Henry VII Government By 1506 Henry SECURED THE THRONE.. SIMNEL.. WARBECK.. SUFFOLK NEUTRALISED
09 February 2026 22:18
CROWN LANDS 1509: £42,000 - Trade agreements with Burgundy ( 1596) CENTRAL GOV:
- Scottish peace ( Ayton 1502)
Customs 1509: £38,000 - Burgundian peace ( Windsor 1506)
- 227 member council
Bonds and recognisances 1509: - Smaller inner council
£200,000
Court of requests
Court of Surveyors
Duchy of Lancaster 1509: £7000
P.A FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIE
NOBILITY 1485-1509
FEUDAL DUES, WARDSHIP, BO
i) Retaining.. Needed licenses ( Oxford fined 10,000 pounds) COUNCIL LEARNED 1487:
i) UNITE the nation
- Empson and Dudley as finan
ii) SECURE the crown ii) Bonds And Recognisances: Promised sum of money is misbehaved* - Bray, Lovell, Heron, Morton
Lord Dacre fined 2000 pounds
i) SATISFY Bishop of Worcester fined 2000 Gentry accepted BUT NOT NO
disillusioned Surrey= North
Yorkists Jasper Tudor= Wales
Iii) Order of the Garter: 37 given for LOYALTY.. MEDIEVAL OVERLORDSHIP CONTINUTATION**
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT:
CONTROL &CONDITIONAL TRUST
- 'new men'
- SERVICE NOBILITY via financial bonds, RESTRICTED PATRONAGE - Curb overmighty subjects
Ii) CONTROL OF THE LOCALITIES needed.. SUPPRESS THEM whilst also RETAINING THEIR POWER
1) Council of the North:
Restrain Nobles
END INDEPENDENT FEUDAL NOBILITY
RESTORE MONARCHICAL AUTHORITY***** i) IRELAND: Backed Simnel no
1494: Re-organised Irish gove
Tame magnate power… CARROT AND STICK REGIME.. FINANCIAL-LEGAL CONTROL*
- POYNINGS imposed constit
- New parliament at DROGHE
- "Ponying's law"
- Independent legislative po
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
1496: Kildare re-appointed as
ADMINISTRATION
- Exploit crown lands
- Use of Royal councillors 2) Council of Wales:
- INCREASE POWER OF JPs No power base.. NOMINAL CO
- REDUCE POWERS OF SHERIFFS - Bishop William Smyth
- APPOINTED WELSHMEN to
LEASE OF LIFE GIVEN TO JPS in return for imposing kings prerogative rights ○ Half a dozen marcher lor
- Henry wanted control in the LOCALITIES* 3) Council of the North:
- JPS chosen from landowning elites Henry Percy Lord Lieutenant o
- Minimal interest in North
Henry VII DEPENDENT ON JPs for LOCAL LAW and ORDER** - STRONG ENFORCEMENT NE
- London Council to monitor
WEAKNESS
- King heavily dependent on JPS… only could remove them from commission of peace
○ H7 fear of usurpation
PARLIAMENT:
- 7 total
NEW MONARCHY:
1485: x1 for Bosworth ( Reign backdated)
1489: Yorkshire rebellion
- Centralisation of power
1497: Cornish rebellion - Use of legal advisors
- Take-Away NOBLE AUTONOMY
1495: Lincoln and Simnel rebellion - GOVERENMED PROVINCIAL
COUNCILS
Remaining for financial reasons
- 15th and 10th ( £30,000 each) 1487: STAR CHAMBER ACT vs Simnel
1491: 3x for FRENCH WAR 1489-90: SUBSIDY FOR FRANCE
1492: 2x for Scottish war
1491: TAX FOF FRANCE
1/3 of statutes on socio-economic issues passed by H7 central governemnt ( 50 statutues)
i) 20% Laws due to attainders
1495: DE FACTO TREASON ACT
ii) Acts on Social discipline and wages
( Attainders)
iii) NO THREAT OF PARLIAMENT DISSOLVING**
1497: TAX FOR SCOTTISH WAR and
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
WARBECK
- Rarely summoned:
Tudors 1C Page 1
, FINANCIAL POLICY:
Make crown SOLVENT.. RESTORE INCOME.. REWARD LOYALTY
NCY FUND ARMIES**
ONDS and RECOGNISANCES*
- Re-organise Financial administration ( efficient revenue collection)
