Restoration of Royal Authority

Question 1

Increase in adulterine castles

Answer 1

75%

Question 2

Problems faced

Answer 2

vassal to Louis
Canon law being practised
debased coin by tenants
lost demesne

Question 3

Which earls died before he ascended?

Answer 3

Ranulf of Chester, de Clare, de Clare’s nephew
David of Scotland

Question 4

when did royal demesne return to 1135 level?

Answer 4

1158

Question 5

How was the Curia Regis reformed?

Answer 5

gave jobs to professionals
raised lower status rather than barons

Question 6

Response to Scotland

Answer 6

Earl o Huntingdon
served Henry in 1159 and 1165

Question 7

wales subjugation

Answer 7

1157/8 invasions
woodstock treaty

Question 8

Spending on castle building

Answer 8

£21,500 total
£650 pa

Question 9

Petty assizes in the Assize of Clarendon

Answer 9

Novel
Mort
Darrein

Question 10

progression of Sheriffs

Answer 10

sacked 2/3 in 1155
half again in 1162
1170 inquest removed all but two

Question 11

Who was made exchequer?

Answer 11

Nigel of Ely
Richard FitzNigel - Dialogue of the Exchequer

Question 12

which tax was reintroduced but imposed only twice?

Answer 12

Geld

Question 13

which group was targeted more by tallage?

Answer 13

jews

Question 14

amount borrowed during his reign

Answer 14

£12,000
600 pa from William of Cade

Question 15

how did henry make money through feudal mechanisms

Answer 15

wardship - underage heir
advowson - dead priest
relief - inheritance tax

Question 16

when did Henry take the vexin

Answer 16

1159 marrying Young Henry to Margaret due to Louis blocking Toulouse conquest

Question 17

Income from Flanders

Answer 17

500 marks/year

in return for marrying Thierry to sister of lord