Henry VII: Nobility

Problems Faced

1. New Nobility

2. Wealthy Lords

3. Expensive Land Rewards

4. Land of Yorkists

5. Untrustworthy Families

Solutions

1. Limit number of Lords

2. Rewards them/limit number of powerful Lords

3. Keep land, use as temptation for others, uses of the Order of the Garter as reward

4. Take it for income

5. Spy on them, approve marriages

Rewards for guaranteed loyalty for the nobility

·         Patronage- giving positions of power (Jasper Tudor was promoted to Duke of Bedford)

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