ncial advisory
n, Ponying's -
- 1485-7: CHAMBER FINANCE USAGE**
OBLES
i) Crown lands
ii) Profits of justice
iii) Feudal dues
iv) French pension
PRIVY CHAMBER:
- Treasurer of England ( John Heron)
- Streamlined revenue collection
ot WARBECK*
rnment ( Son Arthur made Lord Lieutenant)
ution.. Governor of Ireland ORDINARY REVENUE
EDA' - Crown lands
- Profits of justice
wer of parliament taken away***
- Customs duties
s Deputy.. Repaid Henry VII with LOYALTY.. EFFICIENT SELF-FINANCING - Feudal dues
EXTRAORDINARY REVENUE:
ONTROL OF ARTHUR PRINCE OF WALES** - French pension
- Bonds and recognisances
- Loans and Benevolences
key positions.. Rhys-Ap-Thomas
dships in private hands 1595 - Feudal obligations
- PARLIMENTARY GRANT
of the North replaced by EARL OF SURREY
EDED
North ORDINARY REVENUE:
CONCILIAR GOVERNMENT
1) Crown lands: 1487: 3000 per annum
- COUNCIL LEARNED 1495 -- 1509: 40,000 per annum
above legal appeal.. Offshoot
of H7 royal council.. Bonds and ESCHEATS and ATTAINDERS ( Bray managed)
recognisances - Landowners with NO HEIR.. Land given to KING ( Act of resumption 1486)
2) Customs 33,000 PA 1/3 Ordinary revenue
Regional and Local Government - 1487: Certificate needed specifying duties paid… BOOK OF RATES
3) Profits of justice: Fines for criminality,, 51 attainder acts passed 1504.. 46 reversed
Increasing JPS role I
4) Feudal dues: 1487: 850 pounds
ENFORCEMENT… NOBLES
- Post for surveyor of the Kings ward
MONITORED BUT STILL HAD
POWER***
EXTRAORDINARY REVENUE:
1) Grants: 1487: 100,000 for Simnel and French war
- 1489: for French war
- 1496: For Scots and Warbeck
2) Loans and benevolences: 1496: To defend against scots and Warbeck ( 10,000 asked for)
3) Bonds and recognisances: sum promised for misbehaviour and conduct
Tudors 1C Page 2
09 February 2026 22:18
CROWN LANDS 1509: £42,000 - Trade agreements with Burgundy ( 1596) CENTRAL GOV:
- Scottish peace ( Ayton 1502)
Customs 1509: £38,000 - Burgundian peace ( Windsor 1506)
- 227 member council
Bonds and recognisances 1509: - Smaller inner council
£200,000
Court of requests
Court of Surveyors
Duchy of Lancaster 1509: £7000
P.A FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIE
NOBILITY 1485-1509
FEUDAL DUES, WARDSHIP, BO
i) Retaining.. Needed licenses ( Oxford fined 10,000 pounds) COUNCIL LEARNED 1487:
i) UNITE the nation
- Empson and Dudley as finan
ii) SECURE the crown ii) Bonds And Recognisances: Promised sum of money is misbehaved* - Bray, Lovell, Heron, Morton
Lord Dacre fined 2000 pounds
i) SATISFY Bishop of Worcester fined 2000 Gentry accepted BUT NOT NO
disillusioned Surrey= North
Yorkists Jasper Tudor= Wales
Iii) Order of the Garter: 37 given for LOYALTY.. MEDIEVAL OVERLORDSHIP CONTINUTATION**
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT:
CONTROL &CONDITIONAL TRUST
- 'new men'
- SERVICE NOBILITY via financial bonds, RESTRICTED PATRONAGE - Curb overmighty subjects
Ii) CONTROL OF THE LOCALITIES needed.. SUPPRESS THEM whilst also RETAINING THEIR POWER
1) Council of the North:
Restrain Nobles
END INDEPENDENT FEUDAL NOBILITY
RESTORE MONARCHICAL AUTHORITY***** i) IRELAND: Backed Simnel no
1494: Re-organised Irish gove
Tame magnate power… CARROT AND STICK REGIME.. FINANCIAL-LEGAL CONTROL*
- POYNINGS imposed constit
- New parliament at DROGHE
- "Ponying's law"
- Independent legislative po
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
1496: Kildare re-appointed as
ADMINISTRATION
- Exploit crown lands
