HVII Government Key Words

Question 1

Acts of Attainder

Answer 1

Declared a landowner guilty of rebelling against a monarch

Question 2

Bonds

Answer 2

A legal document which bound an individual to another to forfeit a sum of money/ perform an act

Question 3

Bureaucrats

Answer 3

An official in government, perceived as becoming concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people’s needs

Question 4

The Council

Answer 4

The inner circle of nobility that advised Henry

Question 5

Council Learned in Law

Answer 5

Introduced in 1495 to defend Henry’s position as a feudal landlord, maintain the kings revenue and exploit his prerogative rights

Question 6

Court of Exchequer

Answer 6

Processing finance through an administrative department

Question 7

Courtier

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Crown Lands

Answer 8

land belonging to the king by virtue of being monarch

Question 9

Duchy of Lancaster

Answer 9

A significant body of property, mostly situated in Lancashire. Belonged to the King - formally territory of the Duke

Question 10

Elites

Answer 10

Select groups that are Superior in terms of ability, birth or qualities to the rest of society

Question 11

Feudal Aid

Answer 11

A right by which the crown could impose a tax on their tenants for the knighting of the eldest son or the marriage of the eldest daughter

Question 12

Feudal System

Answer 12

The medieval system by which society was structured depending on relationships in which land was held in return for some form of service

Question 13

Great Council

Answer 13

Meeting of the kind and Lords spiritual and temporal for advice on big questions

Question 14

Justices of the Peace

Answer 14

power that was delegated to local authority to keep things in order in regions

Question 15

Kings council

Answer 15

a sign of the kings confidence. He was loyal to trusted servants

Question 16

Livery

Answer 16

The king was paid in order for someone to recover land from wardship

Question 17

Lord Chamberlain

Answer 17

Experienced nobleman and member of the kings council, a personal friend of the king

Question 18

Magnate

Answer 18

A member of the higher ranks of the nobility

Question 19

Nobility

Answer 19

People of higher status with land,money and titles

Question 20

Order of the Garter

Answer 20

Honour given to the kings closest servants

Question 21

Ordinary revenue

Answer 21

Income from crown lands, custom duties, feudal dues and profits of justice

Question 22

Parliament

Answer 22

legislative body of government, helped Henry consolidate power after Bosworth

Question 23

Patronage

Answer 23

The system by which the crown distributed favours to those who were seen as loyal

Question 24

Personal Monarchy

Answer 24

A monarchs authority is tied to the King rather than a government

Question 25

Pious

Answer 25

Deeply religious

Question 26

Prerogative Rights

Answer 26

Describes those rights or powers which the monarch could exercise without requiring the consent of parliament

Question 27

Praemunire

Answer 27

A parliamentary statute enacted in 1393 to prevent papal interference in the rights of the crown to make appointments to the church

Question 28

Privy Chamber

Answer 28

Containing the close personal servants of the monarch; members had direct access to the king and could influence him or her

Question 29

Recognizances

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Retaining

Answer 30

Recruiting gentry followers as a local fighting force. It was limited but never ceased

Question 31

Royal court

Answer 31

The household/ centre of governance of a monarch. Where king and queen and close nobles would reside, work and make decisions

Question 32

Star chamber

Answer 32

Prosecuting anyone who behaved in a rebellious manner

Question 33

Tonnage and Poundage

Answer 33

the right to raise revenue for the whole reign from imports and exports

Question 34

Wardship

Answer 34

An aspect of the feudal system which enabled the crown to gain the profits from property held by a minor