Sorry for the delay on this one. I lost my voice yet again, and then fell ill with Covid so I needed some time to recover. This is another substantial one, and there may be one or two more, substantial videos to follow this. However, I do intend on eventually getting back to slightly shorter videos. As always, I hope I was able to do this topic justice. Cheers!
Thanks for your contributions. So glad for your recovery. We history buffs (including my 19 year old & 17 year old as well as myself) truly appreciate you & your detailed videos (as an accountant, details matter a lot to me)... Looking forward to Henry VIII & his kids...
Exceptional video mate. Please don’t refrain from making longer videos, they are more informational and honestly just better to watch. Of course, it’s up to you, and I understand that longer videos take longer to edit and produce. Keep up the great content as always :).
Thanks for your hard work! Henry VII is probably one of my favorite kings. He really did not f up that bad considering the circumstances. Anyone will be a paranoid mess when faced with deportation, plots hatched by people close to you and the sudden death of loved ones. I like that he was willing to learn and was hands on with his rule. His ego was also not as massive as other kings and did not seek war or spend money like it's the end of the world.
He’s one of the more interesting ones to me too. He did get pretty sketchy on how he got his money later, however. But he was pretty even handed until he got greedy, and definitely settled things down!
Brief History, your documentaries give a very intriguing aspect about the British Monarchy, which makes me want to watch your videos again and again. I've seen David Starkey's Monarchy and Simon Schama's History of Britain as well as all the Historical Dramas on Starz. I must say that I find your documentaries more appealing and informative than all of those combined. Keep it going please. I really appreciate you taking the time and effort to put these documentaries together. I can't wait for the next one. Hope you're better and thank you.
You neglect to mention that one of the main reasons the French would help Henry is that he is a "Prince Du Sang" of the French Monarchy through his Grandmother Catherine of Valois.
Henry saw his army increasing 16x times between Milford and Bosworth(Henry landed with 551 men and at Boswoth had 6100men)... So it is most likely that his army was comprised mainly by the Welsh and former marcher lords. Very few others could have reached him in time considering that support couldn't have been assembled form very far in regards to the speed and the direction of Richard's march. Henry indeed might have not spoken welsh himself as it is correctly put out but his uncle did. The prospect of a half-welsh king would be immensly popular for the age in Wales considering that after the conquest they were treated as second class citizens. So marching unopposed, gaining men and supplies were catalysts for his eventual victory. The lack of major welsh revolts unlike those previous kings suffered is also a major testament of this. His blood ties to the ancient Welsh princes and founders of Brittanny was what kept him alive during his exile and his bid for the throne. Henry's Welshness has often been over-exaggerated, but Henry himself was conscious of the political advantages of polishing his image as the descendant of the 'ancient Kings of Brytaine and Princes of Wales'. Henry was the half-nephew of the king, great-grandson of Charles the 6th of France and descendant of Owain the Great prince of Wales through his Father and a descendant of Edward the third through his mother as well as Henry the 3rd and others. His relation to John of Gaunt was also important to his son marrying the Spanish princess Catherine. Ancestry played a huge part back in the day and Henry used his according to each situation weighting the potential benefiets. Master of manipulation and propaganda(the hunchback myth now debunked after the recent finding of Richards remains, he altered the day of his rules' begginning to declare all those who stood with Richard his enemies etc) he conquered,altered documents, married and blackmailed his way into absolute power and held it for 24 years. The politician, the exile, the soldier, the diplomat, the survivor...The Winter King
Absolutely well presented and done brilliantly. I love our history ❤ and the war of the roses 🌹 was such a complex interesting time for those political movers and shakers......the women behind both sides: the Elizabeth's were resolute strong determined women. So interesting still. Thank you 😊
I am reminded of the 1950's American television police series called 'Dragnet' where detective Joe Fridays catch phrase was 'The facts man. just the facts.' Absolutely brilliant, thank you
Hope you are well! 🙂 Thanks for your research and work. When you look at the complexities, the many Edwards, Richards, family trees it can be daunting but that's what makes it interesting. Henry was always and I mean ALWAYS his mother's son. She was behind everything before and after Henry VII. Coming between two likely notorious monarchs he is often looked over and underestimated. The two Lancastrian Margarets, Queen Margaret and Lady Margaret Beaufort came through in the end, one after the other. Both were politically astute and modern women. Lady Margaret Beaufort was almost in daily danger in an enemy court but never wavered and was the spin-doctor to end all spin-doctors. Her never stinting efforts ensured her story and that of her House would be the one remembered. Her circle by her own wishes were the most leading lights of the time. John Morton bishop of Ely (Pron. "Ee-lee") was probably the most able politician of his time. He was a die-hard Lancastrian. Even when Edward IV was in power he recognised his use. He is the Bishop of Ely in the famous "strawberries scene" in Shakespeare's "Tragedy of Richard III". His strawberries in his London home "Ely Place" were legendary. Of Ely Place where Fleet Street meets Cheapside the Church of St. Ethelburga remains. St. Ethelburga was an East Anglian Saint and to whom Ely Cathedral was dedicated. Morton became Archibishop of Canterbury, a Cardinal and Chancellor the highest political office in 1487. Under Richard III Morton left for exile in the Low Countries. Another of Lady Margaret's circle was Christopher Urswick a priest and a Lancastrian born in Furness. Urswick was the go-between between her and Henry when in exile in Brittany. Morton had heard of the plot by Richard to extradite Henry and called Urswick to him. Urswick returned and negotiated with the French Court entry of Henry which was done apparently with an hour to spare. Lady Margaret realising the power of the newly invented press decided she would control the narrative. In England at that time were two Italians writing individual histories of England. Mancini and Polydore Vergil. Urswick was tasked to entreat Polydore Vergil to write the official history in "Lancastrian script". This was to include the part played by Louis Caerleon, Lady Margaret's physician, in the secret negotiations with Elizabeth Woodville in sanctuary in Westminster Abbey. Lady Margaret never knew possibly the greatest dramatist of all time would make use of Polydore Vergil's history to ensure her version is the official history in posterity but you wouldn't put it past her. In the Ricardian regime she even held up the train of Queen Anne, Richard III's queen, at her coronation, despite her possible involvement with the Buckingham plot. Danger was always at Lady Margaret's heels. Henry's reign has always to be seen through the prism of his mother, one of the greatest figures in English history. Upon Henry's coronation she had her self titled "My Lady, the King's Mother". Wore clothes as elaborate as Henry's Queen and only walked one half pace behind her. Henry did indeed become suspicious of the magnates. Who wouldn't? From