A-level HISTORY Component 2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499

A-level HISTORY Component 2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499 Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 16-page answer book. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7042/2B. • Answer three questions. In Section A answer Question 01. In Section B answer two questions. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 80. • You will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. Advice • You are advised to spend about: – 1 hour on Question 01 from Section A – 45 minutes on each of the two questions answered from Section B 2 IB/M/Jun21/7042/2B Section A Answer Question 01. Source A From the proclamation of Perkin Warbeck claiming to be Richard, King of England. This was issued when the Scottish forces crossed the River Tweed, 1496. I, Richard by Grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Prince of Wales; to all those who will see or read this present letter, greetings. It has pleased God, who puts down the mighty and promotes the humble and who does not allow the hopes of the just to perish, to give me means to show myself armed to my lords and people of England. My mortal enemy, Henry Tudor, a false usurper of the crown of England, knows in his heart my undoubted right to the throne; I being the very Richard, Duke of York, younger and now surviving heir of the noble and victorious Edward IV, late King of England. This Tudor, my mortal enemy, in accordance with the meanness of his birth, has trodden underfoot the honour of this nation. He has profited from the estates and fortunes of my peers and subjects, only to enrich his coffers