Reasons For The Challenges Of Henry Vii's Reign

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Henry faced all sorts of challenges during his reign; from pretenders to Lords. Despite these efforts no one was able to overthrow him suggesting the challenges were not very serious.

Henry first faced a challenge to his thrown by York supporters who had previously been on the throne before the battle of bosworth in 1485 where Henry and the Lancaster House managed to kill Richard and overthrow Richard`s reign. Despite winning the battle Henry had realised that York still posed a threat. He therefore took 4 actions which he believed would help him remain in power. The first action he took was to date his reign back to the day before the battle of Bosworth consequently meaning that those who were fighting against him in the battle committed …show more content…

Henry was faced with two pretenders Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck. Lambert Simnel claimed to be the Earl of Warwick who i previously mention had a better claim to the throne than Henry. He posed a serious challenge to Henry's throne as he gained support from both Ireland and Margaret of Burgundy Simnel was even crowned Edward vi in Ireland. Despite Simnel gaining support abroad he struggled to gain any in England. They were however able to cause Henry to engage in battle in 1487. Henry sent an army to Stoke to confront Simnel and his supporters. Henry`s men were victorious at the same time as this Henry was parading the real Earl of Warwick which consequently meant that Simnel would not gain any more support from England. Warbeck pretended to be Richard Duke of York who had been murdered in the tower of London this therefore meant that Henry could not parade the real one around. Warbeck was again successful in gain international support however this time Warbeck gained support from France and Scotland. However Henry was able to stop Warbecks relationship with France through the treaty of etaples. Warbeck still posed a threat with the support of Scotland. Warbeck managed to increase his partnership with Scotland through the marriage with James iv`s cousin. Despite this partneship when Warbeck failed with his invasion James was quick to lose faith and support of

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