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1. On 7 August 1485, Henry and Jasper Tudor arrived on the Welsh coastline, preparing to land. They dropped anchor at the spot called Aberdaugleddau by the Welsh. What do the English call it?
2. After eleven days' hard trek across Wales and England, Henry and Jasper arrived at Bosworth Field for Henry's first and most important battle. Once Richard III spied Henry, he seemed infuriated by the Welshman. He pursued Henry like a berserker, struck the red dragon banner from the standard bearer's hands, killing him almost instantly. This standard bearer was William Brandon. He would be remembered as the great-grandfather of which short-lived queen?
3. Richard III continued to fight valiantly, as one witness put it,"making way with weapon on every side." Now was indeed the time for dramatic intervention on Henry's behalf. Intervention did arrive in the form of Henry's step-father along with fresh troops. Who was this heaven-sent supporter?
4. It took twelve days for Henry to reach London from Bosworth. Along the way, he received the adulation of his people. On 3 September, he entered the city to make preparations for his coronation. In which London church was Henry crowned on 30 October?
5. There remained several issues that Henry was required to deal with. One of these was his legal status. Despite the fact that Henry was now an anointed and crowned king, he was also something else. What legal stain did Henry now have to deal with?
6. Henry's marriage provided the ultimate opportunity to bind up old wounds and to unite the warring factions. Whom did Henry marry in January 1486?
7. After the birth of Henry and Elizabeth's first child, the sense of peace of England's new royal family was upset by the curious affair of Lambert Simnel. Simnel was a pretender of sorts. Who exactly did he pretend to be?
8. Over the next thirteen years Elizabeth gives birth to five more children. Only four of them survived beyond childhood. Who were they?
9. Just when it began to look as if everything was going Henry's way, another pretender appeared on the scene. This one proved to be a bit more unsettling for the Tudors. What was this second pretender's name?
10. The last pretender gathered support in the north, living for some time at the court of James IV in Scotland. After James sent him packing south, he was captured near Beaulieu in October 1497. The Earl of Warwick, the last male in the Plantagenet line was caught up in a conspiracy with the pretender, and Henry had him executed on Tower Hill. Where did Henry have his last real rival buried?
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