Patronage

• Land, titles or power given to ensure and individuals support
• Favourite courtiers were given accommodation
• Elizabeth shared titles around to keep as many nobles as happy as possible
• Allowed some catholics to come to court so she didn’t lose loyalty
• Powerful nobles ran national government for her and the gentry ran the local governments
• They always had to ensure they pleased the queen
• If they didn’t, she could take away position, wealth or land
• She controlled the people who made decisions