Localities Flashcards
(13 cards)
Patronage under Henry VII
Used for small groups of trusted nobles
Used land & titles to keep control - bonds and recognisances
Rewarded Loyalty - Jasper Tudor. Stanley
Caused resentment within some nobility - order of the garter
kept nobility under control
Patronage under Henry VIII
generous to friends and companions
Compton gentleman of bedchamber and groom of the stool
rewarded skill and loyalty - suffolk
used to keep control, suffolk sent to linconshire
Patronage under Elizabeth
rewarded loyalty and work
relatives in positions of power, eg Hunsdon
removed power from those she didn’t trust- percy
used R of NE to put huntington in power
Progresses - Henry VII
after bosworth- went on progresses to challenging areas in the midlands and north
marched with army to show power
head of army to deal with rebellions and encourage obedience
Progresses - Henry VIII
went on progresses every summer to escape London
went to south west 1535
neglected north unti 5 years post PofG
Progresses
M + E
Too young & too ill
Progresses
went nearly every summer
used to strengthen trust with the nobility
mostly south, east and midlands
used LL and JP to keep local control
Law in Wales act 1535
12 english style counties
english style gov
banned use of welsh in courts
county got 2 MPs to send to parliament
Law in Wales act 1542
English legal system- ended blood feud
reorganised council of the marshes- became council of wales, more formal, president appointed by the monarch
Council of the North
1537- remodeled, extended to govern Yorkshire, Duhram, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland
could hear cases of treason, murder, and felony
passed on and enforced proclamations
councillors- JPs
President- bishop or not northern
1539 - HQ established in York
Elizabeth- more southeners on the council , Hastings appointed
JPs
Henrys
VII
mostly gentry
annual incomes of at least £20
5x growth
10 per county 1485
50 per county 1509
only lasted a year- easy to replace
could hear any case bar death penalty with no jury
VIII
2,200 in England- 90% gentry
responsible for policing behaviour and morality
LL became supervisors of JPs
Wolsey uses to gain control of the North - appoints non northerners from 1513
1/3 JPs from PofG areas replaced
JPs
E,M,Liz
Ed
Jp in devon & cornwall to provide early warnings of trouble