Chapter 4 - Society

English Society at the end of the 15th century.

The Black Death ____ the English population in the 1300s

halved

At the start of Henry’s reign, there were ___ nobles, but this dropped to only ___ at the end of his reign.

• 50

• 35

How many knighthoods did Henry give?

11

How many Knights of the Garter did Henry award?

• (Bray, R.W.B + Earl of Oxford post-Stoke)

37

Henry passed an Act requiring nobles to swear an oath against the practice in ____, and introduced Licences and £_ fines in ___

• 1485

• £5

• 1504

In ____ Lord Burgavenney was fined £_____ however this fee was split between ___

• 1506

• £70,550

• 26

Robert Willoughby De Broke was made JP for ____, ______, ____ and _____ aswell as given a seat on the ______ ____ and in the HoL in 1485

• Devon

• Dorset

• Cornwall

• Wiltshire

• King’s council

Robert de Willoughby De Broke II was brought before the Council Learned in ____ and bankrupted.

1505

Peers + Knights owned __% of the country’s land, making them highly influential

20%

What was the only landowner larger than the King?

The Church

who was killed in the Yorkshire Rebellion?

Earl of Northumberland

How large was the Cornwall Rebellion?

15,000

Who crushed the Cornish Rebellion but only after loosing ____ men?

• Marquis of Dorset

• 1,000

The Economy was fairly good, with real wages ____ and only ____ inflation.

• rising

• mild

The Yorkshire rebellion was partially triggered by a failed harvest in ___

1488

The Cornish rebellion was partially caused by Henry raising taxes on ___, which was the backbone of the local economy.

Tin

No. Attainders passed

138

How many attainders were reversed?

46

When was Thomas Howard (Earl of Surrey) attained?

1486

In (___)Thomas Howard’s attainder was fully reversed after quelling a second rebellion in _____

• 1491

• Yorkshire

What percentage of households were in dire poverty?

50%

Henry kept __/__ noble families under recognisances, meaning that he had financial power over half the court.

36/62

The Star Chamber was established in ___, to prosecute rioting, rebellion and corruption of justice

1487

The court of Chancery dealt with complaints against the ____, and the court of ____ dealt with powerful nobles.

• crown

• Equity

From ___, JPs could vet juries that they thought had been bribed

1495

Henry gave very limited patronage, for example only making _ earls

3

John Morton was ____ ___ as well as ___ ___ ______, showing the importance of the church in society/gov.

• lord chancellor

• archbish of canterbury