Henry VIII: late government / Cromwell Flashcards
Conservative Faction
- Accepted break with Rome but opposed doctrinal changes
- Led by Howard, Duke of Norfolk and Gardiner. Catholic
Reform Faction
- Accepted break, opp for Protestantism to rise in court
- Led by Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and later Cranmer and Somerset
Reform Faction
- Accepted break, opp for Protestantism to rise in court
- Led by Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and later Cranmer and Somerset
Court of Augmentations
Controlled land and finances
Court of General Surveyors
Court of General Surveyors
Handled ex-monastic land but soon amalgamated with augmentations
Court of first fruits and tenths
Collected money previously sent to Rome
Court of wards
Kings feudal right to collect money from the estate of a Minor
Proclamations Act (1539)
- Gave legal definition to royal proclamations
- weapon statute law not royal decree
King-in-Parliament
The power of the monarch to make laws with the assistance and approval of parliament
Act of union with Wales 1536
Centralised crown power, extension of royal authority