King Henry VII, also known as Henry Tudor

1457 - 1509  (52 years)

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  Name	King Henry VII
  Suffix	also known as Henry Tudor
  Birth	28 Jan 1457
  Gender	Male
  Interesting fact	also known as Henry Tudor, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor.
  Name	1485 (27 years)
  	Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond
  Name	22 Aug 1485 (28 years)	[Title] King of England
  	22 August 1485 until his death in 1509
  Legal,Law,Arrest	1508 (50 years)	Cornish stannaries, Duchy of Cornwall
  	In 1508 the king acted to redress the Cornish grievances. He granted a pardon to the tinners for continuing to produce tin in contravention of the Duchy of Cornwall's regulations; the regulations themselves were rescinded; and the power of the Cornish Stannary Parliament to approve any regulations in the industry was reinstated. [34]
  Name	Henry was the son of Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, and Lady Margaret Beaufort. His mother was a great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, an English prince who founded the Lancastrian cadet branch of the House of Plantagenet. His father was the half-brother of the Lancastrian king Henry VI. Edmund Tudor died three months before his son was born, and Henry was raised by his uncle Jasper Tudor, a Lancastrian, and William Herbert, a supporter of the Yorkist branch of the House of Plantagenet.
  Death	21 Apr 1509
  Occupation	1471 (13 years) - Brittany, France  - Edward IV. After Edward retook the throne in 1471, Henry spent 14 years in exile in Brittany
  	22 Aug 1485 (28 years) - [Battles] Battle of Bosworth Field 22 August 1485, nr Ambion Hill, south of Market Bosworth, Leicestershire  - attained the throne when his forces, supported by France and Scotland, defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field
  	1496 (38 years) - Cornish stannaries, Duchy of Cornwall  - A series of actions by King Henry VII in late 1496 and early 1497 increased the immediate hardships of many of his subjects, especially in Cornwall. In 1496, after disagreements regarding new regulations for the tin-mining industry, the king, working partly through the Duchy of Cornwall, suspended the operation and privileges of the Cornish stannaries, a major part of the economy of the county.[4][5] The privileges, which included exemption from certain royal and local taxes, had been granted by Edward I in 1305.[6][7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_rebellion_of_1497#Background
  	1497 (39 years) - [Event] Cornish rebellion of 1497, Jun 1497-1499 Cornish Rebellion and Perkin Warbeck   - The insurgent army mainly comprised Cornishmen, although it also gathered support from Devon, Somerset, and other English counties.[1] The rebellion was a response to hardship caused by the raising of war taxes by King Henry VII to finance a campaign against Scotland.[2][3] Cornwall suffered particularly because the king had recently stopped the legal operation of Cornish tin mining.
  	4 Oct 1497 (40 years) - Taunton, Somerset  - Henry VII reached Taunton on 4 October 1497, where he received the surrender of the remaining Cornish army. The ringleaders were executed and others fined an enormous total of £13,000. 'King Richard' was imprisoned, first, at Taunton, then in London, where he was ‘paraded through the streets on horseback amid much hooting and derision of the citizens’.
  	4 Oct 1497 (40 years) - [Event] Second Cornish uprising of 1497 (Perkin Warbeck abt 7 Sep-4 Oct), Cornwall  - Henry VII reached Taunton on 4 October 1497, where he received the surrender of the remaining Cornish army. The ringleaders were executed and others fined an enormous total of £13,000. 'King Richard' was imprisoned, first, at Taunton, then in London, where he was ‘paraded through the streets on horseback amid much hooting and derision of the citizens’.
  Association	Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (Relationship: Perkin Warbeck, pretender to throne of Henry VII)
  Association	Reginald Bray, the father of his country (Relationship: Sir Reginald Bray favoured advancement of earl of Richmond to throne as Hen)
  Person ID	I13514	AHP
  Last Modified	20 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth of York/TUDOR, Queen of England 18 Jan 1486-1503,   b. 11 February 1466   d. 11 Feb 1503 (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1486
  Age at Marriage	He : 29 years - She : 19 years and 11 months.
  Children	1. Arthur, Prince of Wales,   b. 20 Sep 1486   d. 2 Apr 1502 (Age 15 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Margaret, Queen of Scotland,   b. 28 Nov 1489   d. 18 Oct 1541 (Age 51 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. King Henry VIII, r 22 Apr 1509–28 Jan1547,   b. 28 Jun 1491   d. 28 Jan 1547 (Age 55 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   4. Mary, Queen of France,   b. 18 Mar 1496   d. 25 Jun 1533 (Age 37 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   5. Edward Tudor/Unnamed Son,   b. 1498   d. 1499 (Age 1 year)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   6. Edmund, Duke of Somerset,   b. 21 Feb 1499   d. 19 Jun 1500 (Age 1 year)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   7. Katherine,   b. 2 Feb 1503   d. 10 or 18 Feb 1503 (Age 0 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F4597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 May 2026

  
  

• Event Map		Occupation - attained the throne when his forces, supported by France and Scotland, defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field - 22 Aug 1485 (28 years) - [Battles] Battle of Bosworth Field 22 August 1485, nr Ambion Hill, south of Market Bosworth, Leicestershire  Occupation - A series of actions by King Henry VII in late 1496 and early 1497 increased the immediate hardships of many of his subjects, especially in Cornwall. In 1496, after disagreements regarding new regulations for the tin-mining industry, the king, working partly through the Duchy of Cornwall, suspended the operation and privileges of the Cornish stannaries, a major part of the economy of the county.[4][5] The privileges, which included exemption from certain royal and local taxes, had been granted by Edward I in 1305.[6][7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_rebellion_of_1497#Background - 1496 (38 years) - Cornish stannaries, Duchy of Cornwall  Occupation - Henry VII reached Taunton on 4 October 1497, where he received the surrender of the remaining Cornish army. The ringleaders were executed and others fined an enormous total of £13,000. 'King Richard' was imprisoned, first, at Taunton, then in London, where he was ‘paraded through the streets on horseback amid much hooting and derision of the citizens’. - 4 Oct 1497 (40 years) - Taunton, Somerset  Occupation - Henry VII reached Taunton on 4 October 1497, where he received the surrender of the remaining Cornish army. The ringleaders were executed and others fined an enormous total of £13,000. 'King Richard' was imprisoned, first, at Taunton, then in London, where he was ‘paraded through the streets on horseback amid much hooting and derision of the citizens’. - 4 Oct 1497 (40 years) - [Event] Second Cornish uprising of 1497 (Perkin Warbeck abt 7 Sep-4 Oct), Cornwall  Legal,Law,Arrest - In 1508 the king acted to redress the Cornish grievances. He granted a pardon to the tinners for continuing to produce tin in contravention of the Duchy of Cornwall's regulations; the regulations themselves were rescinded; and the power of the Cornish Stannary Parliament to approve any regulations in the industry was reinstated. [34] - 1508 - Cornish stannaries, Duchy of Cornwall   = Link to Google Earth
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• Histories		Cornish rebellion of 1497
  		Battle of Blackheath (22 June 1497) [Cornish Rebellion; Battle of Deptford Bridge] 22 June 1497