Henry VIII: late government / Cromwell

Question 1

Conservative Faction

Answer 1

• Accepted break with Rome but opposed doctrinal changes

- Led by Howard, Duke of Norfolk and Gardiner. Catholic

Question 2

Reform Faction

Answer 2

• Accepted break, opp for Protestantism to rise in court

- Led by Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and later Cranmer and Somerset

Question 3

Reform Faction

Answer 3

• Accepted break, opp for Protestantism to rise in court

- Led by Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and later Cranmer and Somerset

Question 4

Court of Augmentations

Answer 4

Controlled land and finances

Question 5

Court of General Surveyors

Answer 5

Court of General Surveyors

Handled ex-monastic land but soon amalgamated with augmentations

Question 6

Court of first fruits and tenths

Answer 6

Collected money previously sent to Rome

Question 7

Court of wards

Answer 7

Kings feudal right to collect money from the estate of a Minor

Question 8

Proclamations Act (1539)

Answer 8

• Gave legal definition to royal proclamations

- weapon statute law not royal decree

Question 9

King-in-Parliament

Answer 9

The power of the monarch to make laws with the assistance and approval of parliament

Question 10

Act of union with Wales 1536

Answer 10

Centralised crown power, extension of royal authority