Henry VII - Domestic policy
H7 claim to the throne: War of the Roses/Battle of Bosworth, Margaret Beaufort, H7
background
Point SK CSK
Claim ● His claim through his ● H7 backdated his reign
mother - Margaret Beaufort to the 22nd Aug 1485
(decreases legitimacy) the day before the Battle
● Other possible claimants of Bosworth = he was
e.g. Edmund de la Pole the usurped not usurper
Exilement ● H7 spent 14 years in exile - ● After Battle of Bosworth
host by Francis II (Duke of H7 gained more
Brittany) popularity; but from
● Edward VI referred to H7 as being in exile -
‘the imp’ - E4 offered a Pembroke Castle in
great reward for the capture Wales - he had few
of H7 but Francis stood by enemies + he was an
his guest only child
Socio-economic ● 1485 England's population ● He brought together the
was shrinking - 750,000 to divided nation - in the
3 million time of the War of the
● Most people are moving Roses - through the
toward great wool-cloth symbolic Tudor Rose
producing areas e.g. and marrying Elizabeth
Yorkshire and East Anglia of York
,Relations with nobility: Rewards & punishment
Point SK CSK
Rewarding the ● Order of the Garter - honours ● It did not directly
Lancastrians; reserved for Kings closest reward the
despite having associated - 37; Giles Lancastrians - it just
limited resources Daubeney & Reginald Bray gave them symbolic
● Patronage - Jasper Tudor = value - meant that
Duke of Bedford & Reginald they were not being
Bray = Chancellor sufficiently rewarded
Uniting the ● Marrying Elizabeth of York - by ● Both methods are
Yorkist & advice from his parliament, in merely symbolic way
Lancastrians January 1486 they married - of unitement, they
uniting both houses was still mass
● Tudor Rose - combined the discontent and anger
white rose (York) with red rose between both regions
(Lancaster) to form the = did not deal with
symbolic unitement of Tudor direct citizen
Rose upheaval
Yorkist ● Backdated his reign - the day ● 1 in 4 nobles fought
challenges; before the BoB so he was not against him in BoB &
wanted to punish longer usurper but the usurped Earl of Warwick was
but not be to ● Potential threats like John de la locked in Tower of
harsh Pole (Duke of Suffolk) swore London but lived in
his loyalty and then joined the comfort = still
council - showing how Yorkist potential threat
challenge is suppressed
, Opposition: Pretenders - Lovel, Stafford & Suffolk, Yorkist opposition, Simnel & Warbeck
Point SK CSK
Yorkist Plots ● Lovell Conspiracy (1486) - ● However, the brothers
Lord Lovell & Humphrey fled to Culham Abbey
Stafford began to conspire as soon as Henry
against H7 advanced towards
● Lovell fled to Flanders under Worcester - showing
protection of Margaret of they were scared
Burgundy
● Stafford brothers led the
rebellion in Worcester while
King was on Northern
Progress
● Yet, Humphrey, the older
brother was executed
Pretenders ● Lambert Simnel (Claimed to ● H7 paraded the real
be Ear of Warwick) - Earl of Warwick
supported by Margaret of through London
Burgundy - sent him 2,000 ● -Simnel’s 8,000 men
mercenaries defeated by H7 12,000
● He was ‘crowned’ as Edward ● But H7 gave him a job
in Dublin Cathedral - his as a falconer
forced landed in Lancashire
in June 1487 - he struggled
to get support
Rebellions ● Yorkshire Rebellion (1489) - ● Egremont fled to
sparked by parliamentarian Flanders but the other
tax to fund H7 expedition to rebels were not
Brittany punished - H7 did not
● Most northern cities expected get any more tax
to pay - but those further
north were not expected to
pay since they had to fight off
the Scotts
● It took 8000 troops led by
Earl of Surrey to defeat the
rebels outside York
H7 claim to the throne: War of the Roses/Battle of Bosworth, Margaret Beaufort, H7
background
Point SK CSK
Claim ● His claim through his ● H7 backdated his reign
mother - Margaret Beaufort to the 22nd Aug 1485
(decreases legitimacy) the day before the Battle
● Other possible claimants of Bosworth = he was
e.g. Edmund de la Pole the usurped not usurper
Exilement ● H7 spent 14 years in exile - ● After Battle of Bosworth
host by Francis II (Duke of H7 gained more
Brittany) popularity; but from
● Edward VI referred to H7 as being in exile -
‘the imp’ - E4 offered a Pembroke Castle in
great reward for the capture Wales - he had few
of H7 but Francis stood by enemies + he was an
his guest only child
Socio-economic ● 1485 England's population ● He brought together the
was shrinking - 750,000 to divided nation - in the
3 million time of the War of the
● Most people are moving Roses - through the
toward great wool-cloth symbolic Tudor Rose
producing areas e.g. and marrying Elizabeth
Yorkshire and East Anglia of York
,Relations with nobility: Rewards & punishment
Point SK CSK
Rewarding the ● Order of the Garter - honours ● It did not directly
Lancastrians; reserved for Kings closest reward the
despite having associated - 37; Giles Lancastrians - it just
limited resources Daubeney & Reginald Bray gave them symbolic
● Patronage - Jasper Tudor = value - meant that
Duke of Bedford & Reginald they were not being
Bray = Chancellor sufficiently rewarded
Uniting the ● Marrying Elizabeth of York - by ● Both methods are
Yorkist & advice from his parliament, in merely symbolic way
Lancastrians January 1486 they married - of unitement, they
uniting both houses was still mass
● Tudor Rose - combined the discontent and anger
white rose (York) with red rose between both regions
(Lancaster) to form the = did not deal with
symbolic unitement of Tudor direct citizen
Rose upheaval
Yorkist ● Backdated his reign - the day ● 1 in 4 nobles fought
challenges; before the BoB so he was not against him in BoB &
wanted to punish longer usurper but the usurped Earl of Warwick was
but not be to ● Potential threats like John de la locked in Tower of
harsh Pole (Duke of Suffolk) swore London but lived in
his loyalty and then joined the comfort = still
council - showing how Yorkist potential threat
challenge is suppressed
, Opposition: Pretenders - Lovel, Stafford & Suffolk, Yorkist opposition, Simnel & Warbeck
Point SK CSK
Yorkist Plots ● Lovell Conspiracy (1486) - ● However, the brothers
Lord Lovell & Humphrey fled to Culham Abbey
Stafford began to conspire as soon as Henry
against H7 advanced towards
● Lovell fled to Flanders under Worcester - showing
protection of Margaret of they were scared
Burgundy
● Stafford brothers led the
rebellion in Worcester while
King was on Northern
Progress
● Yet, Humphrey, the older
brother was executed
Pretenders ● Lambert Simnel (Claimed to ● H7 paraded the real
be Ear of Warwick) - Earl of Warwick
supported by Margaret of through London
Burgundy - sent him 2,000 ● -Simnel’s 8,000 men
mercenaries defeated by H7 12,000
● He was ‘crowned’ as Edward ● But H7 gave him a job
in Dublin Cathedral - his as a falconer
forced landed in Lancashire
in June 1487 - he struggled
to get support
Rebellions ● Yorkshire Rebellion (1489) - ● Egremont fled to
sparked by parliamentarian Flanders but the other
tax to fund H7 expedition to rebels were not
Brittany punished - H7 did not
● Most northern cities expected get any more tax
to pay - but those further
north were not expected to
pay since they had to fight off
the Scotts
● It took 8000 troops led by
Earl of Surrey to defeat the
rebels outside York
