Royal Authority And Govt Flashcards
For constitutional reform
Henry became head of church and state
Extension of royal authority over wales and semi-independent region
Against constitutional reform
The crown already had sig influence over church appointments and emergency taxation.
For a political revolution
King and parliament became king-in-parliament.
Against political revolution
Parliament developed bc the king needed its support. It was used less under the later tutors and Elizabeth successfully controlled its claim to be a parter in govt already Henry vii political reforms bypassed parliament
For bureaucratic revolution
Privy chamber, role of king’s principle secretary as co-ordinating minister, development of specialised departments of govt e.g financial courts.
Against bureaucratic revolution
Govt remained essentially personal. Not all of cromwell’s reforms were to survive in the long term
Royal council
Personal monarchy in h7 with no more than 20 members- professionally trained lawyers and bureaucrats.
Some historian disagree and argue that it was created after Cromwell’s fall, was a potential reform suggested by Wolsey in 1526 when one of his chief advisers was the young Thomas Cromwell. Smaller group members after the start of pilgrimage of grace.
Change in practice was extensive or part of a planned major change, as opposed to a reaction to particular circumstances?
Financial management
Moved from exchequer and treasurer to privy chamber. Gave monarch sig control over day to day decisions about all aspects of income and expenditure. Less bureaucratic and more personalised and centralised, intervene directly.
What was the court of augmentations
Controlled the land and finance under the control of the Catholic Church.
The court of general surveyors
Handed over some of the ex-monastic land, but was soon amalgamated with the court of augmentations
The court of first fruits and tenths
Collected money previously sent to rome
The court of wards
King had the ancient feudal right to collect money from the estate of a minor under 21 who had inherited
Power of the crown- act in restraint of appeals in 1533
Cromwell wrote historically that England was an empire and that the king was supreme in his own land so Englishmen should not have the automatic right to appeal to Rome. He seems to be suggesting that England was an independent political body -unitary, single state with all powers derived from the monarch
The view that Henry was an emperor was challenged ….
The king was supposed to seek the pope’s permission when choosing bishops. England held ‘liberties’ which gave them semi-independent status such ad Durham was governed by the bishop as a semi-independent ruler and Cornwall was a duchy. Wales was no longer independent but it had not been formally made part of the English system of gov
How did Cromwell deal with the never spread of royal authority?
1536 act of union with wales reorganised local gov in the principality and the borderlands of the marches.
Act against liberties and franchises removed and restricted the special powers exercised by regional nobles in the more remote parts of the kingdom.
