How did Henry VII deal with the problem of the nobility?

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  • How did Henry VII deal with the problem of the nobility?
    • Patronage
      • buying loyalty eg. giving positions of power.
        • eg. Earl of Oxford
    • Order of the Garter
      • Knights given the title sir but not any land to devote loyalty but not lose territory.
        • Robert Willooughby
    • Appointments to the King’s Council and the Great Council
      • keep friends close eg. Morton and Bray
    • Acts of Attainder
      • law that takes land if disloyal and gives it back if good.
        • 48 retainers reversed
    • Bonds and recongisances
      • financial contracts to ensure loyalty and payment required if broken.
        • 36/42 noble families gave bonds and/or recognisances
          • eg. Thomas greyl
    • Feudal Dues
      • could demand money for relief, married and wardship. method to ensuring good behaviour
        • Katherine  Duchess of Buckingham fined £7000 for marrying without kings permission
    • Laws against retaining
      • nobles fined if they had over the limit on soldiers
        • limits capacity to fight Henry
          • Lord Burgavenny fined £70,550
    • Crown lands
      • Henrys land that he avoided giving to nobles
        • Earl of Warwicks lands given to the crown

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