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AQA A-LEVEL HISTORY TUDORS EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026
Who was Henry VII's mother? - correct-answer -Margaret Beaufort
When was Henry VII born? - correct-answer -1457
Where did Henry VII spend his exile? - correct-answer -Brittany
When was the Battle of Bosworth? - correct-answer -August 1485
Who also had a claim to the throne when Henry VII became King? - correct-
answer -Earl of Lincoln and Earl of Suffolk
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Why did Henry VII backdate his reign? - correct-answer -So he could punish those
who had fought against him with treason
To When did Henry VII date his reign? - correct-answer -21st August 1485
Why was Henry VII's coronation fast? - correct-answer -Had to assert himself as a
legitimate heir
In what order did Henry VII hold the coronation, meet with parliament and marry?
- correct-answer -Coronation, Parliament, Marriage
Who did Henry VII marry? - correct-answer -Elizabeth of York
When did Henry VII embark on his Royal Progress? - correct-answer -April 1486
What title was Sir William Stanley rewarded with for the Battle of Bosworth? -
correct-answer -Lord Chamberlain
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Who had authority in Wales under Henry VII? - correct-answer -Jasper Tudor
What were attainders? - correct-answer -Used to seizes titles and possessions of
nobles he suspected
How many attainders were passed during Henry VII's reign? - correct-answer -138
(46 reversed)
What was Patronage? - correct-answer -Rewarding nobles with land
How was the number of nobles during Henry's reign affected? - correct-answer -
Decreased by one-quarter
What was retaining? - correct-answer -Noblemen keeping a large number of men
as personal staff
What honoury title could be rewarded to nobles? - correct-answer -Order of the
Garter
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When were laws passed against illegal retaining? - correct-answer -1485 and 1504
What did Henry VII use to control nobles? - correct-answer -Financial Bonds
How much was Lord Burgavenny fined for illegal retaining? - correct-answer -£70,
000
What did Henry VII establish as the royal debt collector? - correct-answer -The
Council Learned in Law
How did Henry VII use parliament? - correct-answer -Sparingly
How many men did Henry VII's Royal Court officially include? - correct-answer -
227
AQA A-LEVEL HISTORY TUDORS EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026
Who was Henry VII's mother? - correct-answer -Margaret Beaufort
When was Henry VII born? - correct-answer -1457
Where did Henry VII spend his exile? - correct-answer -Brittany
When was the Battle of Bosworth? - correct-answer -August 1485
Who also had a claim to the throne when Henry VII became King? - correct-
answer -Earl of Lincoln and Earl of Suffolk
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Why did Henry VII backdate his reign? - correct-answer -So he could punish those
who had fought against him with treason
To When did Henry VII date his reign? - correct-answer -21st August 1485
Why was Henry VII's coronation fast? - correct-answer -Had to assert himself as a
legitimate heir
In what order did Henry VII hold the coronation, meet with parliament and marry?
- correct-answer -Coronation, Parliament, Marriage
Who did Henry VII marry? - correct-answer -Elizabeth of York
When did Henry VII embark on his Royal Progress? - correct-answer -April 1486
What title was Sir William Stanley rewarded with for the Battle of Bosworth? -
correct-answer -Lord Chamberlain
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Who had authority in Wales under Henry VII? - correct-answer -Jasper Tudor
What were attainders? - correct-answer -Used to seizes titles and possessions of
nobles he suspected
How many attainders were passed during Henry VII's reign? - correct-answer -138
(46 reversed)
What was Patronage? - correct-answer -Rewarding nobles with land
How was the number of nobles during Henry's reign affected? - correct-answer -
Decreased by one-quarter
What was retaining? - correct-answer -Noblemen keeping a large number of men
as personal staff
What honoury title could be rewarded to nobles? - correct-answer -Order of the
Garter
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When were laws passed against illegal retaining? - correct-answer -1485 and 1504
What did Henry VII use to control nobles? - correct-answer -Financial Bonds
How much was Lord Burgavenny fined for illegal retaining? - correct-answer -£70,
000
What did Henry VII establish as the royal debt collector? - correct-answer -The
Council Learned in Law
How did Henry VII use parliament? - correct-answer -Sparingly
How many men did Henry VII's Royal Court officially include? - correct-answer -
227
