Battle of Bosworth Field - Quiz
Battle of Bosworth Field
  • 1. By what right did Henry VII claim the crown after the battle?
A) Right of conquest
B) Parliamentary vote
C) Hereditary succession
D) Divine intervention
  • 2. Where was Henry proclaimed king?
A) Leicester Cathedral
B) The Tower of London
C) Crown Hill
D) St James Church
  • 3. Who does Vergil claim found Richard's circlet?
A) The Earl of Oxford
B) Lord Stanley
C) Henry VII
D) Jasper Tudor
  • 4. Which historian argues the hawthorn bush must have significance due to Henry's coat of arms?
A) Ross
B) Stanley Chrimes
C) Sydney Anglo
D) Baldwin
  • 5. According to Baldwin, who originally used the hawthorn bush motif?
A) House of Plantagenet
B) House of Tudor
C) House of Lancaster
D) House of York
  • 6. Where were the fallen soldiers from the battle buried?
A) Leicester Cathedral
B) Greyfriars Church
C) The Newarke
D) St James Church at Dadlington
  • 7. Where was Richard III's corpse initially exhibited?
A) St James Church
B) Leicester Cathedral
C) Greyfriars
D) Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of the Newarke
  • 8. In what year were the remains of Richard III discovered?
A) 2012
B) 2015
C) 2013
D) 2010
  • 9. What title did Henry give to the soldiers retained from his mercenary force?
A) Yeomen of his Garde
B) King's Men
C) Tudor Guardsmen
D) Royal Guard
  • 10. To what date did Henry backdate his reign?
A) The day of the battle
B) The day before the battle
C) The day he landed in England
D) The day of his coronation
  • 11. Who was the heiress to the House of York that Henry married?
A) Anne
B) Margaret
C) Mary
D) Elizabeth
  • 12. Who was created Duke of Bedford by Henry?
A) The Earl of Northumberland
B) The Earl of Oxford
C) Lord Stanley
D) Jasper Tudor
  • 13. What legal status was granted to Margaret to empower her independent of her husband?
A) Regent
B) Sole heir
C) Femme sole
D) Queen Dowager
  • 14. Who claimed to be the Earl of Warwick during the first revolt against Henry?
A) Richard III
B) The Earl of Lincoln
C) Lambert Simnel
D) Edward IV
  • 15. Which battle occurred on 16 June 1487?
A) Battle of Stoke Field
B) Battle of Tewkesbury
C) Battle of Bosworth Field
D) Battle of Barnet
  • 16. What happened to the Earl of Northumberland in 1489?
A) He was murdered
B) He was executed by Henry
C) He led a rebellion against Henry
D) He was exiled
  • 17. Where were Richard III's remains ceremonially buried in 2015?
A) Greyfriars
B) Leicester Cathedral
C) Westminster Abbey
D) St James Church
  • 18. Who was appointed Constable of the Tower by Henry?
A) Jasper Tudor
B) Oxford
C) The Earl of Northumberland
D) Lord Stanley
  • 19. Which family were the Stanleys of Cheshire predominantly aligned with in the early stages of the Wars of the Roses?
A) Harringtons
B) Yorkists
C) Lancastrians
D) Tudors
  • 20. Which of the following kings had Thomas Stanley NOT served by 1485?
A) Richard III
B) Henry VII
C) Henry VI
D) Edward IV
  • 21. Where did Henry Tudor land in Wales on 7 August 1485?
A) Mill Bay
B) Shrewsbury
C) Leicester
D) Aberystwyth
  • 22. Who was the leading figure in West Wales that Henry successfully courted to defect?
A) Rhys ap Thomas
B) Evan Morgan
C) Sir Walter Herbert
D) Richard Griffith
  • 23. Where did the Stanleys and Henry meet for their second secret conference?
A) Shrewsbury
B) Leicester
C) Atherstone
D) Dadlington
  • 24. How many men did Richard III's army have according to estimates?
A) 10,000 to 15,000
B) 7,500 to 12,000
C) 5,000 to 8,000
D) 2,000 to 5,000
  • 25. Who killed Richard III's ally, the Duke of Norfolk?
