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🌹 Henry VII's Consolidation of Power – A-level
History · A-level — practises how Henry VII secured the throne, dealt with pretenders and strengthened royal power
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Questions
In which year did Henry VII marry Elizabeth of York, uniting the houses of Lancaster and York?
1487
1489
1486
1485
20s
Lambert Simnel, crowned 'Edward VI' in Dublin in 1487, claimed to be which Yorkist prince?
John, Earl of Lincoln
Richard, Duke of York
Edward V
Edward, Earl of Warwick
20s
The Treaty of Medina del Campo (1489) with Spain agreed a marriage between which two people?
Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon
Prince Arthur and Margaret of Austria
Margaret Tudor and Philip of Burgundy
Prince Henry and Catherine of Aragon
20s
Which leading Yorkist nobleman was killed fighting against Henry VII at the Battle of Stoke in June 1487?
Edward, Earl of Warwick
Sir William Stanley
John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln
John de Vere, Earl of Oxford
30s
Which foreign ruler welcomed Perkin Warbeck and arranged his marriage to Lady Catherine Gordon?
James IV of Scotland
Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire
Ferdinand of Aragon
Charles VIII of France
30s
Henry VII made heavy use of recognisances. What was a recognisance?
A formal acknowledgement of a debt or obligation
A grant of crown land in return for loyal service
A royal pardon granted in return for a cash fine
A tax voted by Parliament for defence of the realm
30s
Which two members of the Council Learned in the Law were executed by Henry VIII in 1510?
Reginald Bray and John Morton
Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley
John Heron and Reginald Bray
Richard Fox and Giles Daubeney
30s
Henry VII moved much of royal finance away from the slow Exchequer to which more flexible institution?
The Court of Augmentations
The Star Chamber
The Chamber
The Privy Seal Office
30s
Why did Henry VII date his reign from 21 August 1485, the day before Bosworth?
So Parliament could confirm his title on that day
So the pope could recognise his claim to the throne
So Richard III's supporters could be attainted as traitors
So his reign began before his marriage to Elizabeth
30s
Under the Treaty of Étaples (1492), what did Charles VIII of France agree to do?
Give up Brittany and pay Henry an annual pension
Hand Warbeck over and marry a Tudor princess
Expel Warbeck and pay Henry an annual pension
Return Calais and expel Warbeck from France
30s