Increasing borough representation in the Commons over the period

Question 1

Number of Boroughs in 1485 compared to the end of the period:

Answer 1

70 ==> 191

Question 2

Number of MPs in 1485 compared to the end of the period:

Answer 2

296 ==> 462

Question 3

Duchy of Cornwall:

Answer 3

Grampund and Camelford in 1547

Question 4

Duchy of Lancaster (2)

Answer 4

• Preston and Thetford in 1529
• Liverpool and Higham Ferrers in 1545

Question 5

Advantage of creating such borough seats:

Answer 5

The crown could use them to place its own candidated in Parliament ==> loyal and experiences servants of the monarch

Question 6

How many MP positions did Edward create?

Answer 6

34

Question 7

How many MP positions did Mary I create?

Answer 7

25

Question 8

How many MP positions did Elizabeth create?

Answer 8

62

Question 9

What were most of these new MPs?

Answer 9

subservient to the crown

Question 10

‘Rotten’ boroughs examples:

Answer 10

Andover and Newton

Question 11

What were ‘rotten’ boroughs permitted to do?

Answer 11

able to send 2 MPs regardless of their size

Question 12

Negative of increasing number of MPs in parliament?

Answer 12

growing in confidence and influence, the Tudor monarchs were making it harder to control parliamentary debates, which meant that they had to develop new methods to manage the Commons that were not needed at the start of the period.

Question 13

The borough of Gatton:

Answer 13

The borough of Gatton came under pressure from Elizabeth’s Privy Council to elect MPs who were acceptable to the queen