the Hundred Years War the finances were in a parlous state. Often too much was in the hands of magnates. Over-weaning powerful magnates able to afford private armies made up of professional soldiers returning from the Hundred Years War was a major driver in the WotR. Part of Henry's parsimony was to weaken the power of his nobles financially and by statute reducing the number of retainers nobles could have. At Stoke Field Lord Lovell (Shakespeare's "Lovell the dog") was one of very few die-hard Ricardians who had survived Bosworth and with John De La Pole) had gone to Margaret Duchess of Burgundy who had transferred to Mechelen after the death of her husband. He was one of very few die-hards to survive Stoke Field and only did so by swimming the Trent. He then disappears from history. Although in his manor of Minster Lovell in a secret apartment sadly a skeleton was later found. At Stoke Field and leading the vanguard where the danger was hottest as it had been 2 years earlier at Bosworth where he performed the same role was John de Vere Earl of Oxford another die-hard Lancastrian whom Henry regarded highly and rewarded with office. Sir Henry Brandon as you mentioned held Henry's standard at Bosworth sadly being killed. His family were rewarded with high office in Henry's reign and that of his son Henry VIII. Trying to bring the nobility to heel was the Chancellor, John Morton. A tax based on wealth devised by him was called "Morton's Fork". Dudley as you mention, with Empson were the couple most associated with the financial measures later taken under Henry VII. Evidence suggests that Henry felt he had gone too far and genuinely was trying to relax the measures. He called his mother and Lady Margaret had Polydore Vergil who was now in her circle, explain it in print. It does seem he was genuinely contrite. Lady Margaret outlived her son and was instrumental in the coronation of her grandson Henry VIII. * Sir Walter Tyrrell's evidence, Yorkists suggest, was Tudor properganda. What had Sir Walter to gain? He was already condemned. Perhaps trying to salve his passage into the next world? He stated that the princes were buried "under a staircase", that they "were later removed". Why would he say that? One of the alleged murderers, Forrest, corroborated such. In the 1600's two bodies were indeed found "under a staircase" purporting to be the ages of the two princes. (They had not been removed). * The Houses of Parliament is festooned with two symbols inside. Henry's 'Tudor-Rose' and the Beaufort 'Portcullis', badge of his mother. * Alleged. Which is the most published portrait of a woman in the world? Mona Lisa? No, Henry VII's queen, whose portrait is used for the "Queen of Hearts" in playing-cards. (n.b. It is either the "Queen of Hearts" or the Queen of "Diamonds" but am 99.9% sure it's "Hearts") :-)))) Regards, Titus. :-)
@@BriefHistoryOfficial You are most welcome. 🙂 I hope you are feeling better!😉 Like FDR you cannot look at his term without Eleanor. The same with Henry and his mother. She hardly saw anything of him until Bosworth, spent her life trying to preserve his inheritance at no little danger and probably the somewhat annoyance of her two later husband's so had time to make up after Bosworth. She was only 13 when she bore him, had already lost her first husband and and was to lose her son again soon as a small boy to Sir William Herbert. Herbert treated Henry as one of his own boys and well apparently. The Herberts were Yorkist and probably the main rivals of the Tudors in Wales. The pendulum swung to the red rose, then to the white rose and still a boy, Henry goes into long exile in Brittany with his uncle Jasper. Jasper never wavered in his duty to his House. Jasper via his mother of the Valois royalty was also highly connected. Lady Margaret's 2nd husband's family, the Staffords, had been Lancastrian. His father the Duke of Buckingham had been killed at Norhampton so under the Yorkist regime her husband had to "prove" his loyalty to the Yorkists to keep his lands. With Margaret messaging her son in exile Stafford came under the microscope. To prove his loyalty he fought for the Yorkists at Barnet though received wounds which sadly ultimately proved fatal. Next husband was as you say Lord Stanley. If you got a summons you turned up. You couldn't really say you were ill and stay home. Some did but you'd have to be at death's door. Stanley was summoned twice before Blore Heath. By Queen Margaret and by the Yorkists to whom at the time he was connected by marriage. The Stanleys turn up and sit a few miles away. Queen Margaret never far away from the action was supposedly about half a mile away in a Church steeple. Lord Stanley did not engage, for any side. His brother Sir William did, on the Yorkist side! He also fought on the Yorkist side at Towton. Decades later Lady Margaret is at court, which must have been the most unnerving thing for her but the then king, Richard, needed her husband politically so she was "tolerated" which couldn't have been easy after the Buckingham plot. Basically Lord Stanley had to stand surety for her. He was present at the "strawberries scene" when Richard had Lord Hastings arrested and got injured in in the fracas. After Henry Tudor landed Richard called muster in Nottingham. Because he was not completely satisfied Lord Stanley would support him he had Stanley's son George, Lord Strange as hostage in Nottingham Castle. You can guess what happened next.🤔 Lord Strange escapes by jumping the wall apparently and gets injured. 😯 Recaptured, under questioning, says his father was loyal but apparently "fingers" his Uncle Bill! As Henry Tudor gets closer, Richard re-deploys to Leicester. His billet there before Bosworth still exists. I think it is the Blue Boar Hotel. Don't know how many Michelin Stars it has but Richard stayed there. Landing in Wales was no "fluke" by Henry. His army was smaller and he hoped to pick up forces from loyalist Tudors. Rhys Ap Thomas as I have earlier mentioned to you, was Richard's man in Wales and like the Stanleys played his cards close to his chest. Don't ever know if it would be wise to play the Stanleys at poker! He was bounden by statute to intercept Henry instead he shadowed him to Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury is a vital city. It's the gateway to mid-Wales, spans the River Severn which had thwarted earlier Lancastrian attempts. It's also deep in the heart of "Marcher" country the home of the Mortimer's with claims of their own to the throne. Ludlow being close by, a home of the earlier Richard Duke of York who had kicked off the WotR and the early homes of Edward V and Prince Arthur. It was also only about 3 or 4 days march from the Stanley lands. Still debated when, where and if, Henry or his envoys met the Stanleys. The Stanleys seemed to have shadowed Henry all the way to Bosworth, keeping a number of miles distant. They seemed to have met at a Convent on the way to the East Midlands where strategy would be "choreographed". At Bosworth the area has been forensically covered but a lot of matters haven't been confirmed. Who was where and when etc. Seems like the "third army" of Stanley was at a place called Dadlington some distance away. This probably encouraged Richard to make his charge. Before he made his charge he already had ordered George, Lord Strange's execution so it looks like he already had made his mind up. Thankfully George lived to tell the tale! When Richard got stuck in the marsh it appears Sir William intercepted him. Apparently Richard's last words were "Treachery, treachery, treachery". If Lord Stanley intervened there is little evidence. Not even sure which of the Stanleys even picked up the crown from the mulberry bush but looks like it was Lord Stanley that placed it on Henry's head. It is into this environment that Henry was thrust, from relative obscurity into the limelight. The only major magnate who actually turned up and fought for