AQA A-Level History Tudors 2024 Exam
Questions and Answers
Who was Henry VII's mother? - Answer>> Margaret Beaufort
When was Henry VII born? - Answer>> 1457
Where did Henry VII spend his exile? - Answer>> Brittany
When was the Battle of Bosworth? - Answer>> August 1485
Who also had a claim to the throne when Henry VII became King?
- Answer>> Earl of Lincoln and Earl of Suffolk
Why did Henry VII backdate his reign? - Answer>> So he could
punish those who had fought against him with treason
To When did Henry VII date his reign? - Answer>> 21st August
1485
Why was Henry VII's coronation fast? - Answer>> Had to assert
himself as a legitimate heir
In what order did Henry VII hold the coronation, meet with
parliament and marry? - Answer>> Coronation, Parliament,
Marriage
Who did Henry VII marry? - Answer>> Elizabeth of York
When did Henry VII embark on his Royal Progress? - Answer>>
April 1486
,What title was Sir William Stanley rewarded with for the Battle of
Bosworth? - Answer>> Lord Chamberlain
Who had authority in Wales under Henry VII? - Answer>>
Jasper Tudor
What were attainders? - Answer>> Used to seizes titles and
possessions of nobles he suspected
How many attainders were passed during Henry VII's reign? -
Answer>> 138 (46 reversed)
What was Patronage? - Answer>> Rewarding nobles with land
How was the number of nobles during Henry's reign affected? -
Answer>> Decreased by one-quarter
What was retaining? - Answer>> Noblemen keeping a large
number of men as personal staff
What honoury title could be rewarded to nobles? - Answer>>
Order of the Garter
When were laws passed against illegal retaining? - Answer>>
1485 and 1504
What did Henry VII use to control nobles? - Answer>> Financial
Bonds
How much was Lord Burgavenny fined for illegal retaining? -
Answer>> £70, 000
,What did Henry VII establish as the royal debt collector? -
Answer>> The Council Learned in Law
How did Henry VII use parliament? - Answer>> Sparingly
How many men did Henry VII's Royal Court officially include? -
Answer>> 227
What was the Court of Audit used for? - Answer>> Monitoring
government spending
When was the star Chamber Act? - Answer>> 1487
What was the Court of Star Chamber? - Answer>> Prosecuted
anyone who behaved in a rebellious manner. Came to be used as
a Court of appeal.
When did Henry use the Act of Resumption to reclaim all Crown
Lands? - Answer>> 1486
What was relief? - Answer>> Paid by an heir when he received
inheritance
What was Livery? - Answer>> Payment made by a ward upon
reaching adulthood
What were customs duties? - Answer>> Paid on goods entering
or leaving the country.
What were legal dues? - Answer>> Money from fines made by
people appearing at court
, What were loans and benevolences? - Answer>> The Kings
right to ask for financial help in emergencies
How did Henry VII exploit feudal dues? - Answer>> 1504,
£30,000 from Parliament for knighthood of late Prince Arthur
What were clerical taxes? - Answer>> Taxes levied from the
Church as 'gifts'
Who were the pretenders that rebelled against Henry VII? -
Answer>> Simnel and Warbeck
When was the Simnel rebellion? - Answer>> 1487
What brought the Simnel rebellion status? - Answer>> Lord
Lovell and the Earl of lincoln
What foreign support did the Simnel rebellion have? -
Answer>> 2000 German mercenaries from Margaret of
Burgundy and men from Earl of Kildare
Was the Simnel rebellion widely supported in England? -
Answer>> No
When was Perkin Warbecks rebellion? - Answer>> 1490-1499
What foreign support did Warbecks' rebellion have? - Answer>>
Margaret of Burgundy and Charles VII
Who was Simnel mentored by? - Answer>> Richard Symonds
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