Chapter 2 - Henry VII's Government

12 Key Facts from Chapter 2

Number of Councillors

227

Number of Working Councillors

6-7

Henry created __ knights of the Garter, (such as the Earl of ______) as a way to reward loyalty of nobles without increasing their land or political power.

• 37

• Oxford

Henry VII reduced the number of peers from __ at the start of his reign to a mere __ peers

• 50

• 35

Council Learned was established in ____ in order to enforce the king’s rights

1495

Under Henry VII, __/__ noble families gave bonds or recognisances to Henry, compared to only _ peer under Yorkist rule.

• 36/42

• 1

The ____ __ ____ was forced to give a recognisance of £____ to Henry, which was lifted in 1499 after he helped put down the Yorkshire Rebellion two years prior..

• Marquis of Dorset

• £1,000

In ___, Henry called the Great Council to grant a loan of £_____ for the war against Scotland.

• 1496

• 120,000

Henry called the Great Council _ times, in times of national peril to unite the nobility and gain their support for controversial policies.

5

3 Key Council Learned Members

• Sir Reginald Bray (d.1503)

• Richard Empson (d.1510)

• Edmund Dudley (d.1510)

Creation of Privy Chamber

1495 (after betrayal of Lord Chamberlain Sir William Stanley)

Functions of Parliament

• Pass laws

• Grant taxation for the crown

Number of parliaments (1485-1509)

7

• 5 in first 10 yrs

• 2 in last 14

Total granted in fifteenths and tenths (1408-1509)

£203,000

The ONLY parliament that limited Henry’s extraordinary revenue

1504 (final parliament)

• only £40,000 of £90,000 originally requested granted

JP case study

Robert de Willoughby

JP for Devon and Wiltshire

Not a member of the titled nobility/magnate —> gentry + loyal to Henry

Crown Lands income was originally £_____ a year, but a switch from the inefficient court of Exchequer to the Chamber system in ___ increased the income to £____ a year by 1509

• £12,000

• 1492

• £42,000

Treaty of Etaples (____) gave Henry a pension of £____ a year

• 1492

• 5,000

When Henry wanted to celebrate the Feast of St George at Windsor in ___, he couldn't afford it, highlighting the poor finances at the start of Henry’s reign

1487

Income from tonnage and poundage, which was given at HEnry’s first parliament was around £______ a year.

£38,000

Annual Income

£113,000

Inheritance to Henry VIII was £______ in plates and jewels as well as £____ in cash

• 300,000

• 10,000