Elizabeth's Advisors:
• She wanted a smaller council – Mayr’s had been between Problems facing Elizabeth:
40-50 members • Religious settlement
• Built a core of professional men who she had confidence in • Food shortages
and they served for a long period of time • Flu epidemic
• She kept two of Mary’s Privy Councillors – the Marquess of • Disastrous war against the French
Winchester served Edward and Mary as lord treasurer • Marriage issues
• William Cecil appointed principle secretary and served her
for almost 40 years
• Robert Dudley, son of Northumberland, became master of
the house
Elizabeth I
Succession: Character and aims:
• No objections to her succession • Acceded the throne at 25 (younger than Ma
• Mary recognised her as her successor before her death • She was better educated, had a better politi
• Mary’s councillors new Elizabeth had different religious
shrewder judge of character
views and were aware their political careers were over but • No desire to involve herself in details of gov
done nothing to interfere with the succession – within a few
father
days 9 of Marys councillors travelled to swear loyalty • Took interest in decision making processes –
• Philip of Spain sent the Spanish ambassador to try to
making most decisions as she was determin
negotiate a marriage deal with her – showed he didn’t wish
prerogative power of the crown
to disrupt the succession • Number of short term aims: of the crown: c
• Coronation 15th January 1559
position, settle religious issues and purse pe
settlement with the French
• She wanted a smaller council – Mayr’s had been between Problems facing Elizabeth:
40-50 members • Religious settlement
• Built a core of professional men who she had confidence in • Food shortages
and they served for a long period of time • Flu epidemic
• She kept two of Mary’s Privy Councillors – the Marquess of • Disastrous war against the French
Winchester served Edward and Mary as lord treasurer • Marriage issues
• William Cecil appointed principle secretary and served her
for almost 40 years
• Robert Dudley, son of Northumberland, became master of
the house
Elizabeth I
Succession: Character and aims:
• No objections to her succession • Acceded the throne at 25 (younger than Ma
• Mary recognised her as her successor before her death • She was better educated, had a better politi
• Mary’s councillors new Elizabeth had different religious
shrewder judge of character
views and were aware their political careers were over but • No desire to involve herself in details of gov
done nothing to interfere with the succession – within a few
father
days 9 of Marys councillors travelled to swear loyalty • Took interest in decision making processes –
• Philip of Spain sent the Spanish ambassador to try to
making most decisions as she was determin
negotiate a marriage deal with her – showed he didn’t wish
prerogative power of the crown
to disrupt the succession • Number of short term aims: of the crown: c
• Coronation 15th January 1559
position, settle religious issues and purse pe
settlement with the French
