Henry VII: Controlling the Nobility
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- Created by: Ed
- Created on: 11-04-13 12:11
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- Henry VII: Controlling the Nobility
- Carrots (rewards)
- Order of the Garter
- Group of Henry's closest workers in war and governenment
- Gave kudos + prestige WITHOUT power or land
- Therefore reducing likelihood of rebellion
- Examples
- Earl of Oxford
- Reginald Bray
- Lord Daubeney
- Patronage
- Privileges as result of good + loyal service
- e.g. for Bosworth supporters
- John de Verre, Earl of Oxford
- Jasper Tudor
- Lord Stanley
- e.g. Reginald Bray - helped Henry accumulate land in 18 countries
- ...he was thus able to leave £1,000 in his will
- JPs
- ensured not only loyalty, but also enforcement of policies
- could be nobility or gentry
- King's Council
- Seen as a very notable reward from the king
- Examples
- pre-Bosworth supporters
- Bray, Daubeney, Guildford
- Chancellors Morton + Warham
- Richard Fox, Keeper of the Privy Seal
- pre-Bosworth supporters
- Order of the Garter
- Sticks (punishments)
- Acts of Attainder
- Punishment involving the loss of all rights to inherit lands and titles
- Were reversible if noble redeems himself
- e.g. Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey
- Fought against Henry at Bosworth
- Act reversed, however
- Refused to escape imprisonment during 1487 Simnel rebellion
- Restored as Earl + rewarded for dealing with Yorkshire rebellion
- Took an oath of allegiance in Jan. 1489
- Put down the Yorkshire Rebellion of 1489
- Restored as Earl + rewarded for dealing with Yorkshire rebellion
- Took an oath of allegiance in Jan. 1489
- Put down the Yorkshire Rebellion of 1489
- Refused to escape imprisonment during 1487 Simnel rebellion
- Laws against retaining
- Oaths
- Lords + Commons had to swear in Parliament that they would not indulge in illegal retaining
- De Retentionibus Illicitus (1504)
- Nobles had to possess a licence if they were to retain legally
- e.g. Earl of Oxford - fined £10,000 for illegal retaining
- Oaths
- Bonds + Recognisances
- Bond
- Written agreements to pay money if they could not uphold a promise
- e.g. Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset
- ...agreeing to pay if the obligation was not met
- supposedly supported Richard in 1485
- ...therefore having to...
- transfer all lands to trustees
- give a recognisance for £1,000
- Find others who would give £10,000 recognisances on his behalf
- ...therefore having to...
- e.g. Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset
- Written agreements to pay money if they could not uphold a promise
- Recognisance
- Formal acknowledgements of an obligation already existing
- ...agreeing to pay if the obligation was not met
- Formal acknowledgements of an obligation already existing
- Bond
- Council Learned in Law
- Empson + Dudley
- Placement
- Feudal dues
- Acts of Attainder
- Carrots (rewards)
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