Breadth study: Developments in Tudor Government and Administration

Question 1

What power did the monarch hold over parliament at the start of the Tudor period?

Answer 1

veto laws

summon and dismiss parliament at will

Question 2

What powers did parliament have at the start of the Tudor period?

Answer 2

grant taxation
pass and legitimise monarch’s laws
supplement monarch’s income

Question 3

Who sat in the House of Lords?

Answer 3

hereditary peers and high ranking members of the clergy such as bishops

Question 4

Who sat in the House of Commons?

Answer 4

MPs, two fro every county in England and some boroughs

Question 5

What was required of an MP to be elected?

Answer 5

MPs had to be own property which generated an income of at least 40 shillings

Question 6

What did the requirements for an MP mean for voting?

Answer 6

it meant that voting was restricted to those wealthy enough to own property

Question 7

What did some members of the nobility do to ensure their client would win?

Answer 7

Nobility would commonly exercise their patronage

Question 8

Who was famous for using their patronage to bring about the return of MPs?

Answer 8

The powerful dukes of Norfolk

Question 9

Who’s views would parliament usually represent?

Answer 9

That of the landed gentry and the nobility

Question 10

What would need to happen to a bill before it reached Royal Assent?

Answer 10

The proposed bill would have to be heard in both the Lords and Commons

Question 11

What areas did the Commons increase their concerns for?

Answer 11

taxation, finance, religion and royal succession

Question 12

How many times did Henry VII call parliament?

Answer 12

7

Question 13

Why did Henry VII call parliament so little?

Answer 13

only to grant taxation

Question 14

What happened in the Parliament of 1504?

Answer 14

Parliament granted a smaller taxation than that requested of Henry VII

Question 15

What was significant about the first parliament Henry VII called?

Answer 15

They acknowledged his right to be King, securing his claim to the throne

Question 16

What was significant about the Acts of Attainder?

Answer 16

It allowed Henry to prosecute the Yorkist pretenders without trial

Question 17

How many times did Henry VIII call parliament between 1509 and 1529?

Answer 17

4

Question 18

What was the role of parliament between 1509 and 1529?

Answer 18

grant funding for Henry VIII’s wars

Question 19

What happened in 1517 that affected the relationship between Henry and parliament?

Answer 19

Henry had lost all his winnings from the wars, therefore parliament grew reluctant to increase their allowance of money

Question 20

Why did relationship between crown and parliament change in 1529?

Answer 20

Henry VIII tried to use parliament to get an annulment from Catherine of Aragon

Question 21

What titles could the pope appoint?

Answer 21

cardinals, archbishops and bishops

Question 22

Who was a example of how the church helped them grow in power?

Answer 22

Thomas Wolsey, who was the son of a butcher

Question 23

Who was a famous humanist?

Answer 23

Henry VII

Question 24

What arguments did humanists propose?

Answer 24

the corruption of the catholic church, its exploitation of peoples fears and the sale of indulgences ( a document which could be brought in forgiveness of sins)

Question 25

In what ways was the catholic church seen to be ‘out of touch’?

Answer 25

services were in Latin, worshipping saints was considered superstitious by the populace, many clergymen held multiple positions.

Question 26

What is an example displaying the healthy relationship between crown and papacy under Henry VII?

Answer 26

The pope appointed John Morton, Henry’s candidate as Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 27

Why was the church criticised by parliament in 1515?

Answer 27

the tone of Anticlericalism and the Hunne affair

Question 28

Why was the marriage to Catherine of Aragon difficult for Henry VIII?

Answer 28

She had not produced a son, so Henry thought it was God’s punishment

Question 29

How had parliament tried to stop the pope’s power prior to Wolsey’s rise to power?

Answer 29

The Act of Conditional Restraint of Annates, which temporarily stopped payments to Rome from churchmen

Question 30

How did the Submission of the Clergy shift the power from the church to the crown?

Answer 30

English clergymen agreed to submit to Henry’s power, couldn’t call Convocation without the crown’s permission or allowed to pass canons (Church laws)

Question 31

What did the Act of Restraint in Appeals 1533 do and how did it make the monarch more powerful?

Answer 31

it stopped legal appeals going to Rome, an instead went to Royal court. It is the first act that outlined the monarch’s power

Question 32

What did the 1534 Act of Supremacy do?

Answer 32

Proclaimed Henry VIII as head of the English Church