Treatment of Nobility

• What were Orders of the Garter?

  • An honour (purely a title, no land or power given) reserved for the King's closest servants
  • Henry created 37
  • Included the Earl of Oxford, Giles Daubenay, Robert Willoughby and Reginald Bray
• What was patronage?

  • Giving positions of power, titles and land as a result of loyalty
  • Included the Earl of Oxford, who became the major landowner in East Anglia, Jasper Tudor was made Duke of Bedford and given the Earldom of Pembrokeshire, and Lord Stanley (Earl of Derby) retained control of Lancashire and Cheshire
• What were Acts of Attainder?

  • Acts that led to a family losing the right to possess its land and titles
  • They were reversible
  • In total, Henry passed 138 and reversed 46
• What happened to the Duke of Buckingham in 1498?

  He was fined £7000 for entering his inheritance too early (before the age of 21)
• What happened to the Earl of Northumberland due to Profits of Justice?

  He was fined £10,000 alongside William Stanley, who was fined £9000
• How many bonds did Henry collect throughout his reign?

  191
• How much money did Henry raise from bonds in 1493?

  £3000
• How much money did Henry raise from bonds in 1505?

  £35,000
• Which two men sign for bonds totalling £10,000 each in 1492?

  • The Marquis of Dorset
  • Viscount Beaumont
• How many noble families were held under attainder during Henry's reign?

  7 out of 62
• How many nobles were bound by bonds/recognisances throughout Henry's reign?

  36 out of 62
• When were the proclamations which announced that nobles would need special licences to retain?

  1504
• What was the penalty for retaining?

  £5 per illegal retainer per month
• Who was a victim of the retaining proclamations?

  Lord Burgavenney, who was fined £70,550 in 1506