A) John Cheyne
B) Rhys ap Thomas
C) Sir William Brandon
D) Sir John Savage
  • 26. On what date was the Battle of Bosworth Field fought?
A) 2 November 1485
B) 22 August 1485
C) 29 April 1483
D) 13 June 1483
  • 27. Who was the last English monarch to be killed in battle?
A) Richard III
B) Edward V
C) Henry VI
D) Edward IV
  • 28. In what year did Richard III ascend the throne?
A) 1471
B) 1481
C) 1483
D) 1485
  • 29. What was the name of the duke who protected Henry Tudor in Brittany?
A) Duke of Norfolk
B) Duke of Buckingham
C) Duke Francis II
D) Duke of Gloucester
  • 30. Who betrayed Henry Tudor's presence in Brittany to Richard III?
A) Pierre Landais
B) John Morton
C) Lord Stanley
D) The Duke of Buckingham
  • 31. How were armed forces primarily raised in the 15th century?
A) Through mandatory royal conscription of all citizens
B) Through a national standing army
C) Through professional mercenary contracts
D) Through musters in individual estates
  • 32. What did Richard III do in 1482?
A) Defeated the French at Calais
B) Led an army into Scotland
C) Attempted to seize the throne from his brother
D) Invaded the northern borders of France
  • 33. Which town did Richard's 1482 campaign retake from the Scots?
A) Edinburgh
B) Berwick-upon-Tweed
C) London
D) Calais
  • 34. Who was the Duke of Norfolk's predecessor as the family owner of the Mowbray estate?
A) Anne de Mowbray
B) Edward IV
C) Henry Percy
D) John de la Pole
  • 35. How many years of his life did Henry Tudor spend in Wales?
A) Fourteen
B) Seven
C) Ten
D) Twenty-eight
  • 36. How many main contemporary sources for the Battle of Bosworth are mentioned in the text?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Ten
D) Six
  • 37. Which English source relied on second-hand information from nobles and soldiers?
A) Le Morte d'Arthur
B) Croyland Chronicle
C) The Ballad of Bosworth Field
D) Henry VII
  • 38. Which chronicler was in Henry's service and portrayed him in a good light?
A) Jean Molinet
B) Diego de Valera
C) Bernard André
D) Vergil
  • 39. Who considers the Battle of Bosworth one of the worst-recorded clashes of the Wars of the Roses?
A) Michael Hicks
B) Colin Burrow
C) Elton
D) Mackie
  • 40. Which two historians provided works that became authoritative for the next four hundred years?
A) Elton and Mackie
B) Vergil and Bernard André
C) Adams and Horrox
D) Hicks and Ross
  • 41. Who represented the historic significance of the battle with a blank page in his 1502 book?
A) Bernard André
B) Francis Bacon
C) Jean Molinet
D) William Caxton
  • 42. Which book did William Caxton publish nine days after the battle?
A) Le Morte d'Arthur
B) Croyland Chronicle
C) The Ballad of Bosworth Field
D) Henry VII
  • 43. How long did Henry VII have to spend pacifying factions after the battle to secure his throne?
A) Five years
B) Two years
C) Twenty years
D) Ten years
  • 44. What does Mackie assert is the main historical notability of Bosworth Field?
A) It established a dynasty that ruled for over a hundred years
B) It was the last battle fought on English soil
C) It ended the Wars of the Roses immediately
D) It unified the Scottish and English crowns
  • 45. According to English Heritage, which year holds more significance than 1485 in English history?
A) 1348
B) 1215
C) 1066
D) 1588
  • 46. How does Shakespeare represent the Battle of Bosworth in his play?
A) A one-on-one sword fight
B) A long siege
C) A massive infantry charge
D) A naval bombardment
  • 47. What is the primary criticism of Shakespeare's depiction of the battle by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett?
A) The romanticized, low-quality theatrical representation
B) The lack of historical accuracy regarding the decoys
C) The exclusion of the Lancastrian army
D) The absence of music during the duel
  • 48. In Laurence Olivier's 1955 film, how is the battle represented?
