Mary I

• Council

  • 50 councillors = working council was smaller
  • faction between Catholics and moderates = Gardiner v Paget
  • Gardiner had experience under Henry VIII
  • loyal supporters had little experience
• Parliament

  • minority opposed religious settlement = 80 MPs
  • opposition over property rights and religion
  • opposed 1555 bill to seize property from Protestant exiles
  • division over succession and marriage to Phillip of Spain
  • did what she wanted
• Monarch

  • decisive and knew what she wanted
  • not brought up to rule
  • ignored council alot
• Finances

  • gave away crown lands
  • remitted Edwards last subsidy = popular but costly
  • 1552 - custom rates increased
  • 1558 - new book of rates increased customs to £85,000
  • 1555 - survey of crown lands