The Crown, nobility, and land

Question 1

How many Acts of attainder did Henry VII pass and what was contrary to customary practice?

Answer 1

138

Only reversed a minority of them

Question 2

What were Henry VIII, Edward, and Mary more generous in doing and why?

Answer 2

Restoring lands

Few nobles after 1536 were involved in treasonous activities

Question 3

What was imposed on the nobility and what did they require?

Answer 3

Bonds and recognisances

Nobles and subjects to stand surety for hundreds and thousands of pounds

Question 4

How many members of the English nobility and gentry were at Henry VII’s mercy by 1509?

Answer 4

Two-thirds

Question 5

What did Henry VIII do?

Answer 5

Cancelled all bonds

Question 6

When were bonds again introduced?

Answer 6

After the rebellions of 1536, 1549, 1554, 1570, and 1601

Question 7

What did Henry VII do to restrain major families?

Answer 7

Discouraged English heiresses from marrying powerful nobles

Made Welsh lords sign indentures of good behaviour and kept a close watch on Burgavenny

Question 8

What happened when the Earl of Northumberland was murdered in 1489?

Answer 8

Henry VII took possession of the young heir as a royal ward to gain control of the Percy estates in Yorkshire and Northumberland

Question 9

What did Henry VIII do to strengthen royal control?

Answer 9

In the 1530s, he endowed Russell and Suffolk with lands in the south-west and East Anglia

Transferred the wardenship of the northern marches from traditional noble families to lesser gentry

Appointed local gentry who owed their office to the Crown

Question 10

What came as a result of the Northern Earls’ revolt in 1569?

Answer 10

The demise of the Nevilles, Percys, and Dacres