- Use of Royal councillors 2) Council of Wales:
- INCREASE POWER OF JPs No power base.. NOMINAL CO
- REDUCE POWERS OF SHERIFFS - Bishop William Smyth
- APPOINTED WELSHMEN to
LEASE OF LIFE GIVEN TO JPS in return for imposing kings prerogative rights ○ Half a dozen marcher lor
- Henry wanted control in the LOCALITIES* 3) Council of the North:
- JPS chosen from landowning elites Henry Percy Lord Lieutenant o
- Minimal interest in North
Henry VII DEPENDENT ON JPs for LOCAL LAW and ORDER** - STRONG ENFORCEMENT NE
- London Council to monitor
WEAKNESS
- King heavily dependent on JPS… only could remove them from commission of peace
○ H7 fear of usurpation
PARLIAMENT:
- 7 total
NEW MONARCHY:
1485: x1 for Bosworth ( Reign backdated)
1489: Yorkshire rebellion
- Centralisation of power
1497: Cornish rebellion - Use of legal advisors
- Take-Away NOBLE AUTONOMY
1495: Lincoln and Simnel rebellion - GOVERENMED PROVINCIAL
COUNCILS
Remaining for financial reasons
- 15th and 10th ( £30,000 each) 1487: STAR CHAMBER ACT vs Simnel
1491: 3x for FRENCH WAR 1489-90: SUBSIDY FOR FRANCE
1492: 2x for Scottish war
1491: TAX FOF FRANCE
1/3 of statutes on socio-economic issues passed by H7 central governemnt ( 50 statutues)
i) 20% Laws due to attainders
1495: DE FACTO TREASON ACT
ii) Acts on Social discipline and wages
( Attainders)
iii) NO THREAT OF PARLIAMENT DISSOLVING**
1497: TAX FOR SCOTTISH WAR and
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
WARBECK
- Rarely summoned:
Tudors 1C Page 1
, FINANCIAL POLICY:
Make crown SOLVENT.. RESTORE INCOME.. REWARD LOYALTY
NCY FUND ARMIES**
ONDS and RECOGNISANCES*
- Re-organise Financial administration ( efficient revenue collection)
ncial advisory
n, Ponying's -
- 1485-7: CHAMBER FINANCE USAGE**
OBLES
i) Crown lands
ii) Profits of justice
iii) Feudal dues
iv) French pension
PRIVY CHAMBER:
- Treasurer of England ( John Heron)
- Streamlined revenue collection
ot WARBECK*
rnment ( Son Arthur made Lord Lieutenant)
ution.. Governor of Ireland ORDINARY REVENUE
EDA' - Crown lands
- Profits of justice
wer of parliament taken away***
- Customs duties
s Deputy.. Repaid Henry VII with LOYALTY.. EFFICIENT SELF-FINANCING - Feudal dues
EXTRAORDINARY REVENUE:
ONTROL OF ARTHUR PRINCE OF WALES** - French pension
- Bonds and recognisances
- Loans and Benevolences
key positions.. Rhys-Ap-Thomas
dships in private hands 1595 - Feudal obligations
- PARLIMENTARY GRANT
of the North replaced by EARL OF SURREY
EDED
North ORDINARY REVENUE:
CONCILIAR GOVERNMENT
1) Crown lands: 1487: 3000 per annum
- COUNCIL LEARNED 1495 -- 1509: 40,000 per annum
above legal appeal.. Offshoot
of H7 royal council.. Bonds and ESCHEATS and ATTAINDERS ( Bray managed)
recognisances - Landowners with NO HEIR.. Land given to KING ( Act of resumption 1486)
2) Customs 33,000 PA 1/3 Ordinary revenue
Regional and Local Government - 1487: Certificate needed specifying duties paid… BOOK OF RATES
3) Profits of justice: Fines for criminality,, 51 attainder acts passed 1504.. 46 reversed
Increasing JPS role I
4) Feudal dues: 1487: 850 pounds
ENFORCEMENT… NOBLES
- Post for surveyor of the Kings ward
MONITORED BUT STILL HAD
POWER***
EXTRAORDINARY REVENUE:
1) Grants: 1487: 100,000 for Simnel and French war
- 1489: for French war
- 1496: For Scots and Warbeck
2) Loans and benevolences: 1496: To defend against scots and Warbeck ( 10,000 asked for)
3) Bonds and recognisances: sum promised for misbehaviour and conduct
Tudors 1C Page 2
