Edward's domestic policy Flashcards
when was the land revenue experiment?
1461
what was the land revenue experiment?
- visit crown estates and ensure they were paying
- tax system favored the crown over farmers
- crown land conribute more to kings finance
why did Edward stop the exchequer?
- slow and lacking the knowledgeable staff to deal with change
- swapped with chamber system where all income off land went straight into the system
- no embezzlement
when were the 2 taxes for Scotland and France?
1462 and 1468
what did crown income fall to with Henry
less than 24,000
- edward put it eight so merchants and church lend money again
when did Edward start collecting customs duties and when did he get it for life?
- the beginning of his reign
- 1465
(Henry let custom duties slide and blamed recession)
why were customs duties high in early 1460
because of a slump in trade with western Europe
how and when did custom duties improve with Edward?
- commercial treaty with burgundy in 1467
- cloth exports double
how did Edward use patronage?
- reward loyal nobles but it was limited as not enough land and titles
who did most of Edwards patronage goto?
- warwick
- warwick got Percy and Clifford confiscated land
- john Neville made lord Montagu
- Warwick’s uncle made Earl of Kent
- Humphrey Stafford made baron in 61
- william herbert made Earl of Pembroke
how did Edward use new men like Lord hastings?
govern effectively as they owed their positions to him
what did Edward try to stop nobles from doing?
- having private armies
- liveries (uniforms and crests for nobles men)
when were most forms of retaining made illegal?
1468
what did historian Ross argue about Edward?
edward dint of]nforce laws with law and order
although Edward stated he intended to
