Relationship with the nobility

Why did he need a positive relationship with them?

For money for war and to survive after the Battle for Bosworth

Why did some nobles support him?

Had a Lancastrian background or saw him as a means to social and political advancement

Examples of nobles who opposed him

Lambert and Warwick

How did Henry control the power and size of nobility?

Limited the number of new lords when the others died

What appointment was seen as a great honour as it was rare?

Senior social echelons

Who were the echelons?

Wealthy men who could find larger armies

What did Henry create under his reign?

3 new Earl and 5 new barons

What did the number of peers drop to and what from?

57- 44

What is a magnate?

A higher noble

Which land did he keep that belonged to former peerage families?

Warwick, Gloucester and Clarence

What was the purpose of keeping former peerage families land?

Increase wealth of king

Nobles live in hope that they may be awarded with estates by showing loyalty

What did the nobles need Henry’s permission to do?

Marry

Which families did Henry not trust?

The Percy’s, Earls of Northumberland and the Stafford’s, Duke of Buckingham

What did Henry do to the families he didn’t trust?

Kept them under surveillance using his spy network

What happened to the Earl of Northumberland’s estate when he died in 1489?

His 10 year son got left it but not allowed it until 1499 when he was 20 and Henry was convinced of his loyalty

Methods of control the nobility

Banning nobility from raising armies themselves

Limiting the number of new lords

37 loyal mobiles were awarded the Order of the Garter

Keeping land belonging to peerage families