Richard that day was John Howard, the Duke of Norfolk. Percy, Duke of Northumberland, commanding one wing walked off the battlefield without striking a blow. The Percies for the most part had been Lancastrian he was probably there by force majéure. The Duke of Norfolk was sadly killed in the battle but his son the Earl of Surrey, though wounded, gladly survived. Henry was still a novice and needed help. Who would he turn to? Who was always the power behind the throne, his mother. She had been at the forefront of English politics for decades while he was in exile and she would remain at the forefront. If Henry needed advice she was in a place to offer it and also knew the right people to offer it, people from her circle. Henry didn't rest on his laurels. Rewarding those that helped him, like John Morton, John de Vere etc. The Lancastrians wore the livery "Essess" Collar. A gold collar made up of letter "S's". These were given out to the major players would hold high office and serve the monarchy. Henry ordered the flag to be hoisted on a nearby hill after the battle. He also was quick to claim his kingdom on the day BEFORE the battle in parliament. This meant any who had taken up arms against him would be declared traitor and their property and title confiscated. He had seen the finances ruined by the Hundred Years War. The treasury was in dire shape. He HAD to raise taxes. To his credit he got the Treasury back on an even keel. You mention this in their payments to the new Hapsburg Duke of Burgundy. We are at a transition. Europe is changing. Henry was THE man, the Renaissance man, to put England in the driving-seat. He could see the French crown and the rise of the Hapsburgs and started what many did since, played one against the other. It didn't take him long, like in your video, to get the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella betrothed to Arthur. He knew the problems of weak government and overmighty subjects. Sir William Stanley deserves a video of his own. Fluctuating doesn't cover it. Staunch Yorkist yet in the penultimate battle strikes the War defining move against his former allies only to turn again and support Warbeck? Why, did he think he hadn't been rewarded enough? His brother Lord Stanley was more astute and his family remain major players to this day. Henry proved magnanimous to those who showed loyalty. It was a long way back for the Earl of Surrey after Bosworth but over time he regained the trust of the Tudors and got his lands back. You would hear of the Howards a lot in the next reign. He was made High Admiral and when James IV of Scotland you mentioned, invaded England, not with Warbeck but at the behest of others, later, it was Howard who showed his loyalty to defeat him under Henry's son. Henry VIII blew a lot of the money Henry VII had saved on projects like the "Field of the Cloth of Gold" and building his warship "Mary Rose". At the end of Henry VII's reign he had started to tax the Church. Bad move. The Church through its Abbeys and Monasteries provided a lot of employment and owned about a third of the land. They also in a time before hospitals provided infirnaries for the poor. They were literate and were the major educator of people. They sat in Parliament. There was some "push-back" against Henry and the clergymen who had been instrumental in Henry getting the throne, guys like Urswick felt ignored. There is evidence in his last years Henry tried to heal this breach with them. Henry's younger son Henry jnr was already showing that he was different. When Catherine of Aragon turned up to marry Arthur it was Henry who was the star of the show at the dance even though he was about 8. It wasn't expected he would be king so wasn't packed off to Ludlow, being kept and educated at Eltham Palace in a mostly female household. Henry and Elizabeth were heartbroken at the loss of Arthur. Change of plan for Henry jnr. Henry snr then invited him to matters of state and by all accounts was a doting father to him. Henry jnr was to fall into the trap of alienating the Church with the "Dissolution of the Monasteries". The North who depended upon them rebelled and the "Pilgrimage of Grace" ensued. Henry jnr unlike other kings rarely set foot north of the Thames and on the occasion he did it ended tragically for him. Thank you so much for your piece on Henry VII. They call him "The Winter King" - he was a man shaped very much by his time, his mother always had his back and he ushered in a New Age. So enjoyable. Many thanks. Titus. 🙂
@@BriefHistoryOfficial If you have time to spare it maybe worth your while looking up some Dr Helen Castor's portrayals of some English queens on the BBC available here on YT as "The She-Wolves" these are a 3-parter, 1 hour each and cover the period you are interested in. You might find Part 2 Isabella & Margaret of Anjou most interesting. It could be good background for you. The BBC usually are good at this. We get documentaries on English or Welsh tv channels concerning the periods you're interested in that you might ordinarily not be aware of. 🤔 Some you may get broadcast in the States on Public Service Broadcasting? Some of them are available on dvd and some make it here on YT. Just keep watch. The BBC do quite a lot also Channel 4. Just a thought 🙂 We have just passed the anniversary of the execution of Charles I - a sad affair. It was the country's one experiment with republicanism and it ended poorly and shows, in it's DNA this country is a monarchy. Carolus Rex.
Henry also had to get a Papal Dispensation to marry Elizabeth of York as they were both cousins by way of their ancestor Edward III, so it wasn't just asserting his authority alone.
I’ve read that Catherine, that little vixen, had an affair with Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Edward IV’s brother. There was even a rumor that her oldest son was HIS son, and not Owen’s. 🤷♀️ And I really think that if not for Elizabeth Woodville and her family making a power grab, …to me, it was either Richard or them. He totally would have been executed. Edward gave Richard custody of his son HIMSELF.
Edmund of Rutland was born 6 years after Catherine died. You’re mixing up Edmund York with Edmund Beaufort, the duke of Somerset. There’s a rumor he had an affair with Catherine starting in 1427 (sixteen years before Edmund was born.)
King Edward IV's younger brother Edmund, Earl of Rutland was actually King Henry VII's biological father, not Edmund Tudor. King Henry VII's mom, Margaret Beaufort slept with Edmund, Earl of Rutland and got pregnant with King Henry VII. 🎭🩰🎨
@@tebo9334 King Edward IV's younger brother Edmund, Earl of Rutland was actually King Henry VII's biological father, not Edmund Tudor. King Henry VII's mom, Margaret Beaufort slept with Edmund, Earl of Rutland and got pregnant with King Henry VII. 🎭🩰🎨
@@bbmtge King Edward IV's younger brother Edmund, Earl of Rutland was actually King Henry VII's biological father, not Edmund Tudor. King Henry VII's mom, Margaret Beaufort slept with Edmund, Earl of Rutland and got pregnant with King Henry VII. 🎭🩰🎨
I find it funny that Henry's Lancastrian blood comes from the Beauforts. But mostly because Edward IV and Richard III had a Beaufort grandmother Joan Beaufort. That family tree has twisted roots.
It’s strange how up until the Stuart period that potential rivals to the throne are mostly either killed or executed or locked up in the Tower of London. Strange 😂
Bro your channel is a year old, you have 10k subs, and yet your content sounds like you've been doing this shit for years. I am bingeing these British history videos. BRAVO!
BH. Hope you managed to watch the Dr. Helen Castor programme. It's great background. All 3 are good if you have the time. 1). Matilda & Eleanor of Aquitaine. 2). Isabella & Margaret of Anjou. 3). Lady Jane Grey, Mary Tudor & Elizabeth. *BBC Series from her book She-Wolves. The story of England's early queens. Hope you are feeling fine with your voice back. Titus.
