Somerset mind map

Somerset mind map

1. Rise to Power 1547- Protector of nine year old Edward VI

   • Autocratic system of government- 74 Proclamations
     • Privy council and central government
     • Local government
       • Lacking communication
       • Problems of government
         • War
           • Costly
             • Failed Garrisons policy
               • 50% more expen. than H8 in 1/2 time
               • £200,000 a year
             • £580,393
         • Favouritism
         • Religious reform
         • Revenue
         • Vagrancy and public order
           • Vagrancy act 1547
           • Failure to resolve problems and rebellions
             • Kett's 6-8th July 1549
               • Punished because he appointed local gentry
                 • Russell
                   • Western
                 • Warwick
                   • Kett's
             • Fall from power
               • Arrested in Oct 1549
               • Executed in 1551
         • Enclosure