Privy Chamber
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- Created on: 02-05-18 09:57
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- Privy Chamber
- Henry VII
- Grew in importance as he < feared betrayal from those he trusted
- Created Yeoman of the Guard
- Acted as personal bodyguards + guarded entrance to his private rooms
- Used to collect + store royal income
- Advantage = always had access to money
- Disadvantage = reliant on monarch's ability + interest in controlling royal income
- Monarch's after X have time / inclination to follow this system + use of Chamber finance collapsed
- He monitored personally
- Henry VIII
- Became a political hub
- Own staff, from 1518 became known as Gentleman of the Privy Chamber
- Most important position was Groom of the Stool (in charge of royal toilet)
- Filled w/ most trusted friends (usually gentry / nobility)
- Intimate + daily contact, X servants but advisers
- Btwn 1520 + 25, sent on diplomatic missions to France + military expedition against Scots
- Intimate + daily contact, X servants but advisers
- Own staff, from 1518 became known as Gentleman of the Privy Chamber
- Access to monarch via PC = one route to power + influence + opp. to influence direction of gov
- By 1540s = control of dry stamp
- HVIII aversion to paperwork => intro of dry stamp = king's signature put on documents quickly + easily
- 1540s, some individuals gained control of stamp + made alterations to king's will in their favour
- eg. Faction led by Edmund Seymour
- By 1540s = control of dry stamp
- Became a political hub
- Mary I
- Role involved close physical contact w/ monarch = started to be filled w/ women
- Frances married to Edward Waldegrave - Master of Great Wardrobe
- Still had a political role
- Frances married to Henry Jerningham - Captain of the Guard
- Still had a political role
- Frances married to Henry Jerningham - Captain of the Guard
- Influenced her
- Charles V wrote to ambassador Simon Renard saying some ladies were taking adv of their position to gain patronage + favours
- Frances married to Edward Waldegrave - Master of Great Wardrobe
- Still had a political role
- Kept < control over Chamber
- Dry stamp - under lock + key + never allowed its use by her administrators
- Role involved close physical contact w/ monarch = started to be filled w/ women
- Elizabeth I
- Continued to decline in political importance
- X appoint wives of her councillors
- Reforms of 1559 meant members of her Household were also members of her Council
- From then, politics + major decisions determined through formal channels of Council, X informal route of Chamber
- Continued to decline in political importance
- Henry VII
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