@@BriefHistoryOfficial They are a great watch on YT also available to you as a dvd box-set. (BBC are excellent at it). 🙂 Have you heard of the Dunstable Swan? 🤔 An elaborate white enamallsd swan brooch with gold crown and chain round it's neck. It dates circa 1400. The Swan was an emblem of the Prince of Wales. Queen Margaret adapted it and had some made which she gave out to her loyal supporters as her own personal emblem. There is a shot of it and some beautiful footage of her (and the other queens') places of interest. Including St. Albans, Angers, Tutbury, Kenilworth. Well worth viewing to get a "feel" of the places they visited and had a connection with them. Take care. 👍
@@BriefHistoryOfficial BH. You have mentioned in one of your videos the noble family of de Bohun. (Pron. "de Bahoon". Don't worry about it, I used to struggle with it!). They were the Earls of Hereford. Sadly one of them lost his life in single-combat with Robert the Bruce the day before Bannockburn. Emblems were extremely important in the medieval world. On a shield, as livery on a tabard/surcoat of one's retainers. It showed who you were and that you could afford retainers. Prestige was very important. Many public bars still carry the name, particularly in areas where nobles were ensconced. "The Blue Boar", " The Bear and Ragged Staff" (Earls of Oxford and Warwick respectively). The white swan became the Bohun Swan. Through the Bohuns it became the Lancastrian white swans. The Duke of Buckingham had a de Bohun lineage and it featured on his banners. In a time when only the clergy and nobles could generally read it was very important to be recognised. The red rose was a fairly recent innovation the swan was more ancient. During Richard II's reign his Cheshire Archers who were a core group became notorious against his enemies and his own personal badge, the White Hart, worn by them became synonymous with misrule. The awarding of emblems became more restricted. Usually allowed only to the Royal Family. They would have them made in small numbers and given out personally to people in high favour and usually only to be worn in their presence. "Bling" was very important especially Medieval bling. How so? A word on Bosworth. No one was ever sure were the end act took place. Metal detectorists have scoured the site. There are a huge number of early cannon-balls, (more than all the other battlefields in Europe combined). Which side fired them? One day a detectorist found the "clincher". Experts brought in. Do you know what they found? Not a cannon-ball, not a scabbard,- a small silver-gilt boar. Tiny and worn, been under the ground for 600 years. As you know the boar (Not the blue boar) was the personal emblem of Richard III. It was either his or one of a very small number made to be given out to his closest allies to be worn in his presence. They are convinced they now have found were the last act took place. Margaret of Anjou knew the power of PR like the other nobles before her and used the Dunstable Swan as a prototype for her own personal emblem and had jewelled swans made for her closest friends. Thank you for having an interest in history and this particular period. It is so rewarding. 🙂👍 Titus.
8:46)No surprise. When Richard I died his first in line nephew, Arthur, was taken to the Tower and disappeared. It was done by his paternal uncle(King)Jean.
John would have destroyed the dynasty if William Marshal did not secure it for Henry III. Richard III had a bigger problem before Bosworth, no heir of his own, only a nephew. The fratricide is impressive. Seems to be a legacy of the Normans who proceeded the Plantagenets. But then again it is somewhat inbuilt to the system of monarchy.
@@gm2407 Norman French was the official court language. Henri I, II, III, IV, V, and VI. Richard I's brother's name was spelled Jean. King Jean I & II of France. Also, Henri I, II, III, & IV.
You know, one has to wonder if Richards nephews were done away with by this power hungry man. He seemed to stop at nothing to eliminate threats real, or imagined.
Whether Henry Tudor or other historical figures - we can bring them all to life. Like Anne of Cleves, who can be placed on the floor in front of you and made to speak with our augmented reality app. Or you can see her as an animated 3D model in the video. th-cam.com/video/ZmCxOIgMqnw/w-d-xo.html 1
Also for those who are interested in Henry VII I heartily recommend this series from the BBC in the 70's. It's first rate: th-cam.com/video/rk6FP8S3u28/w-d-xo.html
I think it's partially 1) it was female and illegitimate and 2) the Tudor claim was closer as the last king was Henry's half uncle. That's what I'm thinking anyway
@@history_loves_anime8927 they were legitimized by Richard II. Yes, Lionel was the next son after the Black Prince, but he died about 30 years before 3rd surviving son John died. The progeny of John and Katherine Swinburne were powerful people.
Hello. That was not the intention. I discuss the beaufort legitimization in my Richard II video, and discuss various beauforts in my Henry VI and Edward IV video. Cheers
Super interesting stuff, thanks for sharing. Can I ask that you not smack your lips between sentences, especially combined with the sharp inhale. The noise makes me irrationally upset no matter what I do so I beg, please. It’s my weird issue but I can’t help it and I just wanna enjoy your content! Thanks.
Brief History, your documentaries give a very intriguing aspect about the British Monarchy, which makes me want to watch your videos again and again. I've seen David Starkey's Monarchy and Simon Schama's History of Britain as well as all the Historical Dramas on Starz. I must say that I find your documentaries more appealing and informative than all of those combined. Keep it going please. I really appreciate you taking the time and effort to put these documentaries together. I can't wait for the next one. Hope you're better and thank you.
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Sorry for the delay on this one. I lost my voice yet again, and then fell ill with Covid so I needed some time to recover. This is another substantial one, and there may be one or two more, substantial videos to follow this. However, I do intend on eventually getting back to slightly shorter videos. As always, I hope I was able to do this topic justice. Cheers!
hope you feeling better after covid try to drink lots of water and get sunlight vitamin d I heard helps people fight it off.
I like the substantial videos. You cover a lot of detail that is often missed in other histories.
Hope you get better
Your videos are worth the wait.
Thanks for your contributions. So glad for your recovery. We history buffs (including my 19 year old & 17 year old as well as myself) truly appreciate you & your detailed videos (as an accountant, details matter a lot to me)... Looking forward to Henry VIII & his kids...
Exceptional video mate. Please don’t refrain from making longer videos, they are more informational and honestly just better to watch. Of course, it’s up to you, and I understand that longer videos take longer to edit and produce. Keep up the great content as always :).
Longer videos are great. Too many other channels condense a person's life or other historical subject in about 10 minutes. Or less. Ugh.
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Thanks for your hard work! Henry VII is probably one of my favorite kings. He really did not f up that bad considering the circumstances. Anyone will be a paranoid mess when faced with deportation, plots hatched by people close to you and the sudden death of loved ones. I like that he was willing to learn and was hands on with his rule. His ego was also not as massive as other kings and did not seek war or spend money like it's the end of the world.
He’s one of the more interesting ones to me too. He did get pretty sketchy on how he got his money later, however. But he was pretty even handed until he got greedy, and definitely settled things down!
There are few things that get me more excited than a new Brief History video
Henry's story is incredible, but he usually gets over shadowed by his son Henry and his granddaughters Mary & Elizabeth.
I watched for a King Henry Vll bio and gained an insightful narration of the many twists and turns that led to the Battle of Bosworth. 👍👏
As an Englishman, I’m impressed with your pronunciation and you are going into more detail than this goes in UK education.
The most improbable king ever. Hard to believe
Why the fuck was King Henry VIII so fat if his dad, King Henry VII was very skinny his entire life? 👑💍🎭🩰🎨
So glad I found your channel. Your research is more in depth than most English history channels I follow. I hope you are feeling better!
The Henry VIII one will be quite long.
Lol... Tell me about it... He was a character to say the least...
Brief History, your documentaries give a very intriguing aspect about the British Monarchy, which makes me want to watch your videos again and again. I've seen David Starkey's Monarchy and Simon Schama's History of Britain as well as all the Historical Dramas on Starz. I must say that I find your documentaries more appealing and informative than all of those combined. Keep it going please. I really appreciate you taking the time and effort to put these documentaries together. I can't wait for the next one. Hope you're better and thank you.
