1.4 Henry VII - Management of Nobles

Question 1

what are 2 examples of Henry fining retainers?

Answer 1

1. 1506: Lord Burgavenny was fined $5 per retainer coming to $70,000 which was so much he didn’t have to pay it on the promise of good behaviour
2. the Earl of Oxford was a close friend of Henry’s so thought the law wouldn’t apply to him, when Henry visited his house he purposefully showed them off… Henry fined him 15000 marks

Question 2

what is an example of an attainder being used?

Answer 2

• on the Earl of Surrey, Thomas Howard who was a supported of Richard III
• he was given an attainder when released from the tower on charge of keeping peace in the north
• his lands were never fully restored to him

Question 3

what are 5 examples to show Henry being distrusting of nobles?

Answer 3

1. the Earl of Northumberland was only given his lands at 20 when Henry was convinced of his loyalty
2. he had an extensive spy network
3. he kept the Earl of Warwick in the tower from 10-19 then had him executed
4. he hadn’t grown up in court so didn’t know the nobles and was wary of them
5. after the Lord Stanley incident he shut himself away

Question 4

what are 4 examples to show that Henry gave out less rewards to nobles than previous monarchs?

Answer 4

1. only appointed one duke - his uncle Jasper
2. created 1 earl to Edward’s 9 and 5 barons to Edward’s 13
3. used the Order of the Garter instead that didn’t come with power or land - 37 people received this
4. the number of peers in the Lords dropped from 57 to 44 as when they died Herny did not replace them

Question 5

what are 5 examples of use of bonds?

Answer 5

1. The Marquess of Dorset
2. the captain of Calais had to pay $40,000 to ensure he did his job well
3. from 1485-1495 191 bonds were collected
4. in 1505 bonds were worth $35,000 a year
5. Empson and Dudley were very efficient