Henry 7th government

Question 1

What was Council?

Answer 1

• The main government body that had to advise the king
• Adminster realm on the kings behalf
• To make Legal judhements

Question 2

What was the council of learned?

Answer 2

• This was an offshoot of the council
• Its main objevtives were to secure the kings perogative rights (perrogative rights were the kings ability to pass laws wihtoiut parlaiments approval)
• Bonds and regoniscenses - Taxation
• Raising fiannce - Taxation
• Showcasing royal authority since many of kings opponents in particular nobles were punsihed through this council
• Run by epsom and edmund dudley

Question 3

What were bonds and reconginscneses?

Answer 3

• A form of collecting tax that was managed by the council of leanred under epsum and edmund dudley
• Imposed on nobility to keep control and punish
• Bonds were a legal document that forced a individual to forefeit a specified sum of money
• Reconginised was a acklowedgment of debt which could be enforced financially

Question 4

What was the Chamber and what did it later get changed too?

Answer 4

• Where king and his close advisers met
• later changed to privy chamber cuz stanley betrayed henry in 1495 cuz of warbeck
• this cut henry from most people at court and only his close advisors had his ear

Question 5

What was parliment under henry and what was it used for?

Answer 5

2 major functions

• to pass laws
• to grant tacation
• to legitismise his reign by coronation in 1485
• customs revenue in the beginning
• extraorridnary revenue
• fiftheent and tench which was a goods tax raised 200k quid

Question 6

How did henry 7 control nobility 4 ways in which he did?

Answer 6

• Attainteders
• Retainders
• Patronage
• Finacncial control

Question 7

Act of Attainders?

Answer 7

• Acrs passed by henry through parliemtn which allowed somone to be declared guilty without a trial
• Used 137, 55 in his last 5 years reign

Question 8

What was patronage?

Answer 8

• Patronage was rewarding the nobility to loyal followers
• he did very little fearing nobility would get too much power
• due to reductinon in patronage and death of nobles, the land which nobility controlled fell 25% making henry largest land owner

Question 9

What was retianers?

Answer 9

• the practice of nobles keeping to large a personal staff
• he removed it by 1485 making sure no mp has it
• 1504 license

Question 10

Financial control

Answer 10

• Bonds and recogniscenses more than 40% of nobility was under it
• somtimes forgave

Question 11

regional governement

Answer 11

• council of wales
• council of ireland
• council of north

Question 12

how did henry 7 manage royal fianance?

Answer 12

• brought back the yorkist chamber system of finance which meant that money raised from yorkist estates were directly brought into the chamber and royal finance increased 12k to 42k
• his overall colllection annually including parliementery grants was 100k
• he left his son with a 1.8 million pound collection
• henry 7th tried to boost his money from customs duties this was done since he tried to uptade the book of raites twice which was accountible for 40% of the tax

Question 13

what was extraordinary revenue?

Answer 13

• money that was usually raised for war
• bonds and recongicnes from 3k to 42k
• clerical taxes
• feudal obligayiond
• french pension cuz of etaples 1492 5k a year
  parliemntary grants fifth and tenths taxes on moveable property

Question 14

what was ordinary revenue 4 ways to raise?

Answer 14

• regualar income which crown could rely to raise money for the monarch
• crown lands increased 29k to 45
• customs duties 30% of tax
• feudal dues