How successful was foreign policy under Edward?
Judgement
- No real threats despite Edward being a minor
Scotland
- June 1547 Henry VII sent a fleet with 4,000 soldiers to Scotland.
o Sep 1547 = Somerset launched a naval + land invasion of Scotland.
o = Decisive victory quickly achieved at the Battle of pinkie
o // domestic concerns over food = comes back to London.
o = Keeps garrisons (saw the expensive failures of Henry VIII foreign
policy – constantly attacking // even more expensive [1447-49 25
garrisons built]. = HE DIDN’T CAPATALISE ON HIS ACHEIEVEMNTS –
SUCCESS OF PINKIE [AS DESCIVIVE OF A VICTORY AS BATTLE OF
FLODDEN 1513] // DECISISON TO GARRISON THE BORDER = A COSTLY
MISTAKE.
o Jan 1548 = made an appeal to Scots to agree to marry Edward + Mary.
- Garrisons = issue in 1548 with the invasion of 10,000 French troops
o Poorly defended garrisons = easily defeated by French.
= Treaty between French + Scotland marriage between Mary
+ Henry II’s son.
July = Mary took to France.
o = French then attempts to take English garrisons – trying to take
Haddington.
= Somerset forced to send Earl of Shrewsbury to Scotland = he
relived the garrison.
// 1489 rebellion = issue.
o // French luckily abandons – drained by cost +
intent on recovering Boulogne.
- Somerset spent 600,000 on Scotland = unsuccessful policy.
France
- When in rebellion – 1549 = the French had attacked Boulogne
o Jan 1550 = French + English negotiations
Treaty of Boulogne (March 1550)
English gave up claim to Boulogne for 400,000 crowns.
Marriage between Edward + Elizabeth (Henry VII
daughter) = she brought a dowry of 200,000 crowns.
= French payment of £133,333 to England.
o // never took place
English promise to pull all troops from Scotland.
French king no longer pay pension to English king.
- Habsurg-Vaolis wars = England stayed Neutral = helped restore economy
Trade
- Cloth trade in Netherlands = vital pillar of English economy had been
protected by Intercursus Magnus in 1496.
- Charles V opposition to Protestantism = a breakdown in normal trade relations
o He issued laws allowing the arrest of any heretics in the Netherlands.
This damaged trade as many of the Netherlands traders were
protestant.
= a reason for the disastrous collapse of Antwerp.
- Charles V hostility toward the reformation in England + ill-treatment of Mary =
he considered an invasion of England in autumn of 1551.
Judgement
- No real threats despite Edward being a minor
Scotland
- June 1547 Henry VII sent a fleet with 4,000 soldiers to Scotland.
o Sep 1547 = Somerset launched a naval + land invasion of Scotland.
o = Decisive victory quickly achieved at the Battle of pinkie
o // domestic concerns over food = comes back to London.
o = Keeps garrisons (saw the expensive failures of Henry VIII foreign
policy – constantly attacking // even more expensive [1447-49 25
garrisons built]. = HE DIDN’T CAPATALISE ON HIS ACHEIEVEMNTS –
SUCCESS OF PINKIE [AS DESCIVIVE OF A VICTORY AS BATTLE OF
FLODDEN 1513] // DECISISON TO GARRISON THE BORDER = A COSTLY
MISTAKE.
o Jan 1548 = made an appeal to Scots to agree to marry Edward + Mary.
- Garrisons = issue in 1548 with the invasion of 10,000 French troops
o Poorly defended garrisons = easily defeated by French.
= Treaty between French + Scotland marriage between Mary
+ Henry II’s son.
July = Mary took to France.
o = French then attempts to take English garrisons – trying to take
Haddington.
= Somerset forced to send Earl of Shrewsbury to Scotland = he
relived the garrison.
// 1489 rebellion = issue.
o // French luckily abandons – drained by cost +
intent on recovering Boulogne.
- Somerset spent 600,000 on Scotland = unsuccessful policy.
France
- When in rebellion – 1549 = the French had attacked Boulogne
o Jan 1550 = French + English negotiations
Treaty of Boulogne (March 1550)
English gave up claim to Boulogne for 400,000 crowns.
Marriage between Edward + Elizabeth (Henry VII
daughter) = she brought a dowry of 200,000 crowns.
= French payment of £133,333 to England.
o // never took place
English promise to pull all troops from Scotland.
French king no longer pay pension to English king.
- Habsurg-Vaolis wars = England stayed Neutral = helped restore economy
Trade
- Cloth trade in Netherlands = vital pillar of English economy had been
protected by Intercursus Magnus in 1496.
- Charles V opposition to Protestantism = a breakdown in normal trade relations
o He issued laws allowing the arrest of any heretics in the Netherlands.
This damaged trade as many of the Netherlands traders were
protestant.
= a reason for the disastrous collapse of Antwerp.
- Charles V hostility toward the reformation in England + ill-treatment of Mary =
he considered an invasion of England in autumn of 1551.
