60,000 to fund a war with Scotland
58. Why did the Cornish object to this?
They felt the events of the northern border shouldn’t impact them and didn’t want to pay for a
war that was none of their business
59. How many people were in the rebel army that marched to London?
15,000
