1C Patronage And Resumptiom Flashcards
Resumption
an Act of parliament which removed land from a lord and took it back into crown ownership.
Why did Kings show very little enthusiasm for such a measure.
Cause for unpopilarity
Who gave out lots of lands cos France
Henry V
When did pressure on royal estates grow
Henry VI French defeats and weak mental state leading to nobles taking advantage
How did parliament curb pressure on royal estates
1450s Acts of Resumption.
How did Edward IV add to crown’s wealth?
passed an Act of Resumption which gained him many of the land grants made by Henry VI. Added to it further with his own personal wealth as duke of York, which included the Duchy of York and the Earldom of March.
How much did Edward IV bring to crown finances?
Charles Ross, increase in income to the crown from
these new lands would be £30,000, which was more than the total
royal revenues raised in the last years of Henry VI’s reign.
What did Henry VII do when he became king that added to crown finances?
began his reign with an Act of Resumption, gaining the
substantial estates of the defeated Richard Ill, as well as several
estates forfeited by Yorkist supporters.
Characteristically,
Henry was to make the greatest financial gains from crown
lands of all the kings of the period 1399 to 1509. Figures
Compared
to the maximum of £10,000 per annum raised by Edward IV, Henry achieved a yearly revenue of f42.000 from these properties
by the early 16th century.
Why was regime change an important contribution to the growth of royal income under the Tudors?
Henry- very small roval family to support, in contrast to Edward IV, who was extremely generous not only to his two brothers, but also to his wife’s very large family. Henry was not so
generous. His wife, for example, was given land worth only about two-thirds of that which Edward IV had given his queen, Elizabeth Woodville. Similarly. Henry kept the revenues from his younger son’s land himself in contrast to royal practice prior to
1485 and also reabsorbed Arthur’s revenues after he died.
Alexander Grant
has estimated that Henry VI’s total income was probably over
over £100,000 annually
Why was it extremely important to royal policy that
as far as possible the king remained financially solvent
so was not beholden financially or politically to his leading nobles.
