Henry VIII

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  • Henry VIII- Local and Central Government
    • Local
      • Wales
        • Continued to use it similar to his father- 9 year old mary made figure head
        • Buckingham exectued for treason after he tried to visit the welsh estate with 400 armed men- challenge from a claimant would be crushed
        • Law in wales act
          • First- 1535
            • Principality abolished and replaced with 12 counties
            • Welsh to no longer be used in court
          • Second-1542
            • English law system and welsh tradition eg. blood feuds destoryed
            • Court of great sessions introduced
            • Council reorganised- more formal and it drew power from monarch and parliament
      • North
        • remodeled in 1537 to prevent further unrest- permanent building in york
          • Gave powers to hear and decide cases of treason
          • Became voice for government from london- responsible for enforcing law  and order to JPs
        • Council extended authority so it now governed durham as well
        • president was not from northh and therefore was inpartial e.g. Robert holgate
        • Councillors given more power to appoint JPs and had more control over adminstration and border
        • Key families like the Percy, cliffords were usfel for defense despite having feuds
    • Central
      • Priivy chamber
        • more of a social hub rather than political workings
          • He didnt complte lots of jobs himself and delegated- Dry stamp however it created factional rivalries
          • Henry VII had more threat to his throne therefore needed to look over thing
      • Privy council
        • much smaller privy council- under 20 memebers- permanent change
        • Henry VII left a council that was beneificial t him w3as replaced by wosley becasue they didnt support his foreign warsd
        • Wosely ran government but fell from governemnt during the inability to annul his marriage
        • cromwell served as chief ministder from 1532-40 and was important for reforms of privy council and crushing pilgrimage of grace
        • Refroms in 1540 were prompt to fill the vacuum left by cromwell and prevent the rise of dominant ministers
    • Controlling the Nobility
      • Patronage
        • more generous than his father and rewarded more
          • eg suffolk granted lands after pilgrimage of grace and it extended royal control
        • power of nobility reduced as their was more power in court
          • access to henry was key for this power e.g. cromwell or paget rewarded for close contect
      • porgresses
        • used less than his father and neglected north
          • maay have caused the rebellion in north e.g. pilgrimage of grace
      • The new group of nobles and gentry owed everything to the crown from sales of monastic eststes estates

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