What time did the Tudors come in?

Answer 1

To grasp the significance of the answer to this question one has to consider a little background:

1. England had become an unstable country after the death of Edward III because a power struggle for the throne began amongst his sons. This was THE PLANTAGENET DYNASTY

2. In 1455 the struggle for power began in earnest in the period known as THE WARS OF THE ROSES when the various branches of the family were known as LANCASTRIANS or YORKISTS.

3. In 1483 RICHARD III - a Yorkist - came to the throne after the murder of his nephews, the heirs of the kingdom.

Opinion is divided on the fitness of Richard III as a king, Bindoff, for example, claims he was an able monarch, others dispute this.

Now we come to the specific answer to the question.

In 1485 HENRY TUDOR, a Welsh nobleman, laid claim to the English throne as a descendent of Edward III through Edward's wife MARGARET BEAUFORT. He landed with a LANCASTRIAN army at MARKET BOSWORTH and on BOSWORTH FIELD, defeated and killed Richard III.

Henry Tudor now took the name HENRY VII and married the ELIZABETH OF YORK. from that moment the Wars of the Roses ended and Henry VII consolidated his rule over England. This ushered in the reign of the TUDOR DYNASTY, which lasted until the death of ELIZABETH I in 1603.