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Chapter 1 - Henry VII and the nobility
Karten in diesem Stapel (4)
- 1Why was the nobility a problem?- Land = Power
- Exploitation of a weak king
- Supporters of Richard III
- Leadership that could provide sufficient force for a rebellion
- Over-mighty subjects problem - 2Why did Henry need to rely on the nobility?- Henry spent much of his life in exile and needed their advice on governing.
- They were crucial in filling key offices and ensuring the royal will was enforced in the localities. - 3How did Henry control the nobility? Rewards- Through carrots and sticks (inducements and sanctions)
- Limited the number he created (3 new earls compared with 9 under Edward IV)
- Elevation to the peerage = rare, therefore valuable.
- Got rid of the rewards of land as this created the 'over-mighty subjects' which helped cause the Wars of the Roses.
- Order of the Garter (Henry created 37 knights of the Garter) rather than land, it gave prestige.
- Patronage = result of loyal service. By limiting the number given out, it also became highly valued.
- King's Council or Great Council = sign of trust. - 4How did Henry control the nobility? Sanctions- Acts of Attainder: damaging to families (lost right to possess their land = economic ruin)
- These acts could be reversed or attached with conditions.
- Henry passed 9 attainders against nobles, reversed 5 but attached conditions to 4.
- Number of attainders increased in his later years of reign (51 number of attainders in 1504-09)
- This was effective in encouraging loyalty.
- Bonds and recognisances - written agreements whereby nobles who offended the king either paid for their offence or paid money as security for future good behaviour.
- Practice of recruiting followers = huge threat.
- Henry ensured that Lords and Commons could not retain illegally, and needed a licence to retain.
- Feudal rights (Marriage, Wardship, Relief, and Livery)
- Regaining formed crown lands from nobles. (Act of Resumption - recovered land granted away since before the Wars of the Roses).
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