You neglect to mention that one of the main reasons the French would help Henry is that he is a "Prince Du Sang" of the French Monarchy through his Grandmother Catherine of Valois.
Henry saw his army increasing 16x times between Milford and Bosworth(Henry landed with 551 men and at Boswoth had 6100men)... So it is most likely that his army was comprised mainly by the Welsh and former marcher lords. Very few others could have reached him in time considering that support couldn't have been assembled form very far in regards to the speed and the direction of Richard's march. Henry indeed might have not spoken welsh himself as it is correctly put out but his uncle did. The prospect of a half-welsh king would be immensly popular for the age in Wales considering that after the conquest they were treated as second class citizens. So marching unopposed, gaining men and supplies were catalysts for his eventual victory. The lack of major welsh revolts unlike those previous kings suffered is also a major testament of this. His blood ties to the ancient Welsh princes and founders of Brittanny was what kept him alive during his exile and his bid for the throne. Henry's Welshness has often been over-exaggerated, but Henry himself was conscious of the political advantages of polishing his image as the descendant of the 'ancient Kings of Brytaine and Princes of Wales'. Henry was the half-nephew of the king, great-grandson of Charles the 6th of France and descendant of Owain the Great prince of Wales through his Father and a descendant of Edward the third through his mother as well as Henry the 3rd and others. His relation to John of Gaunt was also important to his son marrying the Spanish princess Catherine. Ancestry played a huge part back in the day and Henry used his according to each situation weighting the potential benefiets. Master of manipulation and propaganda(the hunchback myth now debunked after the recent finding of Richards remains, he altered the day of his rules' begginning to declare all those who stood with Richard his enemies etc) he conquered,altered documents, married and blackmailed his way into absolute power and held it for 24 years. The politician, the exile, the soldier, the diplomat, the survivor...The Winter King
Hell yea. Been waiting for this.
These videos are awesome❤. It glues me to my chair👌👌👌😉
Excellent way to start my day
Absolutely well presented and done brilliantly. I love our history ❤ and the war of the roses 🌹 was such a complex interesting time for those political movers and shakers......the women behind both sides: the Elizabeth's were resolute strong determined women. So interesting still. Thank you 😊
I am reminded of the 1950's American television police series called 'Dragnet' where detective Joe Fridays catch phrase was 'The facts man. just the facts.' Absolutely brilliant, thank you
I absolutely love this series.
Excellent video. Thank you for putting it together.
Hope you are well! 🙂
Thanks for your research and work.
When you look at the complexities, the many Edwards, Richards, family trees it can be daunting but that's what makes it interesting.
Henry was always and I mean ALWAYS his mother's son. She was behind everything before and after Henry VII.
Coming between two likely notorious monarchs he is often looked over and underestimated.
The two Lancastrian Margarets, Queen Margaret and Lady Margaret Beaufort came through in the end, one after the other.
Both were politically astute and modern women. Lady Margaret Beaufort was almost in daily danger in an enemy court but never wavered and was the spin-doctor to end all spin-doctors.
Her never stinting efforts ensured her story and that of her House would be the one remembered.
Her circle by her own wishes were the most leading lights of the time. John Morton bishop of Ely (Pron. "Ee-lee") was probably the most able politician of his time. He was a die-hard Lancastrian. Even when Edward IV was in power he recognised his use. He is the Bishop of Ely in the famous "strawberries scene" in Shakespeare's "Tragedy of Richard III". His strawberries in his London home "Ely Place" were legendary. Of Ely Place where Fleet Street meets Cheapside the Church of St. Ethelburga remains. St. Ethelburga was an East Anglian Saint and to whom Ely Cathedral was dedicated.
Morton became Archibishop of Canterbury, a Cardinal and Chancellor the highest political office in 1487.
Under Richard III Morton left for exile in the Low Countries.
Another of Lady Margaret's circle was Christopher Urswick a priest and a Lancastrian born in Furness.
Urswick was the go-between between her and Henry when in exile in Brittany. Morton had heard of the plot by Richard to extradite Henry and called Urswick to him. Urswick returned and negotiated with the French Court entry of Henry which was done apparently with an hour to spare.
Lady Margaret realising the power of the newly invented press decided she would control the narrative.
In England at that time were two Italians writing individual histories of England. Mancini and Polydore Vergil. Urswick was tasked to entreat Polydore Vergil to write the official history in "Lancastrian script". This was to include the part played by Louis Caerleon, Lady Margaret's physician, in the secret negotiations with Elizabeth Woodville in sanctuary in Westminster Abbey.
Lady Margaret never knew possibly the greatest dramatist of all time would make use of Polydore Vergil's history to ensure her version is the official history in posterity but you wouldn't put it past her.
In the Ricardian regime she even held up the train of Queen Anne, Richard III's queen, at her coronation, despite her possible involvement with the Buckingham plot. Danger was always at Lady Margaret's heels.
Henry's reign has always to be seen through the prism of his mother, one of the greatest figures in English history. Upon Henry's coronation she had her self titled "My Lady, the King's Mother". Wore clothes as elaborate as Henry's Queen and only walked one half pace behind her.
Henry did indeed become suspicious of the magnates. Who wouldn't? From the Hundred Years War the finances were in a parlous state. Often too much was in the hands of magnates. Over-weaning powerful magnates able to afford private armies made up of professional soldiers returning from the Hundred Years War was a major driver in the WotR.
Part of Henry's parsimony was to weaken the power of his nobles financially and by statute reducing the number of retainers nobles could have.
At Stoke Field Lord Lovell (Shakespeare's "Lovell the dog") was one of very few die-hard Ricardians who had survived Bosworth and with John De La Pole) had gone to Margaret Duchess of Burgundy who had transferred to Mechelen after the death of her husband.
He was one of very few die-hards to survive Stoke Field and only did so by swimming the Trent. He then disappears from history. Although in his manor of Minster Lovell in a secret apartment sadly a skeleton was later found.
At Stoke Field and leading the vanguard where the danger was hottest as it had been 2 years earlier at Bosworth where he performed the same role was John de Vere Earl of Oxford another die-hard Lancastrian whom Henry regarded highly and rewarded with office. Sir Henry Brandon as you mentioned held Henry's standard at Bosworth sadly being killed. His family were rewarded with high office in Henry's reign and that of his son Henry VIII.
Trying to bring the nobility to heel was the Chancellor, John Morton. A tax based on wealth devised by him was called "Morton's Fork". Dudley as you mention, with Empson were the couple most associated with the financial measures later taken under Henry VII.
Evidence suggests that Henry felt he had gone too far and genuinely was trying to relax the measures. He called his mother and Lady Margaret had Polydore Vergil who was now in her circle, explain it in print. It does seem he was genuinely contrite.
Lady Margaret outlived her son and was instrumental in the coronation of her grandson Henry VIII.
* Sir Walter Tyrrell's evidence, Yorkists suggest, was Tudor properganda.
