To what extent was Henry’s control of the nobility the most important aspect of his financial policies

Question 1

Examples for Henry’s control

Answer 1

• £10,000 paid by friends of Marquis of Dorset in 1491

- 138 people attained in total

Question 2

Examples for Henry’s security

Answer 2

• Crown lands 5x larger in 1509 than they had been in 1485
• Secured a French pension by Treaty of Étaples in 1492
• Henry transferred control of land from the Exchequer to the Privy Chamber – a better system his son would also inherit!

Question 3

Examples for Henry’s international recognition

Answer 3

-loaned £138,000 to Philip of Burgundy in April 1505: this was a bribe for him not to support Edmund de la Pole, on the pretense to help him pursue his wife’s claim to the throne of Castile after he had tried to seek security from the Holy Emperor Maximilian.