Tudors - AS Level - Society and Economy (Booklet 2)

How many people lived in Tudor England in 1500?

Just over 2 million

How many people lived in Tudor England in 1603?

3.8 million

What shortages were caused by the rising population? (2 answers)

food & jobs

What factors affected population?

bad harvest and disease

How much did London's population increase by between 1520 and 1700?

2% - 11%

How many gentries were there in 1525, compared to in 1540?

4500 - 1515 5000 - 1540

What roles did the gentry fill in local government?

relief of poor, recruited soldiers, JPs and MPs

What event in 1536 led to the most significant development in the rise of the gentry?

Dissolution of monasteries

Which Pembrokeshire family benefitted by acquiring Creswell Chapel and the House of the Black Friars?

Barlows of Slebech

What industries were the gentry now interested in that led to greater wealth?

Coal mining, tin, lead, fishing, stone quarries.

What were the 3 biggest towns during the Tudor period?

Bristol, Norwich and London

What percentage of the population were urban dwellers (lived in towns)

10&

How many market towns were there?

800

How many crafts and trades were there in the second city, Norwich, by 1525?

80

Name on town and its specialist craft

Ipswich, weaving

What industry was 40% of urban workers employed in during the 1520s?

Textiles

How many Acts of Parliament were passed to help maintain and improve rivers?

8

When was the first road map of 9 long routes out of London published?

1541

What percentage of the population died from the plague in 1536?

20%

Name one factor caused towns to face crisis in tr first half of the sixteenth century

Disease, overcrowding

Which Monarch in particular was responsible for attracting foreign immigrants to encourage expansion?

Henry VII

Before 1550, what percentage of the cloth trade lay in the hands of the Hanseatic merchants, Fleming, Italians and French?

40%

How much did the value of English textiles rise in real terms?

5-6 times

Tin production from where doubled from 1490 to 1550?

Cornwall

What company was established in 1601 to trade directly with oriental countries in spices and pepper?

East India Company - "The Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies."

What was the most significant social and economic development in Tudor England?

Growth in Industry

Why is the growth of population limited in significance?

Population exacerbated resources

Why is the rise of the gentry limited in significance?

Began before Battle of Bosworth (start of Tudor period)

Why is the growth of towns limited in significance?

Dependant on Growth in Industry

Why is the growth of trade and industry the most significant development>

Acted as a catalyst