Cromwells Government

Question 1

How did Cromwell change the royal council

Answer 1

He made a simpler version known as the privvy council and it consisted of 20 permanent advisors and most were lawyers and professional administrators rather than untrained members of nobility and the clergy

Question 2

What was Cromwell aim in making the privvy council

Answer 2

It would stop one person dominating it because they all had similar working experience

Question 3

What was an aim of Cromwell

Answer 3

To create one uniform system of government for the whole of Henry’s kingdom

Question 4

When was the council of the north

Answer 4

1472

Question 5

What was the council of the north

Answer 5

A royal body set up to improve how the north of England was governed

Question 6

What change was made to the council of the north

Answer 6

It was made a permanent institution and given responsibility for maintaining law and order

Question 7

What did Cromwell do in 1536

Answer 7

Guided the act of union through parliament

Question 8

What were 3 reasons that Cromwell felt the kings chamber needed reforming

Answer 8

Routine tasks like expenditure and income bored Henry, there were no formal rules outlining how the kings chamber should be run so no accounts were run properly and the dissolution of monasteries led to dramatic increase in crown income and kings chamber wouldn’t be able to cope

Question 9

What did Cromwell do the the kings chamber

Answer 9

Removed most of their financial responsibilities

Question 10

What’s the court of augmentations

Answer 10

Dealt with property and income gained from the dissolution of the monasteries

Question 11

When was the court of augmentations created

Answer 11

1536

Question 12

What’s the court of first fruits and tenths

Answer 12

Collected a tax from the clergy that had previously been sent to Rome

Question 13

When was the court of first fruits and tenths

Answer 13

1540

Question 14

Why were the courts important for Cromwell

Answer 14

They were a step forward in how England was governed because it’s what we see as Morden bureaucracy

Question 15

What did the House of Lords represent

Answer 15

Nobility and the church

Question 16

What did Cromwell realise parliament did

Answer 16

Allowed him to secure support from people who mattered so they would be more willing to support his decisions

Question 17

What did his role as chief minister allow him to do in parliament

Answer 17

Controlled parliamentary business ensuring his proposals were put forward Jane discussed

Question 18

What did him being an elected mp allow

Answer 18

He sat in House of Commons so was able to guide significant debates personally

Question 19

What did being a skilled lawyer allow him to do

Answer 19

He was able to personally draft laws put before parliament

Question 20

When was Cromwell elected an mp

Answer 20

1523

Question 21

What effect did Cromwell use of government have

Answer 21

People saw the parliament was a key part of government and should be consulted on major matters with reform and parliament could pass laws on virtually any aspect on life

Question 22

What did the 1536 act of union do to wales

Answer 22

Formally placed wales under English rule