As Henry VII Looked To Establish A Strong Goverment His Most Effective Tool Was The Development Of The Privy Chamber

Question 1

3 factors

Answer 1

Privy chamber
Financial control
Parliament

Question 2

Privy chamber

Answer 2

• retreats into privy chamber after sir William Stanley debacle and gov becomes more personal
• could be more efficient if had more elite group of advisers
• better trained with more bureaucrats and lawyers rather than the traditional ruling elite
• alienated henry from his subjects and cut him off from traditional contracts at court

Question 3

Financial controls

Answer 3

• acts of attainder which enabled him to secure loyalty to the crown, 138 attainders passed, 46 reversed
• bonds and recognisances
• council learned in the law
• controlled the nobility

Question 4

Parliament

Answer 4

• passing laws (acts of attainder)
• raised taxes e.g. the Breton crisis, war with Scotland - led to Cornish rebellion
• act of resumption
• granted tonnage and poundage for life
• only met 7 times, used fairly infrequently especially in. His later years