Goverment And Parliament

Question 1

Functions of the Royal Council

Answer 1

Advised Henry and helped him with day-to-day government.

Question 2

Henry V II’s two important councillors

Answer 2

John Morton, and Reginald Bray

Question 3

What did the English citizens think of the council learned?

Answer 3

That it was a shady operation.
It was very unpopular .

Question 4

What was the council learned’s aim?

Answer 4

Persue Henry VII’s feudal rights.

Question 5

The council learned’s functions:

Answer 5

Enforced feudal rights
Enforced bonds and recognisances
To increase crown revenue

Question 6

Where did Henry have stronger control over?

Answer 6

South + East of England

Question 7

Where did Henry have weaker control over?

Answer 7

North.

Question 8

Who did Henry VII rely on to maintain order regionally?

Answer 8

Justices of the peace (JPs)

Question 9

What was the privy chamber?

Answer 9

Private room which only certain intellectuals could get access to Henry.

Question 10

Who had access to the privy chamber?

Answer 10

Those dear to Henry.
The Privy chamber staff were lower ranking members of the Royal household.

Privy Chamber staff could potentially influence the king’s decisions.

Question 11

What did Henry rely on after 1495? Why?

Answer 11

His Privy Chamber after the treason of Sir William Stanley (Lord Chamberlain) and other leading members of his Household.

Question 12

What did privy chamber limit?

Answer 12

Influence of the nobility.
Went Henry was in the privy chamber, they could not get access to him.
So arguments could never be resolved as they could never make up.

Question 13

Who did he need to have cooperation with? And why?

Answer 13

Local nobleman as they could be more popular than him, and this threatened his stability.

Question 14

How did Henry cooperate with local nobleman?

Answer 14

He allowed different systems of government for different regions.

Question 15

How many times did Henry summon parliament?

Answer 15

7

Question 16

What did Henry’s first Parliament grant him?

Answer 16

Customs duty for life.

Question 17

Who were the Acts of Attainder issued against?

Answer 17

The Yorkists that fought Henry at the battle of Bosworth.

Question 18

Act of Resumption 1486

Answer 18

Returned to the crown all the land it had granted away since 1455.

Question 19

When was the act of resumption passed?

Answer 19

1486

Question 20

When did Henry call parliament?

Answer 20

Only when necessary.

Question 21

Which body was able to authorise extra taxation during Henry’s reign?

Answer 21

Only parliament.

Question 22

Bond and recognisances

Answer 22

Payments made to guarantee good behaviour.

Question 23

Who were Bonds and Recognisances usually applied to?

Answer 23

Nobility as their loyalty was uncertain.

Question 24

Court of Equity

Answer 24

Monarch could dispense justice if the law was unable to deal with crime adequately.

Question 25

When was the Star Chamber created?

Answer 25

1487
By the Star Chamber Act

Question 26

Functions of Star Chamber:

Answer 26

Establish justice.
Hear appeals against rulings from other courts.

Question 27

What did the Star Chamber and the Council Learned in Law undermine?

Answer 27

Henry’s reputation for justice, especially among the upper classes.

Question 28

Justices of the peace (JPs)

Answer 28

Responsible for the implementation of laws, government policies and public order.

Question 29

Were the JPs paid?

Answer 29

No

Question 30

Why did many want to become JPs?

Answer 30

Because it could increase their status in society.

Question 31

How often were JPs appointed? Who were more likely to be appointed?

Answer 31

Annually.
Henry VII chose more less important landowners rather than big landowners.

Question 32

Who weakened law and order during the War of the Roses?

Answer 32

Corrupt landowners and over mighty nobles.

Question 33

The Court of Chancery

Answer 33

Heard cases on feudal land disputes and complaints about the Crown.