Cental government Henry Vii

Question 1

What was personal monarchy?

Answer 1

Monarch was the centre of power, access to the king was vital, the status and power of an individual at court depended on their connection to the monarch

Question 2

Why would Henry vii want personal monarchy?

Answer 2

Harder for people to betray him, close connections

Question 3

How many members of the nobility would attend court? What did they do?

Answer 3

Over 300, compete for connections to the king

Question 4

How could the courts be described?

Answer 4

Lavish, rich, rivalling with other courts,

Question 5

What was the household of the court?

Answer 5

Responsible for looking after the king, courtiers, guests and others hang on, supervised by the Lord Steward

Question 6

What was the chamber of the court?

Answer 6

More private area of the court, politically important, presided over by the lord chamberlain (sir William Stanley)

Question 7

What was in the court from 1495 onwards?

Answer 7

The privy chamber

Question 8

What was in the privy chamber?

Answer 8

Where the king could retreat, only the most intimate servants and a few well trusted companions

Question 9

What is patronage?

Answer 9

Being given support by the king, being granted a high status

Question 10

What was the groom of the stool? Who? Why was it important?

Answer 10

Helps king go to the toilet, Hugh Denys of Osterley, extremely important (most intimate moments)

Question 11

What was the council?

Answer 11

A group of the kings advisors

Question 12

How many official members of the council were there?

Answer 12

227

Question 13

How many members of the council were there usually in reality?

Answer 13

6 or 7

Question 14

What were the 3 main functions of the council?

Answer 14

Advise the king, administer realm on the kings behalf, make legal judgments

Question 15

What 3 kinds of people were in the council?

Answer 15

Nobles, churchmen, gentry

Question 16

Name 5 members of the council

Answer 16

John Morton, Richard fox (churchmen), Reginald Bray, Richard empson, Edmund Dudley (gentry)

Question 17

Name 2 members of the nobility who Henry vii trusted

Answer 17

Lord daubeny, lord dynhan

Question 18

When was the council learned developed?

Answer 18

In the second half of Henry’s reign

Question 19

What does the creation of the council learned suggest about Henry?

Answer 19

He wanted to have greater control over being in order to feel secure

Question 20

2 strong but feared members of the council learned

Answer 20

Edmund Dudley , Richard Empson

Question 21

What were the functions of the council learned?

Answer 21

John guy (specialist board), maintain the kings revenue, exploit prerogative right , made the system of bind and recognisances work effectively (extracting money from people)

Question 22

Why was the council learned bad?

Answer 22

Manipulative, immoral, unofficial court of law

Question 23

What was the perception of the council learned?

Answer 23

Shady, bullying, manipulative, pushed the boundaries of what was legal and what not, unrecognised court of law (no repeals), expression of the kings will