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  • Threats to Henry VII's reign
    • YORKIST THREAT
      • Lovell and Stafford rebellion1486
        • REBELLIONS
          • Cornish Rebellion 1497
      • Yorkshire rebellion 1489
        • REBELLIONS
          • Cornish Rebellion 1497
      • Warbeck uprising 1491-1499
        • Simnel Rebellion 1486
      • THE NOBILITY
        • Over-mighty subjects
          • bonds and recognaisances
          • retainers
            • proclamations about retainers
          • control of marriage
          • wardship
          • livery
          • relief
          • Acts of Attainder
      • WEAK FINANCES
        • ordinary revenue
          • 1486 Act of Resumption
          • Custom duties only at £40,000 1508
            • Smuggling and over-reliance on European relations
          • Exploited Feudal Dues
            • wardship
            • marriage
            • livery
            • relief
        • extraordinary revenue
          • could not fully exploit parliamentary taxation
          • Forced loans could be very effective (i.e. 1491)
            • overuse would cause resentment
          • loans were effective
            • Henry must money back
          • exploitation of church
          • Feudal aid
          • French Pension
        • Reverted back to the Chamber System 1487
      • GOVERNMENT
        • land-owners and faction
          • relied on lesser land owners as advisors
        • Limited royal authority in regions
          • Earl of Surrey in North- restoration of lands dependant on success
          • Made Prince Arthur in charge of Wales
          • Passed Poyning's Law in 1494 in Ireland
            • Couldn't control Ireland, forced to reinstate Earl of Kidlare as Lord Deputy
        • Breakdown of law and order
          • Justices of Peace
            • reliance on good will
          • used parliament to pass Acts of Attainder

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