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Tudor Society (Gentry (1490 500 knights (Originally status imposed…
Tudor Society
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Commoners
Top level commoners, middling sort, rich merchants and craftsman
In countryside, middling sort were yeomen farmers who farmed substantial properties for an increasingly sophisticated market economy
Relatively small number of educated professionals, some lawyers who were most influential + collaborated with merchants
Middle level - shopkeepers and skilled tradesmen - dominated town councils + played key roles in guilds and lay confraternities
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Key individuals
John de Vere, Earl of Oxford
-Henry's most trusted military commander
Giles, Baron Daubeny was an ex-Yorkist leader who was loyal to Henry and helped put down the Cornish tax rebellion. He succeeded William Stanley as Lord Chamberlain
Richard Fox (wrote the book of martyrs) became Bishop of Exeter in 1487 and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. He later became Bishop of Bath and Wells, Durham and Winchester and helped manage the Crown's transition to Henry VIII
Churchmen
The church was very important for spiritual reasons but also because it was a huge landowner and it played a massive economic role in England.
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Nobility
The peerage was very small (50-60 men) but they dominated the land ownership in Tudor society. The Crown depended on them fro the maintenance of order in the country side.
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Peerage families often died out, but were replaced by those who bought or acquired the king's favour.
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However, Henry was reluctant to create peerage titles
He distrusted the nobility class. Only Lancastrian military commanders, like the Earl of Oxford and Lord Daubeney had influence on Henry's political decisions.
However, he distrusted Earl of Northumberland, even if he had aided him with Richard's victory. Northumberland held control in the northeast of England on behalf of Henry.
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