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CH 2. GOVERNMENT (PARLIAMENT (Not regular part of gov system, only called…

- - - - Bonds and recognizances not new, but VII much greater use! & was personally responsible for some injustices!
      - Dudley: "The king's grace was much set to have many persons in danger at his pleasure"
- - - - VII increased their role to maintain L/O in the countryside
      - Unpaid local magistrates from the genrty - UNPAID, fulfilled role out of sense of duty OR because they sought advancement in polticial/royal heirarchy
      - Responsible for taz assessments, maintenence of L/O etc
    - - Forced subjects to take out - some genuine debts, but most purely political! Edmund Dudley: "The king wished to have many persons in danger at his pleasure"
      - Judicial system was dubious - Council Learned caused frustration as bypassed pegal system etc
      - JUDICIAL SYSTEM HISTORIOGRAPHY: Steven Gunn :) Christine Carpenter :(
  - - - Traditional historigraphy: VII was a miserly king, transformed royal finance, left immense wealth to VIII - FRANCIS BACON 1621
      - Recent historiography: VII was not miserly! eg. Royal Accounts 1497: Spent considerable amounts on entertainment '2 harpists, the little maiden that dances, the welsh man that makes rhymes'
    - - VII knew wealth = power: aims to INCREASE income and personally supervises accounts, signed off all entries
      - VII a miser? NO, determined to increase wealth of crown, spent lavishly on court to impress domestic nobles/foreign observers - modelled on court of Burgundy, elaborate ceremonial
    - - Largest section of income: £12,000 per year at start of reign :(, ineffective Exchequer = VII realises inexperiences, reverts to edward IV's syetem through Chamber (NOT administrative department!) in 1492= end of reign, £42,000!! Huge impact,even Carpenter says it was successful
      - Increased NUMBER of crown lands by confiscating from enemies at start of his reign (Acts pf Attainder)
    - - VII gov made up of lawyers = able to effeiciently exploit fuedal rights!
      - Landowners had to pay to inherit land, 1504: Parliament grants fuedal aid! TAX on knighting eldest son/marriage of eldest daughter = increased income, BUT unpopular :(
      - WARDSHIP (king making proit from property held by a minor) PROFITS: 1487 £300 to 1507 £6000!
    - - VII's first Parliament grants tonnage (tax on imports of wine) and poundage (tax on exports of wool) for life, as per tradition.
      - Growth in trade = income from customs £34,000 to £40,000!
    - - Income from fines/bonds
      - 1504-1507 £200,000 bonds imposed, only £30,000 collected - implies used as method of CONTROL on nobility, not a method of raising money!
    - - £282,000 parliamentary taxation over entire reign + £160,000 from clergy
      - PROVOKED REBELLIONS! 1489 Yorkshire and 1497 Cornwall - implies power not entirely consolidated as loyalty to Tudor dynasty was shaky (BUT consider - tax rebellions not uncommon! VIII suffered same in 1525 wih Amicable Grant)
- - - - PERSONAL MONARCHY: Political power of an individual depends on relationship with monarch! - Court/Household was a place of patronage.
    - - HOUSEHOLD PROPER - Social aspect, looked over by Lord Steward
      - CHAMBER - Politically important, presided over by Lord Chamberlain, a position of consdierable trust
      - Impact of 1495 Warbeck imposture? LC STANLEY involved :cry: = VII creates PRIVY CHAMBER, makes it difficult for those out of favour to develop relations, less accessible = no building of loyalty/patronage, contributes to unpopularity in final years