Stanley was married to
Margaret Beaufort=
Henry's mother
Bosworth- 22nd August
Reign beginning 21st
Allowed Henry to
punish anyone who
fought against him
Given ships/1800
mercanries/16000
Franks
Lovell/Stafford Rebellion
Causes- Loyalty to Richard III
caused Lovell and Stafford
to rebel due to the fear of
losing their land they'd
gained under Richard
Lovell planned to intercept
Henry VII on his national tour
Henry found out and Lovell
fled to Flanders
Margaret of Burgundy was there to
protect any pretenders- Richard III's
sister and political enemy of Henry
Lovell arises in many other
rebellions in attempts to over throw
the throne and restore it to a
Yorkist King
Lambert Simnel rebellion 1487
Richard Symonds (a priest from
Oxford) attempted to pass off
Lambert Simnel as Edward IV-
Prince in the Tower
Finally decided to pass him off as the Earl of
Warwick (Who Henry already had imprisoned)
Earl of Kildare proclaimed Simnel
as Edward VI
Margaret of Burgundy sent 2000 Gemran
soldiers/mercenaries to Ireland
commanded by Martin Schwarz
On June 4th, 1487 Lincoln and his army landed at
Furness in Lancashire. He marched across the
Pennines and then south. However, Lincoln did
not receive as much support as he had
anticipated. The locals were suspicious of the
Irish soldiers who accompanied Lincoln and did
not rally to his cause. Henry was prepared for
Lincoln and the two armies met just outside of
Newark at East Stoke on June 16th 1487.
Lincoln had 8000 soldiers whilst Henry had 12000 men
The battle lasted 3 hours
Schwarz was killed and over half of Lincoln's force was killed
Bigger than Bosworth
With foreign
support Simnel
was crowned king
in Dublin in May
1987
Symonds is extremely
manipulative (find
historian quote)
Consequences: Richard Symonds was
arrested and sentenced to life in bishop's
prison. Simnel was given a position in the
king's kitchen as Henry recognised he was
not the cause of the invasion.
Henry used the Acts of Attainder
against those who fought against him,
28 nobles ere attainted and had their
estates confiscated
Sent a clear message that those who
betrayed the king would be severely dealt
with
It also enhanced Henry's wealth
Cornish Rebellion 1497
Subsidies in Cornwall for the Scottish was
Raising of taxes to fund war with Scotland
Henry never raised taxes in Cornwall again
Cornwall is a remote
location and the Cornish
had their own regional
identity- language, but
still had to pay tax
Poverty fulled rebellion
Events
May- Trouble
flared at Bodmin
16th June rebels
camped just outside
of London
300 rebels
were killed
100 royal
troops were
killed
Threat
15000 rebels
Only rebellion to
move geographically
Black Heath
Henry did not have the
support of the South
West
Henry learnt he had to avoid expensive
wars and needed to negotiate with James IV
rather than fighting him
Henry was, by nature, cautious and
defensive, personal qualities that were
reinforced by his experiences in 1497
Yorkshire Rebellion 1497
Parliament voted subsidy for the war to
defend Britany
Many men in Yorkshire believed
that they had already paid for
defence
Tax was least welcome in
Yorkshire due to a
Lancastrian King
Sir John Egremont led the
rebels. The Earl of Surrey easily
put down their rising
Earl of
Northumberland
was killed
Cornish rebellion was already
taking place at the same time
A member of the nobility
had been killed
Shows Henry in finical
trouble and needed
money to protect himself
from further rebellions
Shows the divide
between the Yorkists
and the Lancastrians
was still present
Perkin Warbeck 1491
Timeline
1491
Perkin Warbeck begins his
imposture in Cork, Ireland. He
claims to be Richard, Duke of
York, the younger Prince in the
Tower
1492
Warbeck flees to France, where
he is received by Charles VIII
1493
Embargo on woollen cloth trade
with Burgundy
1494
Warbeck secures the backing of
the Holy Roman Emperor
1495
Warbeck attempts to invade
England for the first time
1496
Warbeck's second invasion of
England, backed by the Scots
army
1497
Third attempt to invade
England; Warbeck
surrenders
1498
Warbeck imprisoned in the
Tower of London
1499
Warbeck and the Earl of
Warwick executed for
treason
Perkin Warbeck was Henry VII's
most persistent rival, able to carry
off his imposture for eight years.
