Nobility and Key Figures in Henry VII's Reign

Noble families under Henry VII's control

46 out of 62

Acts of Attainder passed under Henry VII

138

Acts of Attainder reversed under Henry VII

46

Acts of Attainder passed between 1504-1509

51

Law against retaining passed

November-December 1487

Noble fined for retaining 471 men

Lord Burgavenny

Bond amount for Lord Burgavenny

£5,000

Revenue from wardship and marriage in 1487

£350

Revenue from wardship and marriage in 1507

£6,000

Bonds issued in first 10 years of Henry VII's reign

191

Bond amount for Marquis of Dorset after Simnel plot

£10,000

Nobles under recognisance after Battle of Bosworth

Earl of Westmorland & Earl of Northumberland

Payment under recognisance for disloyal nobles

£10,000

John Morton's profession

Churchman & lawyer

Yorkist king served by John Morton

Edward IV

John Morton made Archbishop of Canterbury

1486

John Morton made a cardinal

1493

John Morton became Lord Chancellor

1487

Financial principle by John Morton

Morton's Fork

Year John Morton died

1500

Who helped Henry raise funds for the Battle of Bosworth

Sir Reginald Bray

Position held by Sir Reginald Bray

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Year Sir Reginald Bray died

1503

Year Sir Richard Empson became a member of the King's Council

1494

Year Sir Richard Empson took charge of the Council Learned in the Law

1503

Year Sir Richard Empson was executed

1510

Key figure in the Council Learned in the Law after Bray's death

Edmund Dudley

Year Edmund Dudley was executed

1510

Year Erasmus first visited England

1499

Book published by Erasmus in 1500

Adages

Scholar and tutor of Henry VIII close to Erasmus

John Skelton

Where John Colet was educated

Oxford

School founded by John Colet

St. Paul's School

Year John Colet became Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral

1504

Church policy violated by John Colet

'Latin only' policy by translating the New Testament