Chapter 2 - Henry VII Government Flashcards
What is the great council?
They are only there when they are needed and consist of the;
- house of lords
- house of commons
Made up of lords
What was the star chamber?
It presided over the hearings of poor mens legal suits
- known as requests
There was no death penalty
What are parliamentary taxes?
They were based on a persons ‘moveable goods’
Increased the tax amounts
What are bonds?
They were a written contract of good behaviour or for individuals to perform specific task
What were recognisances?
They were a formal acknowledgement of actual debts and other obligations owed to the crown
What was the acts of attainder?
- family land taken away because of disobedience to the crown
Bonds- aristocrates needed to pay
Recognisances- debts to king
Most cases were exaggerated or fabricated
When was the act of retaining passed and revisitied
1485 - 1504
What was the acts of retaining
Retaining was were great lords recruited those of a lower social status to advance the lords position within the land
Whats did the 1485 act suggest
Nobles swore in court not to retain illegally
What did the 1504 act of retaining suggest?
Needed kings license to retain
What is the council?
They are always there and advise the king and make legal judgments
They are members of the nobility, churchmen, laymen and have a formal education/gentry
What is the council learned in law?
Defend kings position as a feudal landlord
- ensured that financial dues owed to him
When was the council learned in law established
1495
What is the use of national government?
They had a minor political role where the parliament was called to served interests of the monarch
What was the exchequer?
They received and paid money
However
- very slow
- very thorough
What was the chamber?
Informal and flexible that was only restored when it was able to
What was the royal household?
All people who are in the household reorganised to make the chamber the centre of the royal finances and handled the way henry got money
What was the privy chamber?
Made up of loyal people of the king and they took money from royal household to make the chamber better
What was henrys domestic policy?
Justice and the maintenance of order
- prime responsibility is to keep law and order and to avoid rebellions
- magnates reduced
- large network of spies used
What was a pension?
Money for things
What types of ordinary revenue are there?
- crown lands
- custom duties
- feudal dues
- profits of justice
What types of extraordinary revenue were there?
- parliamentary grants
- loans and benevelances
- clerical taxes
- french pensions
- bonds and recognisances
What were crown lands
He maximised yield from crown lands, used attainders and the act of resumption - recovered for the crown all properties granted away since 1455
What were custom duties?
They made up largest part of kings income - the principle duties were levies on: ~wool ~leather ~wine
Henry also blocked many loopholes in system in 1487
