Henry VIII 2.3 Cromwell and government, 1534-40

Which of these is NOT a problem of the Royal Council?

• Usually dominated by the King

• No rules on how meetings should be organised

• Decisions and discussions were not recorded

• Very few attended the meetings despite having 100 members

How did Cromwell impact Tudor government?

• Reforms to the Royal Council

• Strengthening the council of the North

• limiting King's Chamber role in finance

• expanding the role of parliament

What was the Royal Council replaced with?

• Royal Chamber

• Privy Chamber

• Privy Council

• Royal Parliament

What did the Council of the North NOT do?

• It was made permanent

• It maintained law and order

• It advised the King

• It choose the next heir

Why was the King's Chamber reformed?

• Routine tasks like keeping control of expenditure bored him. So he didn't ensure the King's Chamber did it right

• There were no formal rules on how the King's Chamber should manage money

• Accounts were not properly kept by the King's Chamber.

• The crown had earnt more money that ever before due to the Dissolution of the Monasteries

• Henry spent too much money and should not be allowed to make financial decisions

What did the Court of Augmentation do?

• Make decisions on people moving land.

• Make decisions on income from property gained during the dissolution of the monasteries.

• Collected tax from the clergy that was meant to go to the Pope

• Collected tax from the people that was meant to go to the Pope.

What did the Court of First Fruits and Tenths do?

• Make decisions on people moving land.

• Make decisions on income from property gained during the dissolution of the monasteries.

• Collected tax from the clergy that was meant to go to the Pope

• Collected tax from the people that was meant to go to the Pope.

Why were the courts seen as the first form of bureaucracy (method for managing a country)?

• Departments (or courts) had a specific budget

• Spending did NOT need to be preapproved

• Each department was regularly checked up on

• Each department had well trained staff

• The king was more involved

Which of these is NOT true about Cromwell's parliament?

• Stopped the king from making laws by proclamation

• Increased the number of laws passed by parliament

• Parliament met less frequently

• House of Lords was made up of nobility and high ranking Church officials

• House of Commons was made up of MPs (members of parliament) such as wealth land owners, merchants and royal administrators.

How did Cromwell ensure that Parliament did what he wanted?

• As chief minister he had no power over money

• He controlled what was discussed and when

• He was an MP so could guide 'debates' and decisions

• Skilled lawyer - Cromwell drafted many laws that parliament passed

• Made the king appear in parliament to intimidate loyaly from MPs and Lords.