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THREATS TO HENRY VII'S THRONE (Earl of Sussex- Edmund de la Pole…
THREATS TO HENRY VII'S THRONE
Lambert Simnel
Outcome
The 28 nobles who had taken part had their land confiscated. while Simnel given a job working in the royal kitchen
Henry's real enemies - Kildare, Margaret and the other Yorkists lived to fight another day
after defeated in June 1587Henry had Elizabeth crowned Queen in November, important gesture towards the Yorkists
Support
The Duchess of Burgundy, sister of Edward IV supported them and sent 2000 soldiers
Lincoln did not gain as much support as he expected, his army was around 8000 while the king had 12000 men.
John de la Pole, the Earl of Lincoln joined the rebels
events
The Yorkists crowned Simnel king in Dublin with help of Yorkist lords like Earl of Kildare. The earl of Lincoln went to Ireland to support the cause along with other nobles
The armies met just outside of Newark and the battle lasted only 3 hours. At least of half of Lincoln’s men were killed including himself
May 1487
Earl of Sussex- Edmund de la Pole
Initially seemed to accept Henry's reign, but then fled to the court of the HRE in
1501
Some of Suffolks relatives were arrested in 1504 when parliament met and others were attained
rumours of Suffolk plotting to overthrow the King or alter the succession, but through diplomatic manoeuvres he was able to gain possession of Suffolk on the condition he was not killed.
put in the tower until execute in HVIII's reign in 1513
thus Henry cannot have felt truly secure from Yorkist threat till the last 2 years of his reign and even then smooth succession depended on teenage Henry
Perkin Warbeck
(
Richard of York, Ed IV's youngest son from tower)
support
continent
Charles VIII of France first recognised his claims and welcomed him at Court in Paris, though probably in an attempt to embarrass Henry
supported by Margaret of Burgundy.
Scotland
James IV of Scotland, when Warbeck arrived here after failure of 1495
May have believed Warbeck was genuine as granted him income of £1200 pa and his own cousin in marriage
events
In
1492
, Charles made peace with Henry and Warbeck was forced to move on to Burgundy where welcomed by Margaret and her son in law the HRE
Purge of court
A number of leading figures in England were arrested and executed for treason in
1495
such as Sir William Stanley
thus when Warbeck landed in 1495 failed ti rouse support
Scotland
James attempted to invade England on Warbeck's behalf, but it was a disaster
Warbeck was horrified by the brutish behaviour of the Scots in raiding the borderlands and refused to travel further south with them
When Henry offered James a truces, Warbeck fled to Ireland
Outcome
He gave himself up in August 1497 and Henry allowed him to remain at court He ran away in 1498 and was imprisoned upon capture
In . the Tower, he was accused of plotting to escape with the young Earl of Warwick, and both were executed, allowing Henry to dispose of two troublesome individuals
Stafford and Lovell 1486
overview
Yorkist loyalists Stafford and Lovell
Lovell travelled to Richard's old stronghold of Yorkshire to rais support while Stafford did the same in Worcestershire
Outcome
quickly collapsed, they were minor nobles and failed to garner much support, at home or abroad, no finance
Stafford was imprisoned but Lovell escaped
Cornish rebellion 1497
a second tax rebellion in Henry's reign
caused by his attempts to raise money to defend the north against a possible Scottish invasion to support Perkin Warbeck
Yorkshire rebellion 1489
located in the area around Thirsk
caused by Henry's attempt to raise money for Brittany campaign
Earl of Northumberland killed during the rebellion