How effective were the key developments in Tudor Government and Administration

Question 1

Divine right of kings:

Answer 1

Asserts that kings derived their authority from God

Question 2

Who did the monarch need support from to rule the country?

Answer 2

Nobility and Gentry

Question 3

Nobility:

Answer 3

Group of men who held the highest tiles below the king, such as duke, earl or viscount

Question 4

Under the Tudors, how many men held the the title of nobility?

Answer 4

40 to 60 men

Question 5

Population of England in the early 16th century:

Answer 5

Over 2 million

Question 6

Population of England by 1600:

Answer 6

4 million

Question 7

What percentage of land that was available for cultivation did the nobility own?

Answer 7

Roughly 10%

Question 8

What did the nobility rely on the monarch for?

Answer 8

To protect their lands and property

Question 9

What did the monarch rely on the nobility for?

Answer 9

Carry out government locally

Question 10

Gentry:

Answer 10

Below the nobility made up of knights and esquires

Question 11

How many gentry families were there?

Answer 11

5,000

Question 12

Yeomen:

Answer 12

Prosperous farmers who tended to own their own land

Question 13

Royal Court:

Answer 13

Served the monarch; wherever the monarch was, the Court would follow

Question 14

Importance of the Royal Court: (2)

Answer 14

• For display and entertainment
• An informal source of power

Question 15

How did the Royal Court give people power?

Answer 15

Those who wanted power would tend to come to the Court in search of patronage and could build up enormous wealth

Question 16

How was the Royal Court used for display?

Answer 16

Elaborate and expensive displays, such as tournaments and plays

Question 17

Importance of the Royal Court for display:

Answer 17

Important in emphasising their power and wealth to important visitors

Question 18

Royal Household:

Answer 18

• Responsible for the ruler’s domestic needs
• Served by a wide range of people who moved about the country with them

Question 19

Board of the Green Cloth:

Answer 19

High-level officials who controlled the Royal Household

Question 20

What did Thomas Wolsey issue in 1526?

Answer 20

Eltham Ordinances

Question 21

When was Eltham Ordinances issued?

Answer 21

1526

Question 22

Eltham Ordinances:

Answer 22

The Eltham Ordinances were reforms to the Royal Court that were unsuccessful because Wolsey did not have sufficient control over appointments or the desires and wishes of the king himself

Question 23

Privy chamber:

Answer 23

Monarchs living arrangements served by the Household

Question 24

The Great Hall:

Answer 24

Feasting and formal events

Question 25

Hampton Court:

Answer 25

included the Watching Chamber through which all visitors had to pass

Question 26

Presence Chamber:

Answer 26

Throne room where the monarch would dine and a place where news and gossip could flow