AQA A Level Tudors questions and answers
Battle of Bosworth - Henry defeats Richard III on 22nd August 1485 and is
crowned King.
Richard III - Unpopular with Yorkists - had Lord Hastings (Yorkist) killed. Most likely
had the princes in the tower murdered. Made Parliament make him king.
Earl of Northumberland - Henry Percy. Failed to commit his troops. Inactivity
caused Richards defeat - imprisoned by Henry for several months but released on
good behaviour.
Henry Tudor - Army was outnumbered (5000 compared to 15,000)
Kept most of his army together
Was supported by the Stanleys.
Sir William Stanley - Henry's step uncle - half promised him support.
Kept his options open until he saw that Henry was clearly winning.
Lord Thomas Stanley - Henry's stepfather - ordered to join Richard and oppose
Henry.
Excused himself because of sweating sickness.
,AQA A Level Tudors questions and answers
Confessed to conspiring with Henry.
Only really cared about his family.
Earl of Oxford - Lancastrian commander - Henry's best friend.
Very experienced and trusted - led most of Henry's forces.
Henry's preparation for kingship - Was able to observe court politics as an
outsider.
Spent 14 years living in exile in France and Brittany.
Only trusted Margaret Beaufort (mum), Jasper Tudor (uncle), John Morton,
Richard Fox. Less people to stab him in the back.
Henry's weak claim to the throne - Descended from Edward III by his mum - men
typically took precedence over women.
Descended from John of Gaunt, Edwards third son - others with a stronger claim
like Earls of Warwick and Lincoln.
Came from a illegitimate line (third son born out of wedlock) so couldn't claim
throne.
Right of Conquest - Henry won the crown by right of conquest; God wanted him to
be king so people couldn't disagree with it. Meant little though if he couldn't
, AQA A Level Tudors questions and answers
ensure loyalty from people like the nobles (already didn't like him because of his
French background).
Usurper - A person who takes a position of power (throne) illegally or by force.
Parliamentary Sanction - An official confirmation or ratification of a law given by
Parliament as the acclaimed body of the State; by the laws of the time, King Henry
VII's tenuous claims to the throne would normally have had to be fortified by a
parliamentary sanction.
Act of Attainder - This declared a landowner guilty of rebelling against a monarch;
the attended noble lost his title, lands and sometimes his head; his heirs were
disinherited.
Tonnage and Poundage - The right to raise revenue for the whole reign from
imports and exports.
Legitimising his succession as king - Jan. 86. married Elizabeth of York.
Son was born - Prince Arthur.
Created Tudor Rose - gave him a dual claim.
Battle of Bosworth - Henry defeats Richard III on 22nd August 1485 and is
crowned King.
Richard III - Unpopular with Yorkists - had Lord Hastings (Yorkist) killed. Most likely
had the princes in the tower murdered. Made Parliament make him king.
Earl of Northumberland - Henry Percy. Failed to commit his troops. Inactivity
caused Richards defeat - imprisoned by Henry for several months but released on
good behaviour.
Henry Tudor - Army was outnumbered (5000 compared to 15,000)
Kept most of his army together
Was supported by the Stanleys.
Sir William Stanley - Henry's step uncle - half promised him support.
Kept his options open until he saw that Henry was clearly winning.
Lord Thomas Stanley - Henry's stepfather - ordered to join Richard and oppose
Henry.
Excused himself because of sweating sickness.
,AQA A Level Tudors questions and answers
Confessed to conspiring with Henry.
Only really cared about his family.
Earl of Oxford - Lancastrian commander - Henry's best friend.
Very experienced and trusted - led most of Henry's forces.
Henry's preparation for kingship - Was able to observe court politics as an
outsider.
Spent 14 years living in exile in France and Brittany.
Only trusted Margaret Beaufort (mum), Jasper Tudor (uncle), John Morton,
Richard Fox. Less people to stab him in the back.
Henry's weak claim to the throne - Descended from Edward III by his mum - men
typically took precedence over women.
Descended from John of Gaunt, Edwards third son - others with a stronger claim
like Earls of Warwick and Lincoln.
Came from a illegitimate line (third son born out of wedlock) so couldn't claim
throne.
Right of Conquest - Henry won the crown by right of conquest; God wanted him to
be king so people couldn't disagree with it. Meant little though if he couldn't
, AQA A Level Tudors questions and answers
ensure loyalty from people like the nobles (already didn't like him because of his
French background).
Usurper - A person who takes a position of power (throne) illegally or by force.
Parliamentary Sanction - An official confirmation or ratification of a law given by
Parliament as the acclaimed body of the State; by the laws of the time, King Henry
VII's tenuous claims to the throne would normally have had to be fortified by a
parliamentary sanction.
Act of Attainder - This declared a landowner guilty of rebelling against a monarch;
the attended noble lost his title, lands and sometimes his head; his heirs were
disinherited.
Tonnage and Poundage - The right to raise revenue for the whole reign from
imports and exports.
Legitimising his succession as king - Jan. 86. married Elizabeth of York.
Son was born - Prince Arthur.
Created Tudor Rose - gave him a dual claim.
