Justice, finance and policies
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- Justice, finance and policies
- Promoting trade
- Under the 1485 Navigation Acts, no English merchants were to use foreign ships to transport goods, if an English one was free. This boosted shipping
- Improving law, order and stability
- Henry VII increased JP powers. Por ejemplo, could arrest poachers and replace jury members who had been bribed
- Henry used bonds and recognisances to control over mighty nobles
- The Star Chamber was established to deal with threats to England's stability, although it was not used under his rule
- Illegal Retaining
- Henry cracked down on it
- Some nobles had hundreds of retainers who behaved like small armies. Keeping them was called maintenance
- Acts were made against livery and maintenance. Henry set down quotas and required them to pay licenses
- Increasing crown revenue
- Used council learned in law to exploit long forgotten feudal dues
- Increased crown lands through Acts of Resumption, attainder's and council learned in law
- Improved financial administration
- Bonds and Recognisances
- Payments made to guarantee good behaviour
- Usually applied to nobility whose loyalty was uncertain. Council learned in law enforced them.
- Court of Chancery
- Heard cases on feudal land disputes and complaints made by people to the crown.
- Although king could not be sued, sometimes mistakes were acknowledged- sometimes compensation
- Justices of Peace
- JPs were responsible for the implementation of laws and were 18 by county.
- More power under him than any other king
- In 1487 could grant people bail. They were appointed annually
- Star Chamber
- Established prosecuting rioting, rebellion and corruption of justice
- Heard petitions and appeals.
- Established prosecuting rioting, rebellion and corruption of justice
- Promoting trade
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