Henry VII - Parliament Flashcards
What did Parliament comprise of?
House of Commons
House of Lords
Parliament has existed since what century?
Thirteenth century
Was parliament central to the system of government?
No, it only met occasionally
What were parliament’s two main functions?
To pass laws
To grant taxation to the Crown
Parliament had a further subsidiary function, what did this mean?
Local issues and grievances could be passed on to the king’s officials by local members of Parlaiment, MP’s
What did the House of Lords comprise of?
The Lords Spiritual and the Lords Temporal
Who did the Lords Spiritual comprise of?
Bishops and abbots of major religious houses.
Who did the Lords Temporal compose of?
The nobility
The House of Commons comprised of how many MP’s for each county
Two
The House of Commons composed of how many MP’s for each borough?
Two
The House of Commons had representatives of the two universities, what were they?
Oxford and Cambridge
The right to vote was mainly restricted to whom?
Men of property, ‘forty shilling freeholders’ in the counties and through the precise voting qualification varied in boroughs
Who was the only person who could call Parliament?
The King
How many Parliaments did Henry call throughout his reign?
7
How many Parliaments did Henry call in the first ten years of his reign?
5
