How far were the rebellions faced by Henry VII driven by dynastic challenges?

Perkin Warbeck created another threat to Henry’s entitlement to the throne. He arrived in Cork which was the centre for Yorkist plots. Warbeck declared he was Richard duke of York whom Henry had executed previously. After we gain support from the people in Cork, he moved on to Deal where he was attacked by local militants. This showed that not everyone was going to support Warbeck. The holy roman emperor backed Warbeck but he lacked financial aid which made it difficult for him to build up an army to overpower Henry. Then he traveled to Scotland where the king of Scotland provided him with military aid, which enabled him to cross the board with 1500 men. Once in England he found that the English had loyalty to Henry. England and Scotland made a truce as King James married Henry’s daughter. This meant that Warbeck lost assistance from him. In 1497 Henry finally managed to persuade Warbeck to confess which concluded in Henry putting him in the tower. Warbeck was that much of a threat and without foreign help it wouldn’t have dragged on for so long.

The Yorkshire and Cornish rebellions primary cause was not due to dynastic challenges. They both kicked off as Henry needed more money for the wars he was fighting and also to overcome Warbeck’s rebellion. The people had a very bad harvest in the pervious years so lack money anyway. Then Henry increased the taxes. The people didn’t like this on the grounds that the majority of the wars/rebellions didn’t affect them. The Cornish revolt managed to gain a lot of support in the southwest of England. They also traveled the whole way to Black heath where Henry assembled 25,000 troops to crush the rebels. The rebellion did cause quite a big threat but they only got so far because Henry was more concerned about Warbeck in the north.

In conclusion the greater part of risk of the rebellions faced by Henry were driven dynastic challenges. Even though there were two big rebellions due to taxes rise they were both wiped out when Henry sent troops to deal with them. Simnel at the beginning of Henry’s reign was the most significant of rebellions as Henry didn’t have the loyalty of all the English behind him.