A) A series of special effects
B) A long monologue
C) A general melee
D) A one-on-one duel
  • 49. Which film adaptation sets the Battle of Bosworth in a 1930s fascist England?
A) The True Tragedy of Richard III
B) Laurence Olivier's 1955 film
C) Ian McKellen's 1995 film
D) The Manchester Guardian adaptation
  • 50. What does Shakespeare use the duel at the end of the play to champion?
A) Morality
B) Political strategy
C) Fascism
D) The importance of the monarchy
  • 51. What did the unknown playwright's version, 'The True Tragedy of Richard III', lack regarding the battle?
A) Visible combat
B) The presence of ghosts
C) Dialogue
D) Any mention of Richard
  • 52. Which organisation engaged historian Daniel Williams to research the battle?
A) The University of York
B) Leicestershire County Council
C) The Battlefields Trust
D) English Heritage
  • 53. What was built in 1974 based on Daniel Williams's findings?
A) A statue of King Richard
B) A memorial at Ambion Hill
C) A museum dedicated to Redemore
D) Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre
  • 54. Who was the leader of the survey that identified a new location two miles south-west of Ambion Hill?
A) Daniel Williams
B) Peter Foss
C) Philip Morgan
D) Glenn Foard
  • 55. What is the earliest recorded location for the battle, dated 23 August 1485?
A) Ambion Hill
B) Redemore
C) Market Bosworth
D) Brownehethe
  • 56. According to Peter Foss, when did records start associating the battle with 'Bosworth'?
A) 1788
B) 1510
C) 1577
D) 1485
  • 57. What does the Anglo-Saxon phrase 'Hreod Mor' mean, according to Peter Foss?
A) Red soil
B) Battle field
C) King's hill
D) Reedy marshland
  • 58. Which road does Glenn Foard believe was the most probable route for the armies?
A) The Roman road to York
B) The road to Shenton
C) The main path to Leicester
D) Fenn Lanes
  • 59. Who does Peter Foss blame for introducing the incorrect notion that the battle was fought west of Ambion Hill?
A) Edward Hall
B) Daniel Williams
C) William Hutton
D) Raphael Holinshed
  • 60. What does 'to pitch his field' mean according to Peter Foss?
A) Choosing a battlefield
B) Setting up a camp
C) Marching on a field
D) Fighting a battle
  • 61. According to William Burton's 1622 description, where was the battle fought?
A) A large, flat, spacious ground
B) On top of Ambion Hill
C) Within the village of Market Bosworth
D) In a deep, muddy valley
  • 62. What was planted on the south side of Ambion Hill?
A) A canal embankment
B) Ambion Wood
C) A row of stone cairns
D) A memorial garden
  • 63. What infrastructure carved through the land west and south-west of Ambion Hill?
A) The Sence River bridge
B) A modern housing estate
C) Ashby Canal
D) A motorway
  • 64. Why could Hutton not find his way around the region in 1807?
A) The area was restricted by the government
B) Extensive landscape changes
C) He lost his map
D) New forests were planted
  • 65. Who erected the cairn over the well in 1813?
A) Hutton
B) Dr. Samuel Parr
C) Henry Tudor
D) Burton
  • 66. How old was Richard III when he died according to the inscription?
A) 50
B) 45
C) 28
D) 32
  • 67. Which theory was used to select the site of the memorial stone at Richard's Field?
A) Holinshed's theory
B) Williams's theory
C) Foss's theory
D) Hutton's theory
  • 68. In what year was the memorial stone at Richard's Field erected?
A) 1973
B) 1813
C) 1485
D) 1788
  • 69. How many lead round shot were discovered during the survey?
A) 15
B) 25
C) 42
D) 34
  • 70. What animal was depicted on the silver gilt badge found at the site?
A) A horse
B) A boar
C) A lion
D) A dragon
  • 71. Where did Tudor's forces march from before reaching the battlefield?
A) Leicester
B) Merevale
C) London
D) York
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