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To What Extent Was Henry Vii Successfully Established Royal Authority By 1487

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‘Henry VII successfully established his royal authority by 1487’ I think that royal authority means that the king would have had an heir to carry on his line and his opposition has been dealt with to a suitable extent. By 1487, Henry had spent two years on the throne after defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, and within those years, I believe that Henry VII had successfully established his royal authority by 1487. However, there are arguments that suggest Henry did not successfully establish his royal authority by 1487. An argument that suggests he had established his royal authority was the marriage of convenience between him and Elizabeth of York. The Yorkists were the main opposition to the throne and many of the Yorkists’ …show more content…

The first rebellion being the Lovell-Stafford’s Uprising during the Easter of 1486. He dealt with rebels that he managed to capture, by having Humphrey Stafford executed but his younger brother and accomplice was pardoned. I believe that this was a good thing to do because it showed his opponents that he was willing to deal with traitors swiftly but he was not ruthless and was able to come up with other punishments. The second rebellion was the Lambert Simnel Rising. The first part of this rebellion involved the Earl of Lincoln having Lambert Simnel pretend to be the Earl of Warwick. However, when this was put to a stop by Henry, the Earl of Lincoln joined Lord Lovell and got international help to try and create an uprising in the North, which resulted in the Battle of Stoke. He dealt with the nobles who tried to overthrow him accordingly, with the Earl of Lincoln being killed in the Battle of Stoke but Lord Lovell was never caught. This partially established royal authority, as I interpret it as dealing with opponents to suitable extent. If it meant that he had to kill some of his opponents that tried to challenge him, which sent a message to other opponents, then that means he established his royal …show more content…

The rebellions happened because there were people that did not like Henry and believed that someone else or maybe themselves could do a better job running the country. The rebellions were started by his opposition, who were members of the Yorkist family or who were Yorkist supporters. As he was the only Lancaster left, he could have been usurped very easily by the Yorkists, which implies that he had not suitably dealt with his opponents. At 1487, Henry VII would not have known what we do now, he would have not known for sure that there would not be another rebellion, which also furthers the idea that he had not dealt with his opponents to a suitable

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