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Flashcards by Poppy Hardman, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Poppy Hardman
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| Question | Answer |
| The Curia Regis | Kings court in the middle ages dealt with making law, dealing with pleas, dispensing justice, raising revenues made a statement about kings wealth in absence of king, justiciars oversaw the government |
| Justicors | role was to act as act regent in the kings absence role as a royal judge, important point of contact between crown and local barons, raise revenues, maintain strong links with kings tenants |
| the Chancellor | ran kings writing office where writs and charters drawn up kings secretory usually a member of the clergy petitions and pleas went through chancellor had control of the kings seal oversaw writing of official docs 1154-1162 |
| Richard de Lucy | 1168 he was England sole justicor expert at court politics, building alliances, oversaw the exchequer, became one of henry's regular justices from 1166 advised the monks of Canterbury that they should accept Thomas becket as arch bishop drew up constitutions of clarendon |
| Bishop Nigel | reformed and revived the exchequer make twice yearly sessions of the exchequer recorded accounts on parchment, rolled & stored in tubes - called pipe rolls |
| Thomas Becket | increased no. of clerks to 52 had permanent working space for the clerks built at palace of Westminster attended the exchequer revived scutage imposed a flat 20 shillings travelled England as one of kings judges |
| Revival of the Danegeld | ancient tax levied at 2 shillings per hide 24% of land written off as waste records were out of date exemptions granted to favoured magnates and religious houses henry revived the geld again in 1162 - le to development of tallage |
| Tallage | tax levied by a lord upon his tenants king levied it on royal demesne icl towns and boroughs raised regularly raised less money than geld but more predictable |
| Scutage | originally paid If a landholder coud not meet the quota of knights required cartae baronum 1166 - enabled him to extend scutage 1168 & 1172 henry raised amount but having subjects in debt was way of controlling them |
| Feudal dues | esheat, relief, wardship and advowson after stephens reign, land tenure and inheritance rights were difficult to establish |
| Dona | for specific occasions e.g, for knighting the lords son or marriage or crusade £3,133 from church £440 from 12 sheriffs £2,341 from knights & other lords £362 from jews |
| the Farm | diminished under Stephen, land given away to favourites purpesture had happened - land belonging to one landholder been encroached upon by another land from esheat which should have diverted to the king had not end of reign = £6,500 |
| the forest | vast lands were taken by the king for hunting but could encompass villages & towns punishments for killing game could result In dealth fines - cutting down trees, clearing land for cattle/ crops, encroaching on forest land or rights sold to graze animals, cut trees, hunt animals |
| the Exchequer | exchequer official could determine if the kings demesne was being well managed any money claimed by sheriffs for maintenance of crown lands had to be explained |
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