Henry VII and Parliament

Henry VII and paliament

Roughly, how many bishops were there?

25

what is another parlaimentary term for nobles?

hereditary peer

who are spiritual lords?

bishops, archbishops

who are temporal lords?

nobles

who calls parliament?

the king

who was in the house of lords?

the lords spiritual and temporal

who was in thehouse of commons?

male, rich, gentry

how many people are sent from counties and boroughs respectively?

two people sent

how many people are sent from uni’s, which uni’s?

1 mp from oxford uni, 1mp from cambridge uni

who has the right to vote?

men of property

how many parliaments did Henry call in how many years?

7 in 24 years

who calls and dissolves parliament?

the king

Why does the king call parliament?

to raise taxes and pass laws

How many parliaments did Edward I call in how many years?

46 in 35 years

Why didn’t Henry call many parliaments?

as he doesn’t go to war much and has an isolationist foreign policy

what did Henry continue a lot of?

Yorkist laws

Why does Henry call Parliament in 1485/6?

consolidate power and pass acts of attainder

why does Henry call a parliament in 1487?

respond to lambert Simnel

why does Henry call parliament in 1489?

to raise taxes for Brittany

Why does Henry call parliament in 1491?

to deal with Warbeck and France

WHy does Henry call a parliament in 1495?

to pass legislation

Why does Henry call parliament in 1497?

deal with warbeck and a tax for scotland

why does Henry call parliament in 1504?

legislation and deal with succession

What was the relationship like between Henry and Parliament?

decent, they don’t fall out and henry tends to respect their decisions and pass lots of private member’s bills

What is their very little evidence of?

Henry using his own ministers to manipulate parliament

What did an act in 1504 forbid corporations from doing?

passing their own regulations without the approval of the king