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Henry VII's relationship with the nobility - Coggle Diagram
Henry VII's relationship with the nobility
main problem
central challenge of his domestice rule
he needed great nobles to govern regions and could not administer England without them
also feared potential rivals
SOLUTION
control them systematically rather than to destroy or simply trust them
Strategy
suspicion and control over partnership
He used bonds, recognisances and attainders to bind nobles to the Crown financially
Roughly two-thirds of the English nobility were subject to bonds or recognisances at some point during the reign
deliberately elevated new men from gentry
Bray empson Dudley
Wardship
control heirs of noble families- when great Lord died leaving a minor heir under oyal wardship, allowing Henry to control their lands and upbringing
KEPT GREAT NOBLES FROM REGIONAL DOMINANCE
no single fam allowed to be as unchecked powerful as percies or Neville's in 15th
CONSTANT ROYAL SCRUTINY NO UNCHECKED POWER
RESULT NOBILITY TAMED NOT DESTROYED
resentment generated by empson and dudleys methods so intense both had executed 1510
NO MAJOR NOBLE-led REBELLION OCCURED DURING HENRY's reign
Inherited problem
war of roses had dramatically reduced the old nobility
many great families killed attainted or weakened- leaving a power vacuum
surviving nobility either yorkist or newly elevated by Henry himself
needed noble cooperation to govern regions particularly north- feared giving any fam too much lower would recreate conditions of War of Roses