What problems did Edward Seymour face

• ·   Expensive wars with Scotland and France had satisfied Henry’s ego but cost a fortune (1.5 million to be exact).
• His capture of Boulogne alone cost over a million pounds but it was virtually indefensible in the long term and it was agreed that it would be given back after 8 years (Treaty of Camps) 
• wars had heightened factional struggles – Northumberland and Somerset owed their rise largely to their military achievements, Somerset for example led the rough wooing ( December 1543 – March 1551)
• Wars had been costly – especially given the changed nature of warfare in this period – so Henry had been forced to sell off a lot of monastic lands(Dissolution of monasteries 1536-41) , raise taxes/forced loans