President Of Council Of North

• Implemented royal policy in Yorkshire Northumberland Cumberland and Westermoreland
• Firm belief in thorough and he was extremely efficient and zealous
• Insisted on conformity to 1631 Book of Orders and improved provisions for poor farmers
• Resentment caused: local gentry disliked centralisation and loss of power and there was dislike of prerogative courts to enforce order
• Wentworth's manner alienated support- blunt and authoritarian. E.g: Bellias taken to court for lack of respect to royal authority and imprisoned for a month