1. Starter: Think – Pair – Share You are Henry VII in 1485.
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Starter:
Think – Pair – Share
You are Henry VII in 1485.
What will your first actions be?

2. What did Henry VII do? Lesson Objectives
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What did Henry VII do?
Lesson Objectives
To gain an overview of the reign of Henry VII.
To create a revision resource timeline to be built upon in future lessons.

3. Was Henry VII a good King based on what you have seen so far?
1. Take your two sheets of A4/A3 and stick them together.
2. Read through the overview of Henry VII’s reign adding short notes to the timeline; make sure you write down the date, name of the event and some detail. Leave some space as we will add constantly to this timeline!
Task:
1485
Stretch:
Was Henry VII a good King based on what you have seen so far?
Key:
Consolidation Society &
Government Rebellions
Religion
Foreign Policy Economy

4. Colour code your timeline based on the themes of the events (we will draw these out across the course, and you will be asked questions based upon them).
Task two:
1485
Stretch:
Are there any themes which Henry VII seems to focus upon a lot? Any that are largely ignored?
Key:
Consolidation Society &
Government Rebellions
Religion
Foreign Policy Economy

5. Homework Check: Notes out ready for a quick discussion
Homework Check: Notes out ready for a quick discussion. Was Henry VII a ‘Miracle King’?

6. Exit Pass: Was Henry VII a ‘good’ medieval king?
Has numerous male heirs and daughters to marry off abroad!
Allows his nobles to show off their military skills by going to battle abroad (particularly in France!).
Marries a good noble lady to increase the reputation of his dynasty.
Secures money revenue by numerous means including taxation.
Is just and fair and ensures his people have access to justice.
Doesn’t overburden his subjects with taxes…
Deals with pretenders and rebellions well.
Is an accomplished soldier and military leader…

7. The Reign of Henry VII: Key: Consolidation Society &
22nd August 1485: Takes the throne following the battle of Bosworth. Richard III’s heir and nephew the Earl of Warwick and Edward IV’s eldest heir Elizabeth of York are immediately seized. Eleven knighthoods for his supporters. 30th October 1485: Has himself crowned. Henry’s coronation is grand and traditional. 7th November 1485: First parliament. Henry predates the reign to the day before the battle so all who fought against him are seen as traitors and has his coronation before parliament to show that his rule wasn’t forced by law. He secures taxes and import and export duties. January 1486: Marries Elizabeth of York. Brings the houses of Lancaster and York together, but Henry being crowned already shows he’s not using Elizabeth for her (stronger) claim to the throne. Easter 1486: Lovell Rebellion. Francis, Viscount Lovell (a supporter of RIII) stirs a rebellion in Yorkshire with the Stafford brothers. It is crushed by Lovell manages to escape to the court of Margaret of Burgundy (RIII’s powerful and wealthy sister). September 1486: Birth of Prince Arthur. Named after the legendary British king and born at Winchester (then thought to be where Camelot was) the Tudor dynasty has an heir! 1487: Pretender Lambert Simnel. Funded by Margaret of Burgundy, Lambert Simnel claims to be the Earl of Warwick. 1487: Battle of the Stoke and the Earl of Lincoln. The Earl of Lincoln and Lambert Simnel invade England with 2,000 Burgundian mercenary soldiers. Henry VII’s army crush them. 1489: Treaty of Redon. Henry VII pledges troops to Anne of Brittany as the King of France plotted to take the region through forced marriage. 1489: Treaty of Medina del Campo. Henry VII pledges his son Prince Arthur to Catharine of Aragon daughter of the powerful Spanish monarchs Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon. In turn Spain will protect England from pretenders and aid them in foreign policy : Perkin Warbeck. Another pretender! He claims to be Richard of York and travels to Ireland to be crowned before heading to Burgundy and then Scotland to gain support. 1491: Birth of Prince Henry. Henry now has an heir and a spare! 1491: War against France. Henry invades France in support of Brittany.
1492: Treaty of Etaples. Henry is paid a pension of 50,000 francs every year for withdrawing troops from France and Brittany. Charles VIII promises to withdraw support from Perkin Warbeck.
1495: Sir William Stanley executed. A member of Henry VII’s own extended family and a member of his court with access to his private rooms is found to be supporting Warbeck secretly!
1495: Creation of the Privy Chamber. Henry moves all business and finances to a new private room in his Palaces.
1495: Creation of the Council Learned in the Law. Sir Reginald Bray and other trained lawyers join together to research ways to increase the king’s power and wealth including punishing nobles with fines.
1496: Intercursus Magnus signed. A trading treaty allowing British merchants to trade their wool/cloth with the markets of Burgundy and the Netherlands (controlled by Margaret of Burgundy and her family – former enemies).
1497: Cornish Rebellion. 15,000 Cornish rebels march on London and camp at Blackheath. They protest against the King’s taxation of the area to fund his foreign policy and battles with France and Scotland.
1497: Warbeck surrenders himself. Treaty of Perpetual
1499: Earl of Warwick and Warbeck executed. After a failed escape attempt by Warbeck, Henry VII has both the Yorkist heir and the pretender executed.
1501: Marriage of Prince Arthur and Catharine of Aragon. Cements the alliance between Spain and England and brings international recognition of the Tudor dynasty.
1502: Death of Prince Arthur. A very negative situation for Henry VII, Catharine of Aragon is kept in England to remarry Arthur’s brother Henry. Everything now rests on Prince Henry (who has had no training) surviving to become King!
1502: Movement of Prince Henry to Richmond Palace. He’s kept under watch day and night and is no longer allowed to take part in sports.
1503: Death of Elizabeth of York in childbirth. Loss of Prince Arthur and Queen Elizabeth causes Henry to become increasingly isolated in his Privy chamber. Henry angers Ferdinand of Spain (whose wife has also died) by competing for a new bride.
1503: Death of Sir Reginald Bray. Empson and Dudley lead the Council Learned and it becomes known for greed and extortion.
1503: Marriage of Princess Margaret to James IV of Scotland. Cements the Treaty of Perpetual Peace and secures Henry’s northern borders.
1506: Treaty of Windsor. Henry pledges to back Juana of Spain and her husband Philip of Burgundy (Philip the Fair) to take the Spanish throne from her father after the death of her mother Isabella. Philip dies, Juana becomes known as ‘the Mad’ for refusing to bury his corpse.
1506: Intercursus Malus treaty agreed. Promises better trade with Burgundy/the Low Countries (modern Netherlands) for British merchants. Doesn’t really get put into practise!
1509: Death of Henry VII.
Key:
Consolidation Society &
Government Rebellions
Religion Foreign Policy

8. 1485 Key: Consolidation Society & Government Rebellions Religion
Foreign Policy Economy

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