Henry 7th GOV
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- Henry VII's Government structure
- problems: nobles had to much wealth and territory, uneven control of the Crown (north +boderland)
- Privy Council
- picked by henry himself (most trusted advisors) people who served Edward IV (john morton)
- 24/ 6-7 approx who were close
- meet reguarly
- representaion of aspects of the land
- Financial Administration
- privy chamber/star chamber instead of exchequer system
- took control of his finaces
- exchequer 1year=11,700 vs 25000 with rich III
- court of aduit to manage gov spending
- solvency
- Suffering on the account of the greed of the monarch
- took payments from nobles, new post surveyors of the kings wards
- privy chamber/star chamber instead of exchequer system
- Council learned in law
- dealt with managing and pursuing the kings feudal rights
- leagl training- authorised to hold law courts
- over 240 indetifed
- members would avoid dues (sir Reginald bray)(Edmund Dudley Richard & Empson)
- did not persecute, indebt or manage dues based on class
- long service branched out
- Local Goverment
- Justices of the Peace
- national duty to the king instead if community
- 75 laws to enforce
- kept track people who didnt attent church
- punished vagabonds
- supervised matinance of highways+bridges
- licensed alehouses
- 1485-powers of arrest 1491-powers to grant bail 1495-power to vet juries
- tried serious crimes at Quarter sessions (except treason)
- census, labour tax
- local noblity
- Henry did not try to make one system of government depended on reigon
- Justices of the Peace
- National Government
- acts of attainder
- ruled through decrees
- scotland was a separate kingdom
- council of wales
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