C6: Finances

Question 1

When was the act of resumption

Answer 1

1486

Question 2

What happened in 1486?

Answer 2

Act of Resumption

Question 3

What was the impact of the act of resumption

Answer 3

Allowed Henry to greatly increase crown lands, 5 times larger by the end of Henry’s reign than in the 1450s

Question 4

What allowed Henry to make crown lands 5 times larger in comparison to in the 1450s

Answer 4

1486, act of resumption

Question 5

How much were crown lands worth a year under Edward IV?

Answer 5

£15,000

Question 6

Under which king were crown lands worth £15,000 a year?

Answer 6

Edward IV

Question 7

How much did crown lands cost under Henry a year?

Answer 7

£3,000 a year in the early part of his reign

Question 8

What did the act of Parliament in 1495 agree?

Answer 8

Gave Henry all the land that had belonged to Richard III

Question 9

When did Henry get all the land that was owned by Richard III

Answer 9

Act of Parliament in 1495

Question 10

How many were attained during the reign of Henry

Answer 10

183

Question 11

How many of those who were attained were reversed?

Answer 11

46

Question 12

In what year were feudal obligations made under £350 per year

Answer 12

1487

Question 13

In 1487, how much were feudal obligations per year?

Answer 13

£350

Question 14

In what year were feudal obligations worth £1,500

Answer 14

1494

Question 15

In 1494, how much were feudal obligations per year?

Answer 15

£1,500

Question 16

In what year were feudal obligations worth £6,000

Answer 16

1507

Question 17

In 1507, how much were feudal obligations per year?

Answer 17

Over £6,000

Question 18

In what year did Robert Willoughby De Broke pay £400 for his livery of lands (recovery from ward ship)

Answer 18

1502

Question 19

In 1502, who payed £400 for his livery of lands (recovery from ward ship)

Answer 19

Robert Willoughby de Broke

Question 20

In 1502 how much did Robert Willoughby De Broke pay for his livery of lands (recovery from ward ship)

Answer 20

£400

Question 21

When did the friends of Marquis of Dorset sign bonds totalling £10,000 as a promise of good behaviour?

Answer 21

1491

Question 22

How much did the the Friends of the Marquis of Dorset pay for signing a bond to maintain good behaviour in 1491

Answer 22

£10,000

Question 23

Who in 1491, signed a bond of £10,000 to maintain good behaviour

Answer 23

Friends of the Marquis of Dorset

Question 24

How much were custom duties with during the reign of Edward IV

Answer 24

£70,000

Question 25

During what king were custom duties worth £70,000

Answer 25

Edward IV

Question 26

How much were custom duties under Henry VI

Answer 26

£30,000

Question 27

Under which king were custom duties worth £30,000

Answer 27

Henry VI

Question 28

Why were custom duties reduced under Henry VI

Answer 28

Decline in wool exports

Question 29

How much were custom duties under Henry?

Answer 29

£40,000

Question 30

When was the book of rates made?

Answer 30

1507

Question 31

What was made in 1507

Answer 31

Book of rates

Question 32

What did the book of rates take into account

Answer 32

Inflation

Question 33

What took into account inflation

Answer 33

1507: book of rates

Question 34

When were parliamentary grants allowed

Answer 34

Allowed by Parliament when national interest was at threat

Question 35

What would be allowed by Parliament when national interests was in threat?

Answer 35

Parliamentary grant

Question 36

When were parliamentary grants requested

Answer 36

1487 (battle of stokes) 1489 (French war) 1496 (Against the costs and Warbecks)

Question 37

What happened in 1487, 1489, 1496?

Answer 37

Parliamentary grants requested

Question 38

How much were parliamentary grants usually?

Answer 38

£30,000

Question 39

How much were the loans that Henry received?

Answer 39

£203,000

Question 40

How did Henry get £203,000?

Answer 40

Loans

Question 41

Did Henry pay back the loan of £203,000

Answer 41

Appears so

Question 42

What happened in 1491

Answer 42

Henry got a benevolence (forced loan) of £48,500 to take his army to France

Question 43

In what year did Henry got a benevolence (forced loan) of £48,500 to take his army to France

Answer 43

1491

Question 44

What happened in 1489?

Answer 44

Convocations (Archdioceses of Canterbury and York) voted £25,000 towards the cost of the French war

Question 45

What was a benevolence

Answer 45

Forced loan

Question 46

In what year did Convocations (Archdioceses of Canterbury and York) voted £25,000 towards the cost of the French war

Answer 46

1489

Question 47

How much did Henry make from vacant Bishoprics?

Answer 47

£6,000 a year

Question 48

How did Henry make £6,000 a year

Answer 48

Vacant Bishoprics

Question 49

What was a vacant bishopric

Answer 49

Bishop died so Henry looked after land and took the money

Question 50

When was Prince Arthur knighted

Answer 50

1504

Question 51

What happened in 1504?

Answer 51

Knighting of Prince Arthur

Question 52

How much was levied from nobles for the knighting of Prince Arthur?

Answer 52

£30,000

Question 53

Why did Henry levie £30,000 from nobles?

Answer 53

Knighting of Prince Arthur

Question 54

Who was on the council learned in law?

Answer 54

Empson and Dudley

Question 55

What were Empson and Dudley in

Answer 55

Council learned in law

Question 56

What did the council learned in the law do

Answer 56

Used old laws to extort money from nobles which caused great anger

Question 57

Who accused Thomas Sunif of murdering a child?

Answer 57

Dudley

Question 58

Who was accused of murdering a child?

Answer 58

Thomas Sunif

Question 59

What was the impact of accusing Thomas Sunif of murdering a child?

Answer 59

Broke a bond

Question 60

What was the charge for Thomas Sunif accusation

Answer 60

£500

Question 61

What happened to Sunif after refusing to pay the £500 fine?

Answer 61

Went to prison, rigged jury, found guilty of a crime he didn’t commit so he had to pay