His imposture started
in Cork, Ireland,
where John Taylor
and ex-mayor of Cork
confirmed him to be
Richard, Duke of York
(Youngest of the
Princes in the Tower)
This is a problem for
Henry as it arose at the
same time as the
Breton Crisis
This was also a threat as it
could put the Auld Alliance
to start
Henry sent a small army to Ireland.
Warbeck has won insufficient
support after failing to receive the
great Irish acclaim given to Simnel
in1487,
He was unable to resist and in
1492, was forced to flee to
France
Charles VIII was at war with
England over Brittany, so
Warbeck was received as a
prince, showing him the
appropriate honours
Henry overcame this by
negotiating the Treaty of Etaples,
forcing the imposter to flee again
Warbeck went to the Burgundian
court where he was sheltered by
Duchess Margaret- she trained
him as Yorkist prince.
Henry was so threatened by this
he introduced economic warfare
by placing an embargo on the
English woollen cloth trade with
Burgundy
In 1494 Warbeck was backed by the
Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian.
Maximilian had been angered at
the Anglo-French agreement made
in the Treaty of Etaples
In 1495 Warbeck attempted his
first invasion and sailed from the
Netherlands and landed at Deal in
Kent
Henry VII had been forewarned of
the attempted invasion so English
local authorities easily dealt with the
imposter's small forced
Sir Robert Clifford had informed
Henry, he was a royal agent among
Warbeck's supporters.
Clifford had said that William Stanley was
involved in the plot so the nobleman was
arrested, charged with treason and
executed
This changed Henry
Warbeck himself never disembarked
in England and stayed in the ship and
set sail to ireland
He went to Ireland but
failed to land in Waterford
due to lack of support so he
set sail to Scotland
James IV welcome Warbeck, providing
shelter, a pension and a royal wife (Lady
Catherine Gordon)
These anti-Tudor gestures put the
proposed Anglo-Spanish marriage in
serious doubt
1489 Medina Del Campo
Second attempt of an invasion had the
Scots backing, however, they failed to get
support needed once he had crossed the
boarder into England
Henry began making diplomatic warfare
negotiations for Princess Margaret to
marry James IV
James judged it was right for more amicable
Anglo-Scottish relations, and Warbeck was
no longer welcome in Scotland
Perkin Warbeck was on the move again
Perkin Warbeck returned to ireland where
Kildare proved loyal to Henry VII
Warbeck, in a last bid to the throne, landed
in Cornwall hoping to exploit the Cornish tax
rebellion
After fleeing to sanctuary at Beaulieu Abbey,
Warbeck gave himself to the King and made a
full confession
Henry showed remarkable
leniency to Warbeck
He allowed Warbeck and
his wife at court
Warbeck tried to escape in 1498 so was
humilaited and sent to the Tower
In the Tower of London Warbeck was plotting his
escape with Edward, Earl of Warwick
Henry learned of the plot which may have
been set up by two agents to 'kill two birds
with one stone'.
In 1499 both men were
but on trial for treason
Warbeck was hung
The Cornish rebellion turned out to be
poorly led, disorganised and
under-equipped
This exposed Warbeck's
inadequcies as a military leader
Henry had been forewarned
about the invasion
Sir Giles Daubeney was sent to
crush the rebellion at Exeter
Charles withdrew his
support as he decided
to wage war in Italy
and withdrew his
support for Warbeck to
secure the northern
borders of France
Threat
The Warbeck rebellion
was a threat as it
continued for 9 years
This put the Medina Del Campo at risk as
Isabella refused to let Catherine marry
Arthur unless Warbeck was detained
It showed the extent Margaret
of Burgundy would go to to
threaten Henry's thrown and
the Tudor dynasty