Henry VII - Government Flashcards

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Used to seize the titles and possessions of nobles he suspected of disloyalty.

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Attainders

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Payments made as a gurantee of good behaviour; demanded from those whose loyalty was suspicious.

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Bonds

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Paid on goods entering or leaving the country.

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Custom duties

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Control of the estates of noble heirs under adult age, which allowed the King to manage lands for his own profit.

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Wardships

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Practice by which nobleman kept a large number of men as personal staff. Fines were introduced against this practice.

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Retaining

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Henry relied on these at a local level to maintain law and order in the countryside.

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Justices of the Peace (JPs)

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Replaced use of the Star Chamber (1487) to control the nobility.

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Council learned in law

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Henry’s closest political advisors.

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Privy Council

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The centre of government wherever the King was, court central to Henry’s personal monarchy (power was dependent upon relationship with Henry).

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Royal Court

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Responsible for looking after the King, the courtiers, guests and other members who were being entertained.

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Royal Household

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Parliament passed to declare a nobleman guilty of a crime against the Crown, usually treason - these were used after the Battle of Bosworth and the Battle of Stoke, and against Sir William Stanley.

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Acts of Attainders

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Money collected regularly without the need to call parliament. Examples include crown lands, custom duties etc.

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Ordinary Revenue

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Money raised by the king from additional sources as one-off payments when he faced an emergency or an unforeseeable expense of government; this could be made up of parliamentary grants, loans, clerical taxes, for example.

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Extraordinary Revnue

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A person who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser to the monarch.

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Courtier

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An experienced nobleman and member of the king’s council, and a personal friend of the king. He had administrative and political power, often speaking for the monarch in an official capacity, also responsible for organising court ceremonies.

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The Lord Chamberlain

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Comprising the close personal servants of the monarch who worked in the King’s private chambers; its members had direct access to the monarch and therefore could influence him or her more directly.

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Privy Chamber

17
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A territorial area that belongs to the monarch.

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Crown Lands

18
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The set of recirprocal financial, military and legal obligations among the warrior nobility in a feudal system.

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Feudal Dues

19
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A formal acknowledgement of a debt or other obligation which could be enforced by means of financial penalty.

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Recognisances

20
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A body of representatives that makes laws for a nation.

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Parliament

21
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The most intimate of an English monarch’s courtiers, who became a man in whom much confidence was placed and royal secrets were shared as a matter of course.

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Groom of the Stool

22
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They advised the King and helped him with day-to-day government.

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Royal Council

23
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Loan of £10,000 given to Henry.

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1485

24
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Raised £12,000 from crown lands.

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1486

25
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28 nobleman under Attainder.

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1487

26
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Set out procedures about making complaints about JPs.

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1489

27
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Parliament extends the role of JPs enabling them to decide on all offences except murder.

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1495

28
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Parliament called to fund a possible war against Scotland.

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1497

29
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Parliament called to raise feudal dues for Princess Margaret’s marriage.

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1504

30
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  1. To advise the King
  2. To administer the realm on the King’s behalf
  3. To make legal judgements
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The Council’s Main 3 Functions

31
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Henry VII’s royal tax collectors, hated by many in England, and were executed by Henry’s son.

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Epsom & Dudley