Domestic Policy

Question 1

What was a prime responsibility for the king?

Answer 1

the maintenance of law and order

Question 2

What did Henry not have the luxury of enjoying compared to Edward 1V in domestic policy?

Answer 2

Edward 1V had divided the whole country into spheres of influence each controlled by a great noble or magnate

Question 3

How did Henry solve the problem of the northeast and Yorkshire being without a magnate after the death of the earl of northumberland in 1489?

Answer 3

he released the Yorkists Earl of Surrey from the Tower where he had been imprisoned since the Battle of Bosworth

Question 4

Why was releasing the Earl of Surrey to the north a risky move?

Answer 4

as he was sending a well known Richard 111 to the area which had been his predecessor’s centre of power

Question 5

Who were 2 of Henrys closest friends?

Answer 5

• Earl of Oxford

- Lord Daubeney

Question 6

What reflects Henry’s lack of trust over the nobility?

Answer 6

Henry’s employment of a spying network whose task was to report on magnate performance as well as with the imposition of bonds and recognisances

Question 7

At a local level who did Henry rely on to maintain law and order in the countryside?

Answer 7

Justices of the Peace

Question 8

How many times did Justices of the Peace meet a year to administer justice though the quarter sessions?

Answer 8

4 times

Question 9

Who were most JPs? (2)

Answer 9

local gentry or royal officials

Question 10

Why did local gentry JPs fulfil their unpaid tasks? (2)

Answer 10

• out of duty

- they thought this might open the path to greater advancement

Question 11

What are 3 examples of the jobs JPs had?

Answer 11

• tax assessments
• alehouse regulation
• maintenance of law and order

Question 12

What was the main way in which Henry restored law and order?

Answer 12

through forcing his subjects to take out bonds and recognisances

Question 13

In the words of Dudley what did the king wish to have in terms of domestic policy?

Answer 13

“to have any many persons in danger at his pleasure”

Question 14

What were the 2 local courts which dealt with matters regarding to landlords and trading?

Answer 14

• Manor courts

- borough courts

Question 15

What are 5 sources of royal income ?

Answer 15

• Crown lands
• profits from feudal dues
• customs revenues
• profits of justice
• extraordinary revenue

Question 16

Which noble wrote a Latin poem for Henry V111 that contained criticism of both Henry V11 and his advisors?

Answer 16

Sir Thomas More

Question 17

Who’s monarchy saw the income from Crown lands increase significantly?

Answer 17

under Edward 1V

Question 18

At the beginning of Henry’s reign what was his annual income?

Answer 18

12,000 per annum

Question 19

Why was annual income so law at the beginning of Henrys reign?

Answer 19

because the income of lands was collected and administered through the inefficient Court of Exchequer r

Question 20

What year did Henry decide to revert to Edward’s system of administration through the chamber?

Answer 20

1492

Question 21

How much did land income increase by the end of Henry’s reign ?

Answer 21

to £42,000

Question 22

How much did Henry’s income of land increase from the beginning and end of reign?

Answer 22

£12,000-£42,000

Question 23

Who were the 2 effective treasurers that helped increase the land income from £12,000 a year to £42,000?

Answer 23

-Sir Thomas Lovell and Sir John Heron

Question 24

What year did Parliament grant a feudal aid?

Answer 24

1504

Question 25

What was a feudal aid?

Answer 25

the right to which the Crown could impose a tax on their tenants for the knighting of their eldest son, the marriage of the eldest daughter

Question 26

What 13th century text was examined by court lawyers to find precedents for the levying of fees from the kings prerogative rights?

Answer 26

Prerogativa Regis

Question 27

What was a additional source of revenue which landowners found particularly irritating particularly when the Statute of Uses 1489 cut out a potential loophole for avoidance of the charge?

Answer 27

the obligations payable on the death of a feudal tenant in chief

Question 28

Why did landowners particularly find obligations payable on the death of feudal tenant in chief irritating?

Answer 28

as the Statute of Uses 1489 cut out a potential loophole for avoidance of this charge

Question 29

Over the course of Henry V11’s reign, what was the increase in the amount per year earned in customs revenues?

Answer 29

£34,000-£38,000

Question 30

What year was the Treaty of Etaples?

Answer 30

1492

Question 31

After the Treaty of Etaples 1492 how much did the French agree to pay Henry a pension of?

Answer 31

pension of £5,000 per annum

Question 32

What did profits of justice include?

Answer 32

fines and income from bonds

Question 33

Between 1504-1507 a total of how much was promised to the king?

Answer 33

£200,000

Question 34

How much throughout Henry’s reign did he receive in extraordinary finance?

Answer 34

£400,000

Question 35

in 1489 how much did Parliament grant Henry a subsidy of?

Answer 35

£75,000

Question 36

How much did the Convocation of Canterbury offer Henry in 1489 on behalf of the clergy?

Answer 36

£25,000

Question 37

How much in plate and jewels did Henry leave?

Answer 37

£300,000