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Hen VII Consol of power - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Dated reign back to 21st Aug 1485 - Yorkist fighters = traitors - estates became property of crown of the Crown by Acts of Attainders
      - Deliberatley arranged corronation week before meeting of his 1st parliamnt ( 30 Oct) - ruled out accusations that parliament made him king
      - 3.Jan 1486 - marries Elizabeth of york ( daughter of Ed IV) - united Houses of Lancaster + York - disuaded Yorkists from challenging H
      - Sepy 1489: Birth of Arthur - son + heir early in reign
    - - Publicly rewarded many key supporters e.g. conferring 11 knighthoods
      - 2.April 1486: emabarked royal prgress to the north - tradition - hear petitions + cases - grant justice + favours = demonstrated royal power + presence
      - Made key appointments to household + Coucil e.g. Sir William Stanley = Lord Chamberlain + Sir Reginald Bray - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
      - Imprisoned Yorkists e.g. Earl of Warwick - TOL
    - - 1.John de Vere = Earl of Oxford
      - Lord Stanley = Earl of Derby
      - Jaspar Tudor - royal authority in Wales
- - - - After failure of previous rebellion - relaised they needed change of strategy
        
        needed figurehead to claim as Y price
        
        Needed financail support - generate sufficient military threat
    - - Henry's response: immediately showed real earl of warwick to debunk conspiracy
    - - Fled + joned Lovell at court of Margaret of B in Netherlands
        
        they persuaded M - pay for force of mercenaries to invade Eng.
      - HOW DID HENRY RESPOND TO LINCOLN FLEEING?
        
        Planned response:
        
        Took gamble - reinstated Earl of Northumberland to power in the north ( untrustworthy - led portion of R's army in BOB)
        
        WHAT DID THIS DO?
        
        Helped nuetralise R's old power base
        
        Ensured traditioanlly Yorkist Howard fam. did not join conspiracy ( N was one of their descendants
        
        Reinforced coastal defences - East Anglia
    - - northwest coast of Eng. - Cumberland , crossed Pennines - drummed up support in R's old heartland - NR of Yorkshire
  - - - Battle that really brought end to WOR - H's position = securer
      - Showed H's character - overcame crisis with combination: shrewdness, hard work, organisational skills , military leadership of key supporters , willingnes of landowners in many part of country to support cause
      - Showed King's kind nature : realtively mild in punishement - weakened resolve of many Yorkists to oppose him
      - H began to develop - bonds of good behaviou
  - - - in 1495 he attempted to invade kent but failed and didn't get off the boat and fled to scotland and incited an english Scottish war in 1497 which the scottish lost and warbeck escaped before they could capture him and ran to cornwall where he was captured
      - following year - forced to flee form France - MOB court - trained as potenial yorkist prince + began to draw Eng. courtiers into his conspiracies