Northumberland

• Northumberland wanted to get crown finances back and with William Paulet as Lord Treasurer in Feb 1550. Gov created plan in June 1551 to: end debasement, reduce expenditure and 'to have his Majesty out of debt'
• Boulogne returned to France for £133,333, Garrisons withdrawn from Scotland, commissions established to find out state of finances.
• in 1550 debts of £300,000 which reduced to £180,000 in 1553.
• debasement raised £537,000 up to 1551, parliamentary taxes raised £336,000.
• Northumberland helped improve government finances after dire previously however did not fully restore confidence in currency and weakened government's long term finance.
• Northumberland wanted peace and stabilisation, secured hold over central gov by creating inner council. Policies would sometimes by-pass privy council and go to this council instead. Privy council resentful. He preferred not to use proclamations
• He sided with conservatives in 1549 but dumped them in 1550. He tried to secure protestant succession with Jane Grey in 1553 (motivated by money). The 1552 book of common prayer re-issued with second act of uniformity. People penalised for not adhering to contents.
• Portrayed as 'evil duke'