Henry VIII
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- Created on: 12-01-17 12:00
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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
- First- 1535
- 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
- remodeled in 1537 to prevent further unrest- permanent building in york
- Wales
- 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
- more of a social hub rather than political workings
- 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
- Priivy chamber
- 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
- more generous than his father and rewarded more
- porgresses
- used less than his father and neglected north
- maay have caused the rebellion in north e.g. pilgrimage of grace
- used less than his father and neglected north
- The new group of nobles and gentry owed everything to the crown from sales of monastic eststes estates
- Patronage
- Local
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