Henry VIII: Social and Domestic Policy 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryBritish monarchy - Tudors and StuartsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Roseanne HockingCreated on: 03-10-17 10:11 Successes Court Of Star Chamber: Provided cheap and impartial justice. Court of Chancery dealt with legal matter such as property and wills. Attempts to investigate enclosures 1517 found 264 cases against landowners. 1540 Act against sanctuary. Greater authority given to council of the North after 1536 Universities at Cambridge and Oxford were growing 60,000 people living in London. Increased number of of JPS. 1 of 2 Failures Amicable Grant 1525 led to a rebellion in East Anglia with 10,000 rebels Lincolnshire uprising 1536: Opposition to religious reforms, led to pilgrimage of grace. Pilgrimage of Grace 1536, 30,000 reebels against 8,000 royal soilders Issues with enclosures and engrossing not effectively addressed 3% of land was still enclosed by 1547. Population rises: 2.3 million (1522) 2.8 million (1545): not enough food to cope with population rise. Bad harvests Church could no longer help and provide charity for the poor Agressive foreign policy damaged trade and income. 1536 law to prevent and solve vagrancy 2 of 2
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