Reformation in government plan

Question 1

3 paragraphs

Answer 1

Financial
Power of monarch
Parliament

Question 2

Argument

Answer 2

Agreeing with Elon’s thesis, there was an undeniable revolution in government, even if its functions remained mostly the same.

Question 3

What are the arguments that there was financial change?

Answer 3

-Tax collection under Wolsey
-Eltham Ordinances
-New Establishments under Cromwell
-Shift to exchequer

Question 4

What three new financial institutions were created under Cromwell?

Answer 4

Court of first fruits and tenths
Court of Wards
Court of Augmentations

Question 5

What act reinforced the court of wards?

Answer 5

Statute of Uses 1536

Question 6

How did Cromwell reform the exchequer?

Answer 6

He shifted power from the chamber back to the exchequer, making the chamber merely a small spending chamber - links to centralization (he was Chancellor of the Exchequer)

Question 7

What are hte arguments that there was no change?

Answer 7

Only the court of wards really
The lack of permanence

Question 8

How can it be argued that there was a lack of permanence in Henry’s financial changes

Answer 8

-Court of Augmentations shut down in 1554
-Land was sold off from dissolution 1543-47

Question 9

What consequences were there from the financial reform?

Answer 9

Shift to subsidy system meant more equitable tax systems
Accumulation of debt set a precedent for future monarchs
Increased managament of crown lands
Establishment of gentry

Question 10

What are the two key points under the monarchal power shift paragraph?

Answer 10

Head of church
Act of Union with Wales 1536

Question 11

Evidence for shift in power in head of church

Answer 11

Succession oath (and the subsequent executions in 1535) 1534
Treason Act 1534
Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533 - emphasised that everyone owed the king total obedience
Act of supremacy 1534 (yes a major shift, repealed under mary but restored again under Elizabeth)
Act for the submission of the clergy 1532 put henry in control of the convocation
Act in restraint of Annates 1534 put Henry in power to appoint bishops and abbots.

Question 12

what was the act of union with wales 1536?

Answer 12

reorganised local government in wales into 7 provinces, encoproating wales fully into England as part of the union.

Question 13

How did the act of union expand royal power?

Answer 13

Extended reach of royal authority
JPs appointed to each province
Welsh language abolished
Welsh people in parliament.

Question 14

Points that there was reform in parliament

Answer 14

Began playing a role in politics
Shifted because of the dissolution
State law became ultimate authority

Question 15

How did parliament begin playing a key role in politics?

Answer 15

Henry needed it to pass supremacy acts
Met unbroken 1529-36 - Reformation Parliament
Cromwell wanted to exploit its legislative power.

Question 16

What effects did the dissolution have on parliament?

Answer 16

Established sovereignty of crown-in-parliament
Parliament became omnicompetent
Clergy went into minority in the lords for first time

Question 17

What are hte arguments that there was no change in parliament?

Answer 17

Only 2 called under Wolsey
was only limited (went back under Elizabeth)
Still dependent on king for power
Increase in power only occurred because it benefited the king.