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Henry VIII Government
and accession
- Removal of Empson and Dudley
- Henry VII is perceived to have
tyrannised members of the gentry and
nobility for example by imposing
financial penalties like bonds and
recognisances and the council learned
in law that was headed by Richard
Empson and Edmund Dudley. Henry
VIII rejected this idea as he thought it
was unjust and so arrested Empson
and Dudley and put them in the Tower
of London
- He also set up
commissions across
the country to hear
grievances against the
late kings agents
- Empson and Dudley were
executed to satisfy the
public demand for
revenge and for the kings
need for a fresh start
- Henry VII is perceived to have
tyrannised members of the gentry and
nobility for example by imposing
financial penalties like bonds and
recognisances and the council learned
in law that was headed by Richard
Empson and Edmund Dudley. Henry
VIII rejected this idea as he thought it
was unjust and so arrested Empson
and Dudley and put them in the Tower
of London
- Economic and political position
- In 1509 England was
in a better economic
position than in
1485
- Henry VII left
Henry VIII £1m
- Henry VIII is
Lancastrian and Yorkist
so there was a smooth
succession
- In 1508 England is
politically isolated,
Ferdinand marries the
French kings niece
- In 1509 England was
in a better economic
position than in
1485
- Personality and ambition
- Intelligent, attractive
and physically strong
- His main ambition was
to be a warrior and an
imperial king
- He had not been trained like
Arthur had been and therefore
had ideas of what kind of king he
wanted to be
- Renaissance king
- Intelligent, attractive
and physically strong
- Marriage
- He insisted that
Catherine of
Aragon stay in
England after
Arthurs death
- This retains that
Anglo-Spanish
connection
- Catherine brought
dowry that Henry
refused to repay
- He was allowed to
marry CoA after the
pope issued a decree
in 1504 giving papal
dispensation
- Catherine was
ambitious and
determined to
fulfil her destiny
of becoming
Queen of England
- He insisted that
Catherine of
Aragon stay in
England after
Arthurs death
- Government
- The Court
- It was a source of
patronage and
political influence
- Members moved with
Henry from place to
place, eg Wolsey
- To entertain the king,
reflected Henry personally
and to impress foreign
powers as a renaissance
king
- Faction became a
problem (groups of like
minded people towards
an issue eg divorce)
- It was a source of
patronage and
political influence
- The council
- There was an
established council
when Henry came to
the throne unlike in
1485
- Henry VIII desired
adventure and glory unlike
his father which put strains
on relationships like
Archbishop Warham and
Richard Fox who advised the
king against war but he
didn't listen
- Henrys grandmother
Margaret Beaufort had a
political influence and
directed the new king but
this was short lived as she
soon died
- He was impressed by
Wolsey as he had an
enormous capacity for
hard work and
unparalleled
organisational skills
- Tension soon became
common knowledge
between those that
opposed war against
France and those who
supported war
- There was an
established council
when Henry came to
the throne unlike in
1485
- The Privy Chamber
- The council and institutions of
government continued to
provide the kings formal
advice/consultation area
- But policies and
decisions were
increasingly being made
in the court
- The council and institutions of
government continued to
provide the kings formal
advice/consultation area
- The Court
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