Henry's government

Question 1

how did parliament change over henry’s reign (mainly under comrwell)

Answer 1

• increased use in order to legislate the break from rome
• met in 1529 and remained for 7 years
• from 1532 and 1540 333 acts passed
• granted 14 new boroughs to elected their own MP

created some changes that remain to this day such as 3 reading for bills in commons and lords and henry viii clause s

Question 2

how did legal reform change number henry (mostly wolsey)

Answer 2

• court of chancery and court of star chamber made legal justice easier and cheaper to come by for the laity

however the star chamber only heard 120 cases and was slow to dispense justice

Question 3

financial reform

Answer 3

• tudor subsidy raised £250,000
• amicabke grant was supposed to take 1/3 of bishops salary and 1/6 of everyone elses

HOWEVER
subsidy was only 1/4 of what henry wanted
ambicable grant sparked an uprsising in 1525

Question 4

how did the privy chamber change

Answer 4

Wolsey initiated the 1526 Eltham ordinances in order to reduce power and influence fo advisors closest to henry cutting chamber from 12 to 6

however wolsey did this for his own benefit to remove opponents of his rather than to end corruption

Question 5

how did cromwell change the royal council

Answer 5

• replaced nobles with lawyes, and professional intellectuals to make decision making be based more around rational though rather than personal gain

Question 6

how many acts did parliament under cromwell pass

Answer 6

333

Question 7

what changed in comrwell’s parliament

Answer 7

called in 1529 and sat for 7 years
created 14 new constituencies

created things such as 3 bill readings in lords and commons and the henry vii clauses

Question 8

how many people were incolved in amicable grant uprising

Answer 8

4,000 in surrey

Question 9

what beurocratic reforms did wolsey make

Answer 9

• court of chancery
• reformed star chamber to dispense fast justice and encouaged poor to challenge nobels
• eltham ordinances

Question 10

what was the proposed amicable grant

Answer 10

clergy to pay 1/3 taxes to gov and normal poeple pay 1/6th

Question 11

second act of annates

Answer 11

• 1534 second act of annates allowed hnery to appoint abbotts and bishops

Question 12

beurocratic changes

Answer 12

• comwell made kings council be dominated by lawyers and skillfull beurocrats rather than nobels
• elthan ordiannces changed the amount of people in privvy chamber to 6 from 12

Question 13

court of augmentations

Answer 13

contolled land and fiannces formely under the control of the catholic church

Question 14

why were conservatives dominating court in early 1540s

Answer 14

• got key cosnitional refroms to happen such as the act of six articles

cromwell was removed

howard married henry who was the neice of the earl of norfolk

Question 15

why was the domiance of the conservatives at court short lives

Answer 15

because the age difference of them (30 years)

and there were roumors of howard be aldulterous whihc leads to her execution and saw norfolks fall in court

Question 16

succsession act

Answer 16

1544 entrenched into law that edward was to succeed henry then mary and elizabeth

Question 17

why did refrom faction gain influence at court

Answer 17

• henry viii marreid catherine par who has a parotestant sympathiser
• denny and other protestants poitive infleucne on edwards and elizabeth to conitnue preotestaism refrom