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Elizabethan Government (role of ministers (William Cecil (His tight…

- - - - It met regularly, with most meetings attracting an attendance of about ten members.
      - William Cecil - English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (1550-53 and 1558-72) and Lord High Treasurer from 1572
        
        Tight control over the finances of the Crown, leadership of the Privy Council, and the creation of a highly capable intelligence service under the direction of Francis Walsingham made him the most important minister for the majority of Elizabeth's reign.
      - Sir Nicholas Bacon, Francis Russell Earl of Bedford and Sir Francis Knollys
      - The Council did contain some ministers of more conservative views - Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, Lord Treasurer the Marquis of Winchester and the earls of Sussex and Shrewsbury
      - - 58 men served 1558-1603
        - William Cecil - most trusted servant
        - Sir Francis Walsingham – Cecil’s protégée
        - Sir Francis Knollys
        - Sir Christopher Hatton
        - Sir Thomas Smith
        - Lord Howard of Effingham
        
        - Key figures usually united on key issues
  - - - Key areas of disagreement:
        
        Mary Queen of Scots
        
        Leicester/Walsingham pressure for anti-Spanish military intervention in the Netherlands
  - - - A number of ministers died in quick succession - by 1597, the Council had only 11 members
        
        Liz failed to make immediate replacements and when she did, she tended to rely on the middle-aged sons of former councillors who often lacked their fathers skills