Y105: England 1445-1509: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII | OCR A-Level History A (H505)

Y105: England 1445-1509: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII

104 questions
10 subtopics
British period study and enquiry, one of thirteen
Y101 to Y113

England 1445–1509: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII is unit Y105 of OCR History A, one of the thirteen options in unit group 1, the British period study and enquiry; a student sits one of them.

Its seven key topics are the Outbreak of the Wars 1445–1450, the early actions of Richard, Duke of York, war and the defeat of Richard, Duke of York, Edward IV’s first rule and the crisis of 1470–1471, Edward IV and Richard III 1471–1485, Henry VII’s rule in England 1485–1509, Henry VII’s foreign policy 1485–1509. 99 recall questions across 10 subtopics.

Sample questions from Y105: England 1445-1509: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII

Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.

Edward IV’s first rule and the crisis of 1470–1471: Edward IV’s management of the government

How did Edward IV treat defeated Lancastrians after 1461?

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He attainted more than a hundred of them in his first parliament but reversed many attainders afterwards, preferring to buy loyalty with pardons and restored estates rather than create a permanent party of the dispossessed.
Edward IV’s first rule and the crisis of 1470–1471: Warwick’s rebellion, the Readeption and Edward’s recovery

How was Warwick driven into exile in 1470?

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The Lincolnshire rising he had encouraged was crushed at Empingham and the captured rebels named him and Clarence as the instigators, so both fled to France.
Edward IV and Richard III 1471–1485: Edward IV’s management of government and Richard III’s accession

Give three sources of income that allowed Edward IV to die solvent.

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The crown estates, hugely enlarged by forfeitures, the customs revenues, and the annual pension paid by France after 1475.
Edward IV and Richard III 1471–1485: claim to the throne and government under Richard III

State the aims of the Buckingham rebellion of 1483.

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Risings across the southern counties, joined by the Duke of Buckingham from Wales, intended to depose Richard and put Henry Tudor on the throne, with Henry pledged to marry Elizabeth of York.
Henry VII’s rule in England 1485–1509: Henry’s claim to the throne and Yorkist opposition

Name the rebels of Easter 1486 and state what happened to them.

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Viscount Lovell and the Stafford brothers, all loyal to Richard III, tried to raise the north and the midlands; Lovell's support melted away and he fled, while Humphrey Stafford was taken out of sanctuary and executed.
Henry VII’s rule in England 1485–1509: relations with the nobility and administration

What did the acts against retaining of 1487 and 1504 attempt to prevent?

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They restricted lords from keeping large liveried followings and required a royal licence, so that no magnate could raise the kind of private army that had decided the recent wars.
Henry VII’s foreign policy 1485–1509: England’s position in 1485, Brittany, Étaples and Medina del Campo

Why did Brittany matter to Henry VII?

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An independent duchy kept France away from the Channel coast and Henry owed it a personal debt from his years of exile, yet he could not afford a full war with France to defend it.
Henry VII’s foreign policy 1485–1509: marriage negotiations and trade agreements

State the terms of the Magnus Intercursus.

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In 1496 trade was restored, English merchants could sell wholesale in Burgundian lands without paying new duties, commercial disputes were to be settled in local courts, and each side undertook not to harbour the other's rebels.

The 10 subtopics

One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.

Subtopic	What it covers	Questions
Edward IV’s first rule and the crisis of 1470–1471: Edward IV’s management of the government	Recall questions on Edward IV’s management of the government, unrest and marriage to Elizabeth Woodville including the Earl of Warwick.	8
Edward IV’s first rule and the crisis of 1470–1471: Warwick’s rebellion, the Readeption and Edward’s recovery	Recall questions on the quarrel between Edward IV and Warwick, Edgcote, Warwick’s exile and French alliance, Edward’s loss of the throne, the Readeption, the recovery of 1471 and Margaret of Anjou’s part.	12
Edward IV and Richard III 1471–1485: Edward IV’s management of government and Richard III’s accession	Recall questions on Edward IV’s management of government and Richard III’s accession.	11
Edward IV and Richard III 1471–1485: claim to the throne and government under Richard III	Recall questions on claim to the throne, the Buckingham rebellion and government under Richard III, policy towards the nobility.	9
Henry VII’s rule in England 1485–1509: Henry’s claim to the throne and Yorkist opposition	Recall questions on Henry’s claim to the throne, Yorkist opposition, Lovel, Stafford and Suffolk, the Pretenders, Simmel and Warbeck.	8
Henry VII’s rule in England 1485–1509: relations with the nobility and administration	Recall questions on relations with the nobility, rewards and punishments, royal finances and their administration, opposition to taxation in Yorkshire and Cornwall, administration, the personnel, Councils, local government and parliament.	12
Henry VII’s foreign policy 1485–1509: England’s position in 1485, Brittany, Étaples and Medina del Campo	Recall questions on England’s position in Europe in 1485, Henry VII’s aims, Brittany and the Treaty of Redon, the invasion of France and Étaples, and the Treaty of Medina del Campo.	8
Henry VII’s foreign policy 1485–1509: marriage negotiations and trade agreements	Recall questions on marriage negotiations, trade agreements, including Magnus Intercursus and Malus Intercursus.	11
Enquiry: The Outbreak of the Wars 1445–1450 and The early actions of Richard, Duke of York	Recall questions on the Government of England c.1445, the growth of opposition, Henry’s illness, the problem of the nobility, Somerset and York, failure in France to 1450 and its impact on Government, York’s return from Ireland, York’s attempted coup.	11
Enquiry: War and the defeat of Richard, Duke of York — St Albans, the Parliament of Devils and York’s death	Recall questions on the First Battle of St Albans, York’s second Protectorate, Margaret of Anjou’s rule, the love-day, the Coventry Parliament of Devils and its attainders, Northampton, the Act of Accord and York’s death.	14

Y105: England 1445-1509: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII is 104 of the 6,240 questions in the guide.Get the guide, £8

How the guide is worked

Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.

Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.

Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.