Tudors: Intro

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  • Henry VII
    • Pretenders and Resistors
      • Yorkist loyalists want the Lancastrians off the throne
      • Henry seized power on the battlefield which could be seen as invalid
      • His claim to the throne was weak compared with the Earl of Warwick and others
      • Others just wanted power/the throne for themselves
    • Battle of Bosworth
      • When?
        • August 1485
      • Richard III killed in battle
        • End of Plantagenet rule
      • Henry Tudor claimed the throne
        • Beginning of Tudor rule
    • Potential problems
      • Claim to the throne
        • Descended through the female line via his mother (Lady Margaret Beaufort)
        • Henry was the Lancastrian claimant as no one else could fulfil the role
        • Victorious battle brought him the throne
      • Yorkist Loyalists
        • Richard III did not receive a formal burial  in Leicester- potentially angered supporters
    • Consolidation of power
      • Dated his reign to the day before Bosworth
        • Yorkist fighters labelled as traitors
      • Publicly rewarded supporters
      • Had Elizabeth of York and the Earl of Warwick detained due to claim to the throne
      • Coronation took place week before first parliament
        • Solidified claim
      • Acts of Attainder
        • Yorkist fighters' property forfeiting to the crown
      • Parliament granted Henry the customs revenue of tonnage and poundage for life
      • Made key appointments to council and household
        • Sir Reginald Bray=Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
        • Sir William Stanley=Chamberlain of the Household
    • Unification of Lancaster and York
      • Tudor Rose

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