Government and authority (The counsel)

Government and authority 

The Counsel

HVIII inherited his father's established Counsel.

• William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor.
• Richard Fox, Lord Privy Seal.
• John de Vere, Earl of Oxford
• Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey and Lord Treasurer

HVIII came to throne with a established Counsel, unlike his father who spent the weeks after Bosworth assmebling his Counsel- Counsel had served the old king who was by nature cautious, and inclined to hard work
HVIII was a young man who desired glory and adventure- therefore,  relations between the new king and counsel were bound to be strained
In early years of reign, Warhand…