cromwells reforms

• Cromwell's reforms to the royal council

  1. Reduced the council from 100 to 20 members

  2. Appointed expert lawyers and administrators to the privy council

  3. Appointed a clerk to record every decision made in the privy council
• Court of first fruits and tenths 1540

  Imposed a tax on the clergy to give money to Henry
• Court of Augmentations 1536


  Dealt with income and property seized by the state during the dissolved monasteries
• Reform of the council of the north

  1. Made it a permanent institution from 1537

  2. Responsible for law and order

  3. Vital in preventing rebellion and upholding government authority