What had Sir Walter to gain? He was already condemned. Perhaps trying to salve his passage into the next world?
He stated that the princes were buried "under a staircase", that they "were later removed". Why would he say that? One of the alleged murderers, Forrest, corroborated such.
In the 1600's two bodies were indeed found "under a staircase" purporting to be the ages of the two princes. (They had not been removed).
* The Houses of Parliament is festooned with two symbols inside.
Henry's 'Tudor-Rose' and the Beaufort 'Portcullis', badge of his mother.
* Alleged. Which is the most published portrait of a woman in the world?
Mona Lisa?
No, Henry VII's queen, whose portrait is used for the "Queen of Hearts" in playing-cards. (n.b. It is either the "Queen of Hearts" or the Queen of "Diamonds" but am 99.9% sure it's "Hearts") :-))))
Regards,
Titus. :-)
Hello Again! As always, thank you for adding so much additional information to the video. I always appreciate this. Cheers!
@@BriefHistoryOfficial You are most welcome. 🙂
I hope you are feeling better!😉
Like FDR you cannot look at his term without Eleanor. The same with Henry and his mother.
She hardly saw anything of him until Bosworth, spent her life trying to preserve his inheritance at no little danger and probably the somewhat annoyance of her two later husband's so had time to make up after Bosworth.
She was only 13 when she bore him, had already lost her first husband and and was to lose her son again soon as a small boy to Sir William Herbert.
Herbert treated Henry as one of his own boys and well apparently. The Herberts were Yorkist and probably the main rivals of the Tudors in Wales.
The pendulum swung to the red rose, then to the white rose and still a boy, Henry goes into long exile in Brittany with his uncle Jasper.
Jasper never wavered in his duty to his House. Jasper via his mother of the Valois royalty was also highly connected.
Lady Margaret's 2nd husband's family, the Staffords, had been Lancastrian. His father the Duke of Buckingham had been killed at Norhampton so under the Yorkist regime her husband had to "prove" his loyalty to the Yorkists to keep his lands. With Margaret messaging her son in exile Stafford came under the microscope. To prove his loyalty he fought for the Yorkists at Barnet though received wounds which sadly ultimately proved fatal.
Next husband was as you say Lord Stanley. If you got a summons you turned up. You couldn't really say you were ill and stay home. Some did but you'd have to be at death's door.
Stanley was summoned twice before Blore Heath. By Queen Margaret and by the Yorkists to whom at the time he was connected by marriage.
The Stanleys turn up and sit a few miles away. Queen Margaret never far away from the action was supposedly about half a mile away in a Church steeple.
Lord Stanley did not engage, for any side. His brother Sir William did, on the Yorkist side! He also fought on the Yorkist side at Towton.
Decades later Lady Margaret is at court, which must have been the most unnerving thing for her but the then king, Richard, needed her husband politically so she was "tolerated" which couldn't have been easy after the Buckingham plot. Basically Lord Stanley had to stand surety for her.
He was present at the "strawberries scene" when Richard had Lord Hastings arrested and got injured in in the fracas.
After Henry Tudor landed Richard called muster in Nottingham. Because he was not completely satisfied Lord Stanley would support him he had Stanley's son George, Lord Strange as hostage in Nottingham Castle.
You can guess what happened next.🤔
Lord Strange escapes by jumping the wall apparently and gets injured. 😯
Recaptured, under questioning, says his father was loyal but apparently "fingers" his Uncle Bill!
As Henry Tudor gets closer, Richard re-deploys to Leicester. His billet there before Bosworth still exists. I think it is the Blue Boar Hotel. Don't know how many Michelin Stars it has but Richard stayed there.
Landing in Wales was no "fluke" by Henry. His army was smaller and he hoped to pick up forces from loyalist Tudors. Rhys Ap Thomas as I have earlier mentioned to you, was Richard's man in Wales and like the Stanleys played his cards close to his chest. Don't ever know if it would be wise to play the Stanleys at poker!
He was bounden by statute to intercept Henry instead he shadowed him to Shrewsbury.
Shrewsbury is a vital city. It's the gateway to mid-Wales, spans the River Severn which had thwarted earlier Lancastrian attempts. It's also deep in the heart of "Marcher" country the home of the Mortimer's with claims of their own to the throne. Ludlow being close by, a home of the earlier Richard Duke of York who had kicked off the WotR and the early homes of Edward V and Prince Arthur.
It was also only about 3 or 4 days march from the Stanley lands.
Still debated when, where and if, Henry or his envoys met the Stanleys. The Stanleys seemed to have shadowed Henry all the way to Bosworth, keeping a number of miles distant. They seemed to have met at a Convent on the way to the East Midlands where strategy would be "choreographed".
At Bosworth the area has been forensically covered but a lot of matters haven't been confirmed. Who was where and when etc. Seems like the "third army" of Stanley was at a place called Dadlington some distance away. This probably encouraged Richard to make his charge. Before he made his charge he already had ordered George, Lord Strange's execution so it looks like he already had made his mind up. Thankfully George lived to tell the tale!
When Richard got stuck in the marsh it appears Sir William intercepted him. Apparently Richard's last words were "Treachery, treachery, treachery".
If Lord Stanley intervened there is little evidence. Not even sure which of the Stanleys even picked up the crown from the mulberry bush but looks like it was Lord Stanley that placed it on Henry's head.
It is into this environment that Henry was thrust, from relative obscurity into the limelight.
The only major magnate who actually turned up and fought for Richard that day was John Howard, the Duke of Norfolk.
Percy, Duke of Northumberland, commanding one wing walked off the battlefield without striking a blow. The Percies for the most part had been Lancastrian he was probably there by force majéure.
The Duke of Norfolk was sadly killed in the battle but his son the Earl of Surrey, though wounded, gladly survived.
Henry was still a novice and needed help. Who would he turn to? Who was always the power behind the throne, his mother. She had been at the forefront of English politics for decades while he was in exile and she would remain at the forefront. If Henry needed advice she was in a place to offer it and also knew the right people to offer it, people from her circle.
Henry didn't rest on his laurels. Rewarding those that helped him, like John Morton, John de Vere etc. The Lancastrians wore the livery "Essess" Collar. A gold collar made up of letter "S's". These were given out to the major players would hold high office and serve the monarchy.
Henry ordered the flag to be hoisted on a nearby hill after the battle. He also was quick to claim his kingdom on the day BEFORE the battle in parliament.
This meant any who had taken up arms against him would be declared traitor and their property and title confiscated.
He had seen the finances ruined by the Hundred Years War. The treasury was in dire shape. He HAD to raise taxes. To his credit he got the Treasury back on an even keel. You mention this in their payments to the new Hapsburg Duke of Burgundy. We are at a transition. Europe is changing. Henry was THE man, the Renaissance man, to put England in the driving-seat. He could see the French crown and the rise of the Hapsburgs and started what many did since, played one against the other. It didn't take him long, like in your video, to get the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella betrothed to Arthur.
He knew the problems of weak government and overmighty subjects.
