Control of the nobility

Attainders

Special laws Passed by parliament which allowed someone to be declared guilty of treason without going through the process of a trial

Patronage

The monarch granting special favours such as land or positions at court to gain/retain their support

Retaining

The practice by which a noblemen kept a large number of men as his personal staff, in theory to be household servants but became gangs of enforcers

Financial methods

Could demand financial bonds and recognisances (Agree to behave or pay a fine)

Number of Attainders passed

138

Number of Attainders reversed

46

Number of Attainders passed between 1504-1509

51

Sir Thomas Tyrell

Had to pay £1738 for the reversal of his and his fathers attainder

Percentage of nobles number decrease

25%

What happened to vacant land

Vacant land was left from many nobles being killed at the battle of Bosworth so Henry absorbed those lands making him the largest land owner by far

Amount of nobles under financial constraints

2/3 (due to Henry’s paranoia)

Lord Burgavenny facts

Fined in 1507 for £70,000 for illegal retaining 471 men but fine was reduced to £5,000 over 10 years

1485 Law on retaining

At Parliament, Lords and Commons had to swear not to retain illegally

1504 Act on retaining

A penalty of £5 a month per illegal retainer was put in place