Nobility

• Where were nobles entitled to sit?

  The house of lords
• How many nobles were there?

  50-60
• Did Henry VII trust the nobility?

  No, as a class, he distrusted them
• How did Henry VII control the nobility?


  Bonds and Recognisances
• When was a law put in place to restrict the nobility power?

  1487
• What did this law do?


  Restricted the practice of how they recruited knights and gentlemen, known as 'Retainers'
• Who were the nobility?


  Land owners, Dukes, Earls & Barons, part of the government