Henry VII: carrot and stick with nobility

Question 1

Patronage

Answer 1

• carrot
• giving positions of power, titles, and land to those who supported him
• Jasper Tudor: Duke of Bedford
• John De Vere: Earl of Oxford
• Thomas Stanley: earl of derby

Question 2

Order of the Garter

Answer 2

• carrot
• giving a title without having to give power or land
• created 37 knights of the garter

Question 3

Acts of Attainder

Answer 3

• both carrot and stick
• taking away land owned by peers
• 138 attained
• the was stick however it could be reversed, being the carrot
• reversed 46
• John Howard and Duke of Norfolk are examples of this

Question 4

Bonds and recognizances

Answer 4

• stick
• Bonds: written agreements to pay sum of money if failed to carry out promise
• Recognisances: pay money if debt not met

Question 5

Retaining

Answer 5

• stick

- used to reduce the power of nobles by limiting who they could recruit

Question 6

Feudal dues

Answer 6

• stick
• ways money would be collected for the crown
• Wardship: King controls estate of minors until they came of age
• Marriage: king profits by arranging marriages