Government

• criteria for a successful government

  effective and collaborative privy council

  submissive parliament

  financially secure
• Privy council


  advised king over matters of state, law and order, acted in a judiciary capacity
• how many privy councillors did Henry employ over his reign

  227
• how many councillors attended privy council meetings

  6-7
• name privy council members

  (clerics) Morton and Fox, (lawyer) Dudley, (administrator) Bray
• what was one sub-committee of the privy council

  Council Learned in Law
• when was the CLIL formed

  1495
• what did the CLIL do

  defended King's feudal rights, Henry used it to supervise financial agreements (bonds and recognisances)
• why was the CLIL disliked

  - members Empson and Dudley fabricated some cases

  - it was not a court of law so people couldn't appeal against it
• what was the privy council under

  royal court
• what was parliament used for

  - protecting national security

  - raising financial revenue
• what came under parliament

  house of Lords and house of commons
• what did parliament emphasise

  that all power derived from the King
• what did parliament do

  recognised Henry's claim to the throne, passed acts of attainder and tax
• example of needing permission of king

  1504 act forbade corporations from making regulations without approval of the King
• how many times was parliament called

  7
• explanation of impact of parliament

  would have hindered Henry if he didn't use it in the way that he did - shown in the fact he only called 7 times, suggests this democratic way of ruling and delegation of power could have threatened his personal authority
• what year did Henry ask for £90,000 but only received £40,000 from parliament

  1504
• great council


  called in emergencies, to come to a unanimous decision when the country was in trouble
• what did the great council come under

  parliament (then below the Houses of Lords and Commons)
• how many times was the Great council called

  5
• why did the great council help Henry

  meant he could get support from nobles, they could not turn their back on his policies (because they agreed to them), acted as an inducement for good behaviour from nobles
• privy chamber


  king's most private and intimate circle, comprised of his most trusted servants
• when was the privy chamber set up

  1495
• what was the privy chamber re-modelled after

  chamber
• why was the chamber re-modelled

  sir william stanley (lord chamberlain) was involved in PW threat - privy chamber limited number of nobles with political influence - reduced chance of spying since he knew them all more intimately
• who was regional government led by

  nobles
• who was in charge of the council of the north

  Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey
• why was Surrey put in charge of the North in 1489

  Henry Percy was killed in the Northern Rebellion - it would neutralise the area, (Thomas Howard) Surrey didn't have land nor strong support so chance of another rebellion was low [Surrey was imprisoned after BoB then given chance to escape but didn't proving his loyalty]
• who was in charge of the council in Wales and the Marches

  Jasper Tudor (D. of Bedford)
• what was Henry's title in Ireland

  Lord of Ireland
• who were in charge of Ireland

  Earl of Kildarre, Sir Edward Poynings
• what did sheriffs do

  managed parliamentary elections, kept peace, detained criminals
• sheriffs were elected for life

  true
• what were Justices of Peace

  landowners appointed by government

  to keep law and order locally and heard court cases
• what year was power of arrest extended to poachers and hunters for JPs

  1485
• what year were powers to grant bail given to JPs

  1491
• what year was power to vet juries given to JPs

  1495
• what did JPs do specifically

  dispensed justice in courts, arrest, try, imprison and punish criminals
• how were JPs power not a threat to Henry VII

  - unpaid

  - elected annually

  - were 18 JPs per county

  - met four times a year

  - H7 appointed lesser landowners