HENRY VII GOVERNMENT Flashcards
COUNCILLORS: 1 EXAMPLE FOR EACH
NOBILITY
CHURCHMEN
LAWYERS
LORD DAUBENY
JOHN MORTON
SIR REGINALD BRAY/ EDMUND DUDLEY
WHAT WAS THE GREAT COUNCIL
CONCERNED ITSELF WITH ISSUES RELATING TO…
MEETING OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS
WAR OR REBRELLION
COUNCIL LEARNED IN LAW: WHAT PART OF THE REIGN DID IT DEVELOP? FUNCTION? WHY WAS IT SHADY? MAIN PEOPLE? OUTCOME OF THEM?
SECOND HALF OF THE REIGN
TO MAINTAIN KINGS REVENUE AND EXPLOIT HIS PERROGATIVE RIGHTS. OVERSEE BONDS AND RECOGNISANCES
NOT A RECOGNISED COURT OF LAW- NO CHANCE TO APPEAL
RICHARD EMPSON AND EDMUND DUDLEY
EXECUTED 1510
TWO MAIN FUNCTIONS OF PARLIAMENT
PASS LAWS AND GRANT EXTRAORDINARY REVENUE
CROWN FINANCES:
WHAT WAS HENRY’S REIGN INCOME AT THE BEGGINING FROM LAND?
WHAT CHANGE WAS MADE? AND WHEN?WHAT DID THIS INCREASE THE CROWN LANDS INCOME TO?
FRACTIONAL TAXES OF ______ ___ ____ WERE MADE IN (3 YEARS) HOW MUCH DID IT MAKE
EXTRAORDINARY REVENUE ALL TOGETHER?
TONNAGE AND POUNDAGE INCREASE IN INCOME?
TREATY OF ETAPLES PENSION:
- £12,000
- FINANCES MANAGED THROUGH ROYAL HOUSEHOLD RATHER THAN THROUGH THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER
- £42,000
-FIFTEENTHS AND TENTHS 1489, 1491 AND 1497 YIELDING £203,000
£400,000
- £34,000- £38,000
- 50,000 CROWNS PER ANNUM