How Did Henry Approach Kingship in teh long term?
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- How did Henry approach kingship in the long term?
- The Privy council
- It existed= advise HVII over matters of state, to administer law + order.
- The council consisted with over 240 people
- Only 6 or 7 people regularly attended the meetings
- Loyalty and service= the most important atrabuites in a councillor
- Privy Council was the hub of the Tudor political system – an elite executive board; governed England under the Crown.
- Roles of the council :-Advised the ruler and administered the monarchy. -Enforced law and order and regulated economical affairs(ie supervised poor laws)
- HVII was a usurper, so he needed as king reinforced by servants who he could rely on
- The council was divided into different committees, the most famous one was the council learned
- Council learned
- Setup in 1495 to defend HVII position as a feudal landlord
- It dealt with the king's fiscal matters and enforced payments of debts
- The council was a secondary department to the Star Chamber
- By the end of HVII's reign the council became very unpopular and after his death in 1509, it was abolished
- most prominent councilors, Edmund Dudley and Sir Richard Empson, were imprisoned. Though evidence was scarce, both were convicted of treason, attainted and executed in 1510.
- The council operated without a jury and HVII used it to supervise the collection of the financial agreement's: Bonds and recognisances
- Used to control the nobility
- Council learned
- Parliament
- Acts of of Justice of the peace andparliaments were passed concerning the responsibilities social discipline
- Role of parliament: -Taxation, legislation and debating of government bills
- Also to help HVII new laws.As well as this to help henry keep law and order
- It recognised HVII's title to the throne
- It met 7 times during HVII's 24 year reign
- Act of 1504 forbade corporations from making regulations unless they had HVII's approval.
- This is a good example of HVII's purpose in using parliament
- HVII summoned 5 great councils between 1487 and 1502.These consisted with nobles,councillors and Burgesses- represenatives of the whole country
- The church
- Henry had a positive relationship with the church
- Archbishop Morton= he visited Rome to secure support for HVII before the battle of Boswoth
- HVII was determined that the authority of the pope in the church courts shouldn't prejudice his rights and interests as king
- Issue of ecclesiastical jurisdiction
- The church's legal system
- The king didn't have any influence over the operation of the church courts
- HVII legal advisers promoted attacks on the church courts
- The local Government
- Henry used the local government to ensure a balance of sustaining and controlling authority of the nobility
- Justices of peace (JP)
- They were local government officers who were responsible for maintain public order and implementing any laws concerning social and economical matters
- There were 18 JP's on average per county
- They were appointed annually from the local landowners
- HVII widened their responsibilities
- From 1485, they could arrest and question junters who were in disguise
- From 1487, They could grant bail to those awaiting trail
- From 1485, they could replace members of Juries whom they suspected of having been bribed
- HVII widened their responsibilities
- They didn't get paid.
- The Privy council
- Parliament
- Acts of of Justice of the peace andparliaments were passed concerning the responsibilities social discipline
- Role of parliament: -Taxation, legislation and debating of government bills
- Also to help HVII new laws.As well as this to help henry keep law and order
- It recognised HVII's title to the throne
- It met 7 times during HVII's 24 year reign
- Act of 1504 forbade corporations from making regulations unless they had HVII's approval.
- This is a good example of HVII's purpose in using parliament
- HVII summoned 5 great councils between 1487 and 1502.These consisted with nobles,councillors and Burgesses- represenatives of the whole country
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