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Paragraph 1: Pretenders to the throne Paragraph 2: Nobility
1. 1506 Treaty of Windsor – restored friendly relations meaning Maximilian agreed to 1. Henry VII realised from the start that in order to be strong he had to be rich. Lord
give up Suffolk, who was duly imprisoned, tempering the threat he posed to HVII Burgavenny of Kent is the best example. In 1507 Burgavenny accepted a bond for
monarchical authority £70,000 for illegally retaining. Yet Henry VII allowed Burgavenny to accept the bond as
£5000 over ten years, which bound Burgavenny and his heirs. Ensures his loyalty over
2. Lambert Simnel, posing as the Earl of Warwick, was captured in the 1487 Battle of ten years.
Stoke Field, and the Earl of Lincoln was killed. Earl of Northumberland was reinstated in
the North to neutralise Richard III’s power base 2. Earl of Surrey effectively governed Yorkshire – a strategically important area. Resulted
from Act of Attainder – Howard estates returned in 1492.
3. Perkin Warbeck also mitigated as a threat – executed in 1499 after capture in Cornwall.
Bolstered Henry’s monarchical authority as also reduced the threat of further foreign 3. Stanley was the last noble to undermine Henry VII’s monarchical authority – 14 years
support of pretenders – Warbeck had support of France, Scotland, Burgundy. before the end of his reign.
1. Both Edmund de la Pole and Richard de la Pole remained at large. Suffolk and de la 1. Henry did not exercise full control over the nobility: he demonstrated that he was wary
Pole had genuine claims to the throne – detracted from HVII’s monarchical authority. of overmighty magnates. Therefore forced to rely on JPs to dilute the power of the
Though Suffolk was captured and imprisoned in 1506 following the Treaty of Windsor, nobility and gentry.
fears persisted upon his death. Henry gave the Habsburgs over £250,000 in the form of 2. He was forced to rely on those whom he did not fully trust, such as the Marquis of
‘loans’ that were never repaid – Suffolk not an irrelevant or insubstantial threat. Dorset. He established a spying network to report on magnate performance, again
2. There were fears that the Duke of Buckingham – a descendant of Edward III – might indicating a wariness which suggests monarchical authority had not been fully
launch an attempt at seizing the throne. established.
Judgement: largely successful. Judgement: largely successful.
Paragraph 1: Pretenders to the throne Paragraph 2: Nobility
1. 1506 Treaty of Windsor – restored friendly relations meaning Maximilian agreed to 1. Henry VII realised from the start that in order to be strong he had to be rich. Lord
give up Suffolk, who was duly imprisoned, tempering the threat he posed to HVII Burgavenny of Kent is the best example. In 1507 Burgavenny accepted a bond for
monarchical authority £70,000 for illegally retaining. Yet Henry VII allowed Burgavenny to accept the bond as
£5000 over ten years, which bound Burgavenny and his heirs. Ensures his loyalty over
2. Lambert Simnel, posing as the Earl of Warwick, was captured in the 1487 Battle of ten years.
Stoke Field, and the Earl of Lincoln was killed. Earl of Northumberland was reinstated in
the North to neutralise Richard III’s power base 2. Earl of Surrey effectively governed Yorkshire – a strategically important area. Resulted
from Act of Attainder – Howard estates returned in 1492.
3. Perkin Warbeck also mitigated as a threat – executed in 1499 after capture in Cornwall.
Bolstered Henry’s monarchical authority as also reduced the threat of further foreign 3. Stanley was the last noble to undermine Henry VII’s monarchical authority – 14 years
support of pretenders – Warbeck had support of France, Scotland, Burgundy. before the end of his reign.
1. Both Edmund de la Pole and Richard de la Pole remained at large. Suffolk and de la 1. Henry did not exercise full control over the nobility: he demonstrated that he was wary
Pole had genuine claims to the throne – detracted from HVII’s monarchical authority. of overmighty magnates. Therefore forced to rely on JPs to dilute the power of the
Though Suffolk was captured and imprisoned in 1506 following the Treaty of Windsor, nobility and gentry.
fears persisted upon his death. Henry gave the Habsburgs over £250,000 in the form of 2. He was forced to rely on those whom he did not fully trust, such as the Marquis of
‘loans’ that were never repaid – Suffolk not an irrelevant or insubstantial threat. Dorset. He established a spying network to report on magnate performance, again
2. There were fears that the Duke of Buckingham – a descendant of Edward III – might indicating a wariness which suggests monarchical authority had not been fully
launch an attempt at seizing the throne. established.
Judgement: largely successful. Judgement: largely successful.
