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Henry 7th Governmnet Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 types of councillor

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Nobility (eg daubeney )
Churchmen (eg Richard fox)
Laymen (eg Dudley)

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What are the 3 main functions of the council

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Advise the king
Administer the realm on behalf of the king
Make legal judgement s

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Who are the council learned

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The main offshoot of the council for maintaining the kings revenue and exploiting his prerogative rights

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4
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Who led the council learned

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Sir Reginald bray

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5
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What is the difference between the council and great council

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Council - permanent
Great council - not permanent and doesn’t involve House of Commons

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6
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What was wrong with the council learned

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Shady operation
No chance to appeal trials and not a proper court of law

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7
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Who was the kings most influential advisor

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Lady Margaret Beaufort
(His mother )

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Who replaced Reginald bray and when

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1503 when he died
Epsom joined dudley to maintain huge financial control

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9
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What was royal court

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Wherever the king was
Really luxurious as money showed power
Relied on heavily in Tudor times

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10
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What were the three levels in court

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Household proper
The chamber
The privy chamber

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What was the household proper for

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Looking after guests

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What was the chamber for

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Public dining and guests
Centre of patronage and communication
Presided by lord chamberlain

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13
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What was the privy chamber

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Private chamber for king to reside
Met closest friends and advisors there
Distanced himself from many

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14
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Who was Henry’s lord chamberlain and what did he do

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Sir William Stanley
Helped warbeck

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When was Henry’s first parliament

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November 1485

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16
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What was the function of parliament

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Grant tax
Pass laws

17
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How many times did Henry hold parliament

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Only 7

18
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When was Henry’s last parliament and what happened in it

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1504
Promised to not ask for anymore extraordinary revenue as he’d already raised 400,000 and it was causing too many rebellions (Yorkshire and Cornish)

19
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What sorts of things were passed by parliament (3)

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Acts of attainder (family can lose rights to your land if go against the king)
Tonnage and poundage (customs revenue)
Extraordinary revenue in the form of fifteenths and tenths

20
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What were the main years fifteenths and tenths were raised

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1487
1489
1491
1497

21
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What were Henry’s 2 domestic policies

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Justice and maintenance of order
Improving royal finance

22
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How was order kept in England

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Magnates - trusted nobility to oversee counties (eg the Stanley and earl of Northumberland)

Nobility - earl of Oxford or lord daubeney

Justice of the peace

Bonds and recognisances

23
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What were the justice of the peace

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Maintained law and order in the county
Met 4 times a year
Unpaid and had a sense of duty or wanted prestige

24
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What is a bond

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Written agreement of money owed if the noble broke the law

25
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What is a recognisance

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Formal acknowledgment of the debt owed

26
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How did bonds and recogniances help maintain law and order

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Used to defeat laws
He forced subjects to take out bonds
Some due to debt but most were political

27
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Why was controlling the nobility important

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Nobles had a lot of land which meant power which meant they could potentially kick him off the throne

28
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How did Henry control the nobles

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Issue rewards and threats
Carrot and stick policy

29
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What were the sticks (4)

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Feudal dues (wardship,marriage,livery,relief)
Retaining (limits army)
Bonds and recogniances
Crown lands (take back land)

30
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What were the carrots

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Patronage
Order of the garter
Position in court
Acts of attainder

31
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What were the sources of royal income (4)

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Extraordinary revenue
Custom revenue
Crown lands
Stick profits

32
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How did foreign policy benefit finances

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1492 treaty of etaples grants French pension

33
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What was Henry’s main source of income

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Crown lands
At start of reign 12,000 per year
1492 - 42,000 per year

34
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What was Henry’s nickname and why

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The winter king
Because he saved so much money
But left huge inheritance to Henry 8th

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