TUDORS CHPT 2

Question 1

b4 when did wales have own legal system

Answer 1

before 1930s

Question 2

Why was wales marcher regions lawless

Answer 2

Legal system depended on local marcher lords
Can commit crime in 1 lordship + go to another + escape justice
Blood feuds also existed.

Question 3

Who used wales to challenge the monarchy

Answer 3

hneyr 7

Question 4

How hid H 7 + H8 attempt to control wales

Answer 4

Council of wales + the marches

Question 5

Which pwrful noble tried visitng his estates in wales w/ armed men

Answer 5

duke of buckingham went with 400 armed men

executed 4 treason 1521

Question 6

Who would be put as head of council of the north

Answer 6

people from the south
e.g earl of surrey

Question 7

Which northern lord fined

Answer 7

lord dacre fined £1k in srar chambel for tolerating disorder in north

Question 8

1535 Law in wales act

Answer 8

marcher regions replaced w/ 12 eng style counties
sheriffs coroners and jps introd
banned welsh in courts
each welsh county had 2 mps

Question 9

1542 law in wales act

Answer 9

introd system of eng law into wales
courts of great sessions made to enforce english law - had sessions 2x year
council of marches reorganised + became council of wales

Question 10

council of wales

Answer 10

it would have a pres + vice pres appointed by monarch - they heard legal cases in manner similar to star chamber
by eliz reign - had lord lietentnats

Question 11

when was council of norht resestablished

Answer 11

1537

Question 12

what cases would concil of north hear

Answer 12

treason murder felony

Question 13

who was pres of council of north

Answer 13

bishop or noble from the south or midlands

Question 14

pres of council of north from 1538-40

Answer 14

bishop of llandaff

Question 15

the councillors of council of north

Answer 15

served for long time eg sir thomas gargrave from 1545-79

the councillors would also be jps

made up of gentry, lawyers and clergy

would be from the area

Question 16

what change to council of north made resentment

Answer 16

eliz trying to add more southerners into the council

Question 17

what crime common in the north

Answer 17

recusancy

Question 18

who became pres of council of n in 1572

Answer 18

earl of huntingdon

Question 19

HOW MANY BOROUGHS BY END OF ELIZ

Answer 19

191

Question 20

house of commons growth

Answer 20

296 at start of period
462 by eliz end

Question 21

how many mps edward 6 made?

Answer 21

34 bw 1547 and 1553

Question 22

how many mps mary made

Answer 22

25 b/w 1553-8

Question 23

how many mps eliz made

Answer 23

62 1558-64

Question 24

how did borough rep incrs cooperation

Answer 24

more mps
more people in parliament for debate + discussion

Question 25

by start of period what could jps do

Answer 25

hear and decide on cases of felony and trespass arrest suspects fix prices and wages had quarter sessions

Question 26

how did monarchs use jps

Answer 26

monitored who was jp used county benches to insert members of their court into local gov

Question 27

how hid h7 incrs pwrs of jp

Answer 27

arrest suspects w/o jury inquire into illegal retaining

Question 28

how many members in most county benches start of h8

Answer 28

20-35

Question 29

1549 expansion of jps

Answer 29

ordered to take inventories of parish goods + prosecute those stealing them

Question 30

1552 expansion of jps

Answer 30

all alehouses had to be licensed by jps had to enforce 2nd prayer book

Question 31

1563 expansion of jps

Answer 31

act for relief of the poor - jps responsible for supervise collection of poor relief donation statute of artificers made them responsible for fixing local wages

Question 32

1572 expansion of jps

Answer 32

jps responsible for listing poor in each parish

Question 33

average size county bench eliz

Answer 33

40-50

Question 34

1603 - number of jps per county

Answer 34

40-90

Question 35

how many acts of parliament putting responsiblity on jps 1603

Answer 35

309 now also dealt with witchcraft, poor laws administration, recusancy