Tudor Government
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- Created on: 10-12-12 19:05
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- Tudor Government
- Bonds and recognisances -These were contracts between the nobility and the crown in which the aristocracy promised to remain loyal to the king
- Privy council-Inner cabinet consisting of the king's leading ministers
- The privy chamber - This is the king's chamber at court where he was waited on by the gentlemen of the privy chamber. It was here that political decisions were increasingly made.
- Justices of the peace -Local commissioners entrusted with maintaining law and order in the localities
- Council learned in the law - Established in 1495, and the aim of the council was to defend the king's position as a feudal landlord.
- Royal Almoner - A royal official whose task it is to distribute the king's alms (charity)
- Royal council - The king's main advisory body, made up of the most important political figures in the land
- Court of the star chamber - A royal law court that could be used by the king's subjects to get justice.
- Benefice - A clerical position
- Council learned in the law - Established in 1495, and the aim of the council was to defend the king's position as a feudal landlord.
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