h7 gov

Question 1

control of nobles

Answer 1

bans nobles from retaining
Límites n o of new lords N o of peers dropped 58-44
37 loyal nobles = order of garter
Kept land belonging to peerage fans e.g Yorkist fans of Warwick

Question 2

attainders

Answer 2

passed by par
stripped nobles of titles and land
passed 138 but reversed 46 for loyalty e.g e of surrey
passed w/o trial

Question 3

parliament

Answer 3

7 called-5 in first 10 yrs
mainly £
role:pass law&grabt taxes
passed acts against illegal retaining 1504
generally have h what needed

Question 4

Bonds & recognizances

Answer 4

Bonds=written agreement from ppl who promised to pay H if didn’t fulfil promise
Recogniser= formal acknowledgement of a debt or obligation & agreement to pay if it wasn’t met
H have 36/62 noble fams at least one

Question 5

council learned

Answer 5

offshoots of royal council
Sir Rich Empson & Reginald Bray (ltr Edmund Dudley)
Felt w crown lands, warship,marriage, feuadal dues
acted w/o jury, advanced kings position
exploit prerogative rights

Question 6

star chamber

Answer 6

run by those loyal
punished nobles who angered h
1st= administrative cases soon =court, relived king of dealing w cases personally
useful tool in dealing cases inv nobles who defied authority of regular courts

Question 7

Ordinary& extraordinary rev

Answer 7

Ordinary-income revived annually
1509-£42000p.a crown lands and £40,000 from Customs duties & got income from feudal dues (marriage&wardship)-feudal aid granted in 04& Statute of uses cut off loophole possibility.

Extraordinary-grants loans etc
Tonnage &Poundage -£38,000
Treaty of Estaples pension-£5000
£400,000 extrao taxation

left around £1,800,000

Question 8

Patronage

Answer 8

could reward gentry w titles and land
but rare
e.g Jasper Tudor = Duke of Bedford

Question 9

Retaining

Answer 9

Recruitment of low social status for fight if needed
could help king = large army or used against
1487&04- laws to reduce risk
1507-Lord B £70,000 471 men

Question 10

Justices of Peace

Answer 10

maintained law and order in countryside
dealt w everything except treason
authority t impose bonds on sheriffs
often corrupt

Question 11

royal council

Answer 11

advise king
administer realm 
legal judgement 
nobles(Lords Daubeney&Dynham)
churchmen (r fox &j morton)
Laymen (r Bray& e Dudley)