Henry VIII

• privy council under Wolsey

  • removed minions in 1519
  • 1526 Eltham Ordinances changed structure of the Privy Chamber
• Finance under Wolsey

  • 1522 survey for tax = gained £200,000 but not enough
  • 1523 subsidy for income
  • 1525 Amicable Grant for property = caused rebellion = 4000 rebels
• Parliament under Cromwell

  • abbots disappeared
  • bishops increased slightly
  • statute law imposed
  • 1032 pages of law
  • peers increased to 55 in 1534
• Privy Council under Cromwell

  • smaller council - 20 members
  • elton = responded good with pog
  • some say it wasnt cromwell = eltham ordinances and opponents wanted to limit his power
• Regional government under Cromwell

  • 1536 Act of Union with Wales = impose English law
  • Council in the North became permanent after PoG
• Finances under Cromwell

  • Courts of Augmentations = controlled land and finances
  • Courts of General Surveyors = handled ex-monastic land
  • Court of 1st Fruits and 10ths = collected money previously sent to Rome
  • Court of Wards = feudal right to collect minor's estate money
• Monarchy under Cromwell

  • 1533 Act in Restraints of Appeals = obedience to King
  • Act of Supremacy 1534 = Henry as Head of the Church of England
• Legal under Wolsey

  • civil law
  • star chamber used more to attack nobles for abusing their power
  • "friend to the poor'
  • court of requests to hear more cases