Henry VII Timeline (unfinished)

Asked House of Lords and Commons to swear not to have illegal retainers

1484

Battle of Bosworth

Aug 22, 1485

Henry VII killed Richard III. The tide of the battle turned in his favour after his stepfather Lord Stanley brought troops to support him

Act of Resumption

1486

Increased Crown lands and resulted in income from crown lands increasing £29k to £42k. However, in order to not antagonise the nobility, Henry did not take all the lands he was entitled to. Greatest success was in the Duchy of Lancaster where he used his skills to increase the income ten-fold

Stafford and Lovell rebellion

1486

Occurred when Henry was on a Royal Progress to the North. Uprising by Lord Lovell and Stafford Brothers who were Richard Supporters. Their plan failed because Henry heard of the plan and sent armed forces to give the rebels a choice b/w reconciliation or excommunication and death. Lovell fled to Flanders, Humphrey Stafford executed, and Thomas pardoned and remained loyal. In Wales, rebellion led by Herbets and Vaughans. There the rebellion was out down by Rhys ap Thomas.

Simnel crowned King in Dublin

May 24, 1487

Ireland had long been a centre of Yorkist support. The Earl of Kildare had proclaimed Edward King. Margaret of Burgandy sent 2,000 soldiers under the leadership of Matin Schwarz, which gave the soldiers confidence to actually crown Simnel King

Battle of Stoke

Jun 16, 1487

The rebels had an army of 8,000people while Henry's was 12,000. The battle lasted 3 hours. Initially, the rebels had the upper hand due to the German forces, but eventually Henry managed to win and over half of the rebel forces were killed. 28 of the nobles who had supported Simnel were attainted and had their estate confiscated (enhanced H7's wealth and also deterred others from doing something similar)

Treaty of Redon

1489

Treaty with Brittany, in which Henry sent 6k troops to protect them from a potential French attack. The treaty was signed as Brittany had supported H7's claim to the throne

Treaty of Medina del Campo

1489

Marriage treaty b/w Arthur and Catherine, a dowry of £40k was agreed upon. Spain where to not harbour any rebels. There were trade agreements, which included dropping certain tariff's which made trade develop

Yorkshire Rebellion

1489

Occurred When Henry increased tax to fight in Brittany. When the Earl of Northumberland tried to collect the tax, he was murdered. The rebellion was led by Sir John Egremont, an illegitimate member of the Percy family. Although the rising was easily crushed by the royal army, the money was not collected. Henry appointed the Earl of Surrey as his representative in the North

Warbeck threat

Period: 1491 to 1499

-Welcomed at French Court where he was joined by about 100 Yorkist supporters.
-Welcomed to Margaret of Burgandy's court and taught how to be Prince.
-Recognised as Richard IV by HRE but not financially supported
-James IV of Scotland supported him and married Warbeck to his cousin, Lady Catherine Gordon, then provided Warbeck with 1500 troops to invade Northern England. Threat dealt w/ through Treaty of Etaples (France), Truce of Ayton (Scotland) and ban on cloth trade (Burgandy)

Henry invades France

1492

The French King took control of Brittany in 1491, and therefore, control of the Channel coast. There was a fear that he might invade England, and he pledged to support Warbeck. H7 spent a yr gathering troops and launched an invasion by Oct 1492. By the time the fleet arrived, campaign season was nearly over and the conflict would be short. The King was distracted by Italy and wanted to get rid of the English troops and so signed the Treaty of Etaples

Treaty of Etaples

1492

The French had to stop their support of Warbeck and gave Henry a pension of £5k per year

Reinstated Council of Wales and the Marches

1493

Made his son Arthur the head, he stayed at Ludlow. With Henry’s Welsh connections and the death and loss of lands of a number of Marcher Lords, he was able to increase his control.

Trade embargo with Burgandy

Period: 1493 to 1496

Due to Margaret of Burgundy's support for Warbeck

Poyning's law

1494

Meant Irish Parliament could only be called w/ the permission of Henry. A failure, and Henry had to accept Earl of Kildare as Lord Deputy

Warbeck goes to Scotland

1495

Gets married to James IV's cousin Lady Catherine Gordon

Magnus Intercursus

1496

Ends embargo with Burgundy

Henry joins league of Venice

1496

An anti-French alliance between Pope Alexander VI, the Holy Roman emperor Maximilian I, Aragon's Ferdinand II, Venice, and Milan

Warbeck and James attempt to invade England

1496

Truce of Ayton

1497

Cornish Rebellion

1497

Rebelled due to raised taxes and so assembled at Bodmin in May 1947. Attracted little support in Devon but numbers increased in Somerset. Attracted ~1500 supporters showing tax's unpopularity. Support from some minor members of gentry one noble, the impoverished Lord Audley. The numbers did decline as the rebels approached London due to then being fearful of the large force approaching. Henry assembled an army of 25000 men which easily crushed the rebels at Blackheath in June 1497

Duke of Suffolk flees to France

1499

Earl of Warwick and Warbeck executed

1499

Edmund and Richard de la Pole flee to HRE

1501

Treaty of perpetual peace

1502

Margeret marries James IV of Scotland

Death of Arthur

Apr 2, 1502

Proclamation against retainers

1504

Malus Intercursus

1506

Philip of Burgandy was caught in a storm and sought shelter in England. Philip wanted Henry's help to fight Ferdinand during the succession battle. Henry negotiates the Malus intercurus which gave English Merchants considerable advantages, trade w/ Burgandy would be free and Philip would not impose duties on the sale of English Cloth. He also got Suffolk handed over to him.

Duke of Suffolk imprisoned in tower

1506

League of Cambrai formed

1508

French and Spanish alliance

Death of Henry VII

Apr 21, 1509