Magnates - could quell rebellion and act as a mediator between gov and the people. E.G the Earl of Northumberland was sent North to deal with rebellion.
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Card 7
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Powerful families remained. H7 used spies on them to montior them E.g. Percy - the Earl of Northumerbland and Stafford - the Duke of Buckingham.
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Card 8
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H7 used the gentry to govern his country - Empson/Dudley - were energtic/efficent in exacting fines against the nobilty. They became hated and loathed by the nobility.
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Card 9
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Limited number of new nobles created. E4 - 9. H7 - 3. Names of nobles rewarded with new titles; Sir Edward Courtenay, Lord Stanley and Philbert de Chandee
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Card 10
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H7 - brought up a penliess refugee in Wales/France. He didn't know Eng and relied on the nobles to help control the country.
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Card 11
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H7 had an lavish/extravagant - filled with nobles. He was frequently in their company and got to know/rely on them, especially to impress foregin vistors.
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Card 12
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Feuding at court. Nobles could be very infleuntial on the king. This is seen when George Neville, Baron Abergavenny, the only noblemen to suffer public disgrace of being tried, fined and imprisoned for illegal retaining.
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Card 13
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H7 replaced nobles in their traditional roles as advisors in the council with professional lawyers and adminstrators. E.g the king relied on more on the gentry/emerging professional classes to be faithful and run the government. E.g Reginald Bray.
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H7 passed 138 acts of attainders and reveresed 46 of tehm. E.g. Thomas Howard - fought against H7 BOB/Imprisoned/attained but helped H7 in the Yorkshire rebellion. Never got back his father's title of DONorthumberland.
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Card 15
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H7 controlled the marriage of the nobility and made them pay a fine if they wanted to get married, This would hekp the king raise money and also avoid noble families gaining to much power.
