Kings council - chosen by the king and had 200 members, although most of the time the king relied on an inner, much smaller council so the efficiency of central government improved. Inner group made of Morton, the Lord Chancellor, Fox, the lord Privy Seal, Dynham, the lord treasurer, and 5 others. Whilst most members of the council were nobility, Henry also relied on the gentry, lesser landowners or professional classes for his advisors, particularly lawyers such as Reginald Bray and Edmund Dudley