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Flashcards by Izzy Noone, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Izzy Noone
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Lambert Simnel | 1475-1525 |
| Who did he resemble? | Edward IV |
| Who was Richard Symonds? | Simnel's teacher and priest |
| Who did Simnel claim he was? | The Earl of Warwick who was in the Tower of London at the time |
| What happened in Ireland to Simnel? | The Earl of Kildare helped him to claim he was King Edward VI |
| How did Henry VII respond? | He produced the real Earl of Warwick to prove the falseness of Simnel's claims. |
| Who supported Lambert Simnel? | Margaret of Burgundy in the form of 2000 soldiers and the flight of John de la Pole (Earl of Lincoln) to join the rebels. |
| Perkin Warbeck | 1474-99 |
| Who did Perkin Warbeck claim to be? | Richard of York |
| Who first recognised Warbeck's claims? | Charles VIII of France |
| Why did Warbeck leave France in 1492? | Charles made peace with Henry |
| Why did Warbeck sail north to Scotland after landing in Kent? | Lack of support |
| Who did Warbeck befriend and what did he offer him? | James IV- offered his own cousin in marriage and £1,200 of income per year |
| What led to Warbeck's downfall? | James IV attempt at invasion failed and Warbeck fled to Ireland. He gave himself up in 1497 and was allowed by Henry VII to remain at court but when he ran way in 1498, he was sent to the tower. He tried to escape and was executed in 1499 alongside the Earl of Warwick. |
| John Morton | (1420-1500) |
| When did he become Archbishop of Canterbury? | 1486 |
| When did he become a cardinal? | 1493 |
| What was his key skill? | Handling financial matters- active in encouraging the nobility to offer "loans" to the Crown |
| What was "Morton's fork"? | A dilemma he exploited. If a noble appeared rich he was not giving enough money to the crown and if he seemed poor it was because he was hoarding his money like a miser. |
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