Power in Tudor England
England was the most centralised state in medieval Europe. The Tudors built on this situation to reduce still further the provincial power of the nobility, and to eliminate the remaining jurisdictional franchises. But sixteenth century England was not mon
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BRITISH STUDIES SERIES General Editor: Jeremy Black John Charmley A History of British Politics, 1900-1996 David Childs Britain Since 1939 Brian Hill The Early Parties and Politics in Britain, 1688-1832 T. A. Jenkins The Liberal Ascendency, 1830-1886 David Loades Power in Tudor England
Power in Tudor England David Loades Professor of History University of Wales, Bangor
Macmillan Education
ISBN 978-1-349-25048-6 (eBook) ISBN 978-0-333-59837-5 DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-25048-6 POWER IN TUDOR ENGLAND
Copyright © 1997 by David Loades Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1997 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address: St. Martin's Press, Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 First published in the United States of America in 1997 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources.
ISBN 978-0-312-16391-4 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-312-16392-1 (paperback) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Loades, D. M. Power in Tudor England I David Loades. p. em.- (British studies series) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978-0-312-16391-4 (cloth).- ISBN 978-0-312-16392-1 (pbk.) I. Great Britain-Politics and govemment-1485-1603. 2. Power (Social sciences)-England-16th century. 3. Tudor, House of. I. Title. II. Series. DA315.L574 1997 942.05-dc20 96-25754 CIP
Contents List of Maps
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Glossary
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1
Preamble: A Personal Monarchy 1
10
The Nature of Authority
24
2 Structures 3
The Council
45
4
The Royal CoDlDlissions
70 83
5 The Parlian1ent 6
101
The Royal Court
119
7 The Special Jurisdictions 8
Regional and Provincial Identity
147
Select Bibliography
166
Index
179
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List of Maps
2 Dioceses before the Reformation
159
2 New Dioceses Created by Henry VIII
160
3 Wales: The Union with England, 1536-43
161
4
Ireland c. 1530
162
5
Tudor England and Wales: Counties and Parliamentary Boroughs
163
VI
Glossary
advowson The right to present to an ecclesiastical living or benefice. apange Literally 'privilege'; used of substantial jurisdictional franchises or peculiars, normally accompanying grants oflarge estates. bouge of court The right to be fed at the king's table; a privilege of those who held Chamber or Household office. certiorari A writ, issued out of Chancery or King's Bench, enabling proceedings made by any court of record, or by provincial officials, to be removed and certified before the superior courts at Westminster. first fruits and tenths Dues from bishoprics and other major ecclesiastical preferments, originally paid to the pope, but transferred to the Crown by a statute of 1534. First fruits were in theory a full year's revenue of the benefice. Tenths were a regular annual tax, in theory 10 per cent of the value. General Eyre Visitation by the royal justices, similar to
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