Henry VIII - Cromwell Flashcards
1
Q
First successful peacetime subsidy
A
1532
2
Q
Calais absorbed into the English legal system
A
1536
3
Q
Injunctions (dates)
A
1536 and 1538
4
Q
Act of Union
A
1536 - Wales absorbed into the English legal system
5
Q
Council of the North reorganised
A
1536 - made more efficient
6
Q
Act of Precedence
A
Cromwell placed his position as secretary higher on the secular hierarchy and the scope of his role
7
Q
Council of the West established
A
1539
8
Q
Improvement of the Privy Council
A
- 1536
- Consisted of around 20 nobles
- Fixed membership
To limit wider influences on Henry
9
Q
New courts established
A
- Court of Augmentations
- Court of Wards
- Court of First Fruits and Tenths
10
Q
Omnicompetence of Statute
A
- The idea that the highest authority in the Kingdom is when the monarchs will is enacted by an act of Parliament
- Created through the Reformation Parliament