Sir William Stanley deserves a video of his own. Fluctuating doesn't cover it. Staunch Yorkist yet in the penultimate battle strikes the War defining move against his former allies only to turn again and support Warbeck? Why, did he think he hadn't been rewarded enough?
His brother Lord Stanley was more astute and his family remain major players to this day.
Henry proved magnanimous to those who showed loyalty. It was a long way back for the Earl of Surrey after Bosworth but over time he regained the trust of the Tudors and got his lands back. You would hear of the Howards a lot in the next reign.
He was made High Admiral and when James IV of Scotland you mentioned, invaded England, not with Warbeck but at the behest of others, later, it was Howard who showed his loyalty to defeat him under Henry's son.
Henry VIII blew a lot of the money Henry VII had saved on projects like the "Field of the Cloth of Gold" and building his warship "Mary Rose".
At the end of Henry VII's reign he had started to tax the Church. Bad move. The Church through its Abbeys and Monasteries provided a lot of employment and owned about a third of the land. They also in a time before hospitals provided infirnaries for the poor.
They were literate and were the major educator of people. They sat in Parliament.
There was some "push-back" against Henry and the clergymen who had been instrumental in Henry getting the throne, guys like Urswick felt ignored. There is evidence in his last years Henry tried to heal this breach with them.
Henry's younger son Henry jnr was already showing that he was different. When Catherine of Aragon turned up to marry Arthur it was Henry who was the star of the show at the dance even though he was about 8. It wasn't expected he would be king so wasn't packed off to Ludlow, being kept and educated at Eltham Palace in a mostly female household.
Henry and Elizabeth were heartbroken at the loss of Arthur. Change of plan for Henry jnr. Henry snr then invited him to matters of state and by all accounts was a doting father to him.
Henry jnr was to fall into the trap of alienating the Church with the "Dissolution of the Monasteries". The North who depended upon them rebelled and the "Pilgrimage of Grace" ensued.
Henry jnr unlike other kings rarely set foot north of the Thames and on the occasion he did it ended tragically for him.
Thank you so much for your piece on Henry VII. They call him "The Winter King" - he was a man shaped very much by his time, his mother always had his back and he ushered in a New Age.
So enjoyable. Many thanks.
Titus. 🙂
@@BriefHistoryOfficial If you have time to spare it maybe worth your while looking up some Dr Helen Castor's portrayals of some English queens on the BBC available here on YT as "The She-Wolves" these are a 3-parter, 1 hour each and cover the period you are interested in. You might find Part 2 Isabella & Margaret of Anjou most interesting. It could be good background for you. The BBC usually are good at this.
We get documentaries on English or Welsh tv channels concerning the periods you're interested in that you might ordinarily not be aware of. 🤔
Some you may get broadcast in the States on Public Service Broadcasting?
Some of them are available on dvd and some make it here on YT. Just keep watch. The BBC do quite a lot also Channel 4.
Just a thought 🙂
We have just passed the anniversary of the execution of Charles I - a sad affair. It was the country's one experiment with republicanism and it ended poorly and shows, in it's DNA this country is a monarchy.
Carolus Rex.
Once again super happy to have this to relax to after work! You’re doing an amazing job as always.
Great videos. Thoroughly enjoying all of the new history I’m learning through your channel. Please keep them coming
A very good account of a complex part of history!
Henry also had to get a Papal Dispensation to marry Elizabeth of York as they were both cousins by way of their ancestor Edward III, so it wasn't just asserting his authority alone.
Agreed. Thank you for your comment.
@@BriefHistoryOfficial Anytime.
Evidently betrayal was a common disease. I enjoy the longer videos, you can put so much more in them. Happy you are on the mend.
Thank you for remembering perhaps The Greatest King.
I’ve read that Catherine, that little vixen, had an affair with Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Edward IV’s brother. There was even a rumor that her oldest son was HIS son, and not Owen’s. 🤷♀️
And I really think that if not for Elizabeth Woodville and her family making a power grab, …to me, it was either Richard or them. He totally would have been executed. Edward gave Richard custody of his son HIMSELF.
Edmund of Rutland was born 6 years after Catherine died. You’re mixing up Edmund York with Edmund Beaufort, the duke of Somerset. There’s a rumor he had an affair with Catherine starting in 1427 (sixteen years before Edmund was born.)
Foolishness.
King Edward IV's younger brother Edmund, Earl of Rutland was actually King Henry VII's biological father, not Edmund Tudor. King Henry VII's mom, Margaret Beaufort slept with Edmund, Earl of Rutland and got pregnant with King Henry VII. 🎭🩰🎨
@@tebo9334 King Edward IV's younger brother Edmund, Earl of Rutland was actually King Henry VII's biological father, not Edmund Tudor. King Henry VII's mom, Margaret Beaufort slept with Edmund, Earl of Rutland and got pregnant with King Henry VII. 🎭🩰🎨
@@bbmtge King Edward IV's younger brother Edmund, Earl of Rutland was actually King Henry VII's biological father, not Edmund Tudor. King Henry VII's mom, Margaret Beaufort slept with Edmund, Earl of Rutland and got pregnant with King Henry VII. 🎭🩰🎨
Nicely dense material narrated to perfection
Highly interesting and deep dive of history 🤔
A great video, an interesting and overshadow King.
One of the greatest kings england ever had this shall be good
Henry would have been a terrific data miner!
All your videos are awesome
I find it funny that Henry's Lancastrian blood comes from the Beauforts. But mostly because Edward IV and Richard III had a Beaufort grandmother Joan Beaufort. That family tree has twisted roots.
Brief History, your Historical insight in really good keep up the vidoes even my kids are intrested in them thanks again
I bet anyone that the Henry VIII video will be his longest one yet.
It’s strange how up until the Stuart period that potential rivals to the throne are mostly either killed or executed or locked up in the Tower of London. Strange 😂
Bro your channel is a year old, you have 10k subs, and yet your content sounds like you've been doing this shit for years. I am bingeing these British history videos. BRAVO!
Thank you Henry 7th, the greatest ascension to when the crown was everything
Henry VII first Tudor (and my dad)
Here comes the TUDORS!!!
That Henry the VIII video gonna be a while lol
The first of a dynasty is always the greatest.
No way he was the greatest of Tudor
Glad you are feeling better... Superb video as usual...
The Tudor kids looked just like their Mom, Elizabeth of York..
BH. Hope you managed to watch the Dr. Helen Castor programme. It's great background. All 3 are good if you have the time.
1). Matilda & Eleanor of Aquitaine.
2). Isabella & Margaret of Anjou.
3). Lady Jane Grey, Mary Tudor & Elizabeth.
*BBC Series from her book She-Wolves.
The story of England's early queens.
Hope you are feeling fine with your voice back.
Titus.
I have not been able to catch these, but do have a book on my upcoming list by Helen Castor. I thank you for the suggestions!
@@BriefHistoryOfficial They are a great watch on YT also available to you as a dvd box-set. (BBC are excellent at it). 🙂
Have you heard of the Dunstable Swan? 🤔
An elaborate white enamallsd swan brooch with gold crown and chain round it's neck. It dates circa 1400. The Swan was an emblem of the Prince of Wales.
