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