Development of the Tudor State
Mindmap of all the things concerning Tudor state.
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- Created on: 31-05-14 11:31
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- The development of the Tudor State
- Tudor State in 1536
- King had power but relied on the nobility
- Household and departments overlapped
- Exchequer dealt with finance and privy chamber both with state and personal matters
- Council included nobility, churchmen, greater nobility, Henry's personal friends and servants
- Greater nobility expected places in court and on the council but the most patronage came from the King's household
- Nobility
- at the heart of the government
- staffed the council and different offices
- Provided military support in localities as well as helped with the exchquer.
- Territorial nobility expected the best positions and rewards
- territorial magnates needed power to control in their localities
- Henry restricted their power to prevent them being overmighty and make them loyal to him
- Neville's, Percies and Courtenays had regional power bases where they had more power and independence/
- Church
- got power through education and royal favour
- rewarding them cost little but annoyed the nobility.
- Cromwell
- created reforms through parliament
- Limited the King's power without parliament
- made the privy council and some offices of state able to work without the King
- 1535- deputy in spititual matters- gave him more control
- 1536- secretary of state- made the machinary of government.
- Supremacy
- Valor ecclesiasticus
- Sold off church lands
- Created protestant reforms like Bishops book and King's book.
- At of 6 Articles curbed protestant beliefs.
- Translated Bible to English
- Chantries Act
- Closed links to Rome
- Organisation of finance
- Court of Augmentations handled income from monasteries
- Spent money on Lord Lieutenants for oversea defence
- Dissolution of monasteries brought 1million income
- After cromwell's fall finance went out the window, spent money on warfare and began debasement
- Northumberland drew on Cromwell's experiences and Eizabeth loved exchequer.
- Political administration
- Court of Chancery- recorded legal decisions and wrote wirts
- Office Holders- main were court ofchancery and exchequer, could have any role Henry anted, ade government efficient
- Royal council- created privy council, managed courts of justice and star chamber
- Tudor State in 1536
- Nobility
- at the heart of the government
- staffed the council and different offices
- Provided military support in localities as well as helped with the exchquer.
- Territorial nobility expected the best positions and rewards
- territorial magnates needed power to control in their localities
- Henry restricted their power to prevent them being overmighty and make them loyal to him
- Neville's, Percies and Courtenays had regional power bases where they had more power and independence/
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