1633-1639 Wentworth in Ireland Flashcards
(27 cards)
PARAGRAPH 1
ECONOMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
Crown income from Customs
Doubled - 1633-1640
Book of Rates re-issued
1635
Irish income for the Crown growth
£40000 in 1633 –> £80000 by 1640
Irish Parliament granted 6 subsidies
1634
Revival of Fiscal Feudalism
1634 Statute of Uses
Who was alienated in Ireland?
Old English and Old Irish Catholics
What did Wentworth ignore that the previous Lord Deputy promised?
‘The Graces’
PARAGRAPH 2
RELIGIOUS POLICY AND SOCIAL CHANGE
39 Articles imposed on Irish Church
1634
Who was enforced to impose Laudianism?
New Irish Court of High Commission
What did Scottish Presbyterian settlers see Laudianism as?
Quasi-Catholic
Who was forced to return land to the Irish Church?
Earl of Cork
When was he forced to return land to the Irish Church?
1635
Trusted advisors deployed by Wentworth
Cousin, Phillip Mainwaring
PARAGRAPH 3
POLITICAL AUTHORITY
Phillip Mainwaring role
Principal Secretary
Wentorth key policy
‘Thorough’
Example of Wentworth’s ruthless supression
Lord Mountnorris
When was Lord Mountnorris sentenced to death?
1635
Why was Lord Mountnorris sentenced to death?
Treason - organising the opposition to Wentworth’s customs reforms in Ireland
What did centralisation of governance lead to?
Destablisation of the factional politics that existed in Ireland
Who specifically had to pay more for Customs?
Merchants and Traders
What did the 1634 Statute of Uses do?
Stopped heirs from being able to avoid inheritance tax on land transfers.