Queen Margaret adapted it and had some made which she gave out to her loyal supporters as her own personal emblem.
There is a shot of it and some beautiful footage of her (and the other queens') places of interest. Including St. Albans, Angers, Tutbury, Kenilworth. Well worth viewing to get a "feel" of the places they visited and had a connection with them.
Take care. 👍
@@BriefHistoryOfficial BH. You have mentioned in one of your videos the noble family of de Bohun. (Pron. "de Bahoon". Don't worry about it, I used to struggle with it!). They were the Earls of Hereford. Sadly one of them lost his life in single-combat with Robert the Bruce the day before Bannockburn.
Emblems were extremely important in the medieval world. On a shield, as livery on a tabard/surcoat of one's retainers. It showed who you were and that you could afford retainers.
Prestige was very important. Many public bars still carry the name, particularly in areas where nobles were ensconced. "The Blue Boar", " The Bear and Ragged Staff" (Earls of Oxford and Warwick respectively).
The white swan became the Bohun Swan. Through the Bohuns it became the Lancastrian white swans. The Duke of Buckingham had a de Bohun lineage and it featured on his banners. In a time when only the clergy and nobles could generally read it was very important to be recognised.
The red rose was a fairly recent innovation the swan was more ancient.
During Richard II's reign his Cheshire Archers who were a core group became notorious against his enemies and his own personal badge, the White Hart, worn by them became synonymous with misrule.
The awarding of emblems became more restricted. Usually allowed only to the Royal Family. They would have them made in small numbers and given out personally to people in high favour and usually only to be worn in their presence.
"Bling" was very important especially Medieval bling.
How so?
A word on Bosworth. No one was ever sure were the end act took place. Metal detectorists have scoured the site. There are a huge number of early cannon-balls, (more than all the other battlefields in Europe combined). Which side fired them? One day a detectorist found the "clincher". Experts brought in.
Do you know what they found? Not a cannon-ball, not a scabbard,- a small silver-gilt boar. Tiny and worn, been under the ground for 600 years.
As you know the boar (Not the blue boar) was the personal emblem of Richard III. It was either his or one of a very small number made to be given out to his closest allies to be worn in his presence.
They are convinced they now have found were the last act took place.
Margaret of Anjou knew the power of PR like the other nobles before her and used the Dunstable Swan as a prototype for her own personal emblem and had jewelled swans made for her closest friends.
Thank you for having an interest in history and this particular period. It is so rewarding. 🙂👍
Titus.
Finalmente!
Hope he covers Cornwell after all he ruled England as king all but In name
Another attempt to appear intelligent.
one of my ancestors on my mother’s side of the family
is it just Me or does The Portrait of Edward IV look a lot like John Lithgow.🤔? The dad from Harry & the Henderson's ,main star of 3rd Rock from the 🌞
Henry was lauded as a royal hero when he defeated richard the 3rd at bosworth field in 1485
Is that dreary music at the beginning really necessary?
It isn't really dreary, I guess it just helps set the scene
@@jamespercy6753 seems to evoke drunkenness. That doesn't really come to mind with Henry VIi...do you think he was the winter king?
I picture,Henry VII as a greedy paranoid King.But he did end a civil war of 30 years so I guess he gets the short end of the stick
8:46)No surprise. When Richard I died his first in line nephew, Arthur, was taken to the Tower and disappeared. It was done by his paternal uncle(King)Jean.
John would have destroyed the dynasty if William Marshal did not secure it for Henry III. Richard III had a bigger problem before Bosworth, no heir of his own, only a nephew.
The fratricide is impressive. Seems to be a legacy of the Normans who proceeded the Plantagenets. But then again it is somewhat inbuilt to the system of monarchy.
@@gm2407 Norman French was the official court language. Henri I, II, III, IV, V, and VI. Richard I's brother's name was spelled Jean. King Jean I & II of France. Also, Henri I, II, III, & IV.
@@leondillon8723 Was referring to the dynasty not the people. Sorry for the confusion.
Ok let's be honest his mother had a hell a lot to do with his success.
Well,he had the opportunity to go fight on to one Richard the third ,yet he chose cowardice on the battlefield.
You know, one has to wonder if Richards nephews were done away with by this power hungry man. He seemed to stop at nothing to eliminate threats real, or imagined.
Henry the 6th and edward the 4th richard the 3rd connected to passings in the tower of london
Noice
It’s funny the French helped install King Henry Vii, only then to be faced with King Henry Viii, to whom was no friend to France 😅
Whether Henry Tudor or other historical figures - we can bring them all to life. Like Anne of Cleves, who can be placed on the floor in front of you and made to speak with our augmented reality app. Or you can see her as an animated 3D model in the video. th-cam.com/video/ZmCxOIgMqnw/w-d-xo.html
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reading out from a script isn't very good despite you having done lots of research
Henry lauded when he put down a child throne killer as richard the 3rd
Just found out I'm descended from this guy and I've decided to seize Carnarvon. It has the best yard.
He's my 15th GGF....So, "Hey!" cousin. Go for the nice yard!
Also for those who are interested in Henry VII I heartily recommend this series from the BBC in the 70's. It's first rate: th-cam.com/video/rk6FP8S3u28/w-d-xo.html
You treat Margaret Beaufort's lineage as if it doesn't matter
I think it's partially 1) it was female and illegitimate and 2) the Tudor claim was closer as the last king was Henry's half uncle. That's what I'm thinking anyway
@@history_loves_anime8927 they were legitimized by Richard II. Yes, Lionel was the next son after the Black Prince, but he died about 30 years before 3rd surviving son John died. The progeny of John and Katherine Swinburne were powerful people.
Hello. That was not the intention. I discuss the beaufort legitimization in my Richard II video, and discuss various beauforts in my Henry VI and Edward IV video. Cheers
@@BriefHistoryOfficial thanks, I will watch them
Tho the 4 illegitimate kids (Beaufort’s line) were made legitimate, they were barred from the line of succession. So that lineage should not matter.
He was Welsh not English
He also had French and English ancestry.
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Unfortunately I don't think my ugly face would do me any favors ;)
Henry would have loved all the present day ways of spying/data mining
😅😂
Super interesting stuff, thanks for sharing. Can I ask that you not smack your lips between sentences, especially combined with the sharp inhale. The noise makes me irrationally upset no matter what I do so I beg, please. It’s my weird issue but I can’t help it and I just wanna enjoy your content! Thanks.
Henry the 7th and his mama should have been executed in the the tower they were usurpers and wasn't fit to be janitors in Richard III's castle
Brief History, your documentaries give a very intriguing aspect about the British Monarchy, which makes me want to watch your videos again and again. I've seen David Starkey's Monarchy and Simon Schama's History of Britain as well as all the Historical Dramas on Starz. I must say that I find your documentaries more appealing and informative than all of those combined. Keep it going please. I really appreciate you taking the time and effort to put these documentaries together. I can't wait for the next one. Hope you're better and thank you.