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Government Flashcards

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What were the functions of the council

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Advise the king, administer the realm and make legal judgements

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What did the councillors consist of

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Nobility, churchmen and laymen

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Who was Henrys most influential advisor

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Mary Beaufort- his mother

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What is the council learned

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A branch of government that dealt with the kings revenue and exploited Henrys prerogative rights

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What were peoples opinions on the council learned

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Shady and caused fear and it worked outside the normal legal system

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What are prerogative rights

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It means you are able to bypass parliament

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What is the royal court

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It was the centre of government and it was wherever the king was at any given moment

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What was the household proper

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Responsible for looking after the king, courtiers, guests and other members being entertained

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Who supervised the household proper

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Lord Stewart

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10
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What was the chamber

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A politically important part of the system

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Who supervised the chamber

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Lord chamberlain- Sir William Stanley

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What was the privy chamber

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New sector of the court that made it more difficult to gain support of the king

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Why was the privy chamber created

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Due to Sir William Stanleys and Warbeck’s plot that was a blow to Henry

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Which courtiers and councillors and were the most influential

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Those who had the closest relation to him meaning many helpful people had no access to the king and underwent degrading work in the process

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Who was parliament made up of

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Lord spirituals and lord temporals

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16
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How many times was parliament called throughout Henry reign

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7 times

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17
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What were Henrys parliaments usually concerned with

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National security and raising revenue

18
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Who exercised power on Henrys behalf in regional government

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The nobility

19
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Why did Henry delegate the power to more than one person

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So no one could become too powerful and overthrow him

20
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Where was there more magnates and why

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In the north as that is where was seen as less lawful

21
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Who controlled the northwest of England

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The Stanleys

22
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Who controlled the north east of England and Yorkshire

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Earl of Northumberland

23
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After the Earl of Northumberland was murdered who was placed in charge

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Earl of Surrey

24
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Why was the Earl of Surrey a worry for Henry

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Who was a Yorkist loyalist who was previously detained for supporting Richard III

25
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What did Henry create to watch those he didn’t trust

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A spying network to monitor

26
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Who exercised power on Henrys behalf in local government

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Justices of the peace

27
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Where were justices of the peace mainly located

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In the countryside

28
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Who were the justices of the peace

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Local gentry

29
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How were justices of the peace appointed

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On a county by county basis

30
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What are bonds and recognizances

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Forced paperwork to sign, some for genuine debts to the crown and some were purely political

31
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What are bonds

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A legal document which bound an individual to another to perform an act or forfeit a specific sum of money if they fail to do so

32
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What are recognizances

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A formal acknowledgement of a debt or other obligation which could be enforced by means or financial penalty

33
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What domestic policies did they introduce

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Crown lands, feudal dues, customs revenue, pensions, profits of justice and extraordinary revenue

34
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What are the 6 courts under Henry

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church, manor, borough, Kings court at county level, King’s common law, chancery

35
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What was the church court responsible for

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Church administration; offences committed by the clergy; proving of wills; issues relating to marriage; ‘moral’ offences

36
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What was the manor court used for

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Landholding; rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants; use of common land; responsibilities for drainage and land issues

37
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What is the responsibility of the borough court

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Medieval trading standards; specific judicial rights granted by royal charter

38
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What does the King’s court at county level do

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Assizes: held twice a year to deal with major criminal and civil cases and presided over by senior Westminster judges
Quarter sessions: held four times a year, presided over by JPs, to deal with less
important criminal cases as well as civil and administrative affairs
Special commissions: set up on an ad hoc basis to deal with major issues such as rebellion

39
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What does the King’s common law courts do

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King’s Bench: had superior criminal jurisdiction
Common Pleas: dealt with major civil cases
Exchequer: dealt with issues relating to royal revenues

40
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What does the chancery court do

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Exercised jurisdiction on the basis of equity (fairness) rather than on a strict reading of the common law

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