1. The work due for this lesson is:
FLIP LEARNING
TASK:
Revise the government diagram you have just made ready for a quick check of understanding next lesson.
Also continue with any improvements which need to be made on your assessment for next lesson
The work due for this lesson is:

2. FLIP LEARNING: BINGO
Pick 9 of the following word/phrases below and pop then in a grid like the one below. You will then be asked a series of questions. Your aim is to get 3 in a row!
Privy Council King Royal household
Privy Chamber Groom on the Stool The Court
Parliament Justices of the Peace Nobility
Factions The Church

3. How well did Henry VII build up his control over his country?
Good learning:
Understand some of the problems Henry faced in terms of his Government
Great learning:
Explain how Henry was able to tackle some of the problems with the nobility and Government
Even better:
Evaluate how far Henry was able to regain control over his country
Key Word:
Retaining
Attainders
Patronage
In what ways and how effectively was England governed during this period?

4. What were some of the problems Henry faced and how were they tackled?
Government in 1485 was well organised, but had come close to collapse on a number of occasions. Because of this the actual authority it had over its people, and more importantly nobility, was questionable. The particular problems facing Henry were:
Nobles who wealth and power were potential rivals to the crown.
The Crown had uneven control over the kingdom – it had good control over the South and East, but less so by the boarders.
The Crown also had poor finances due to the wars both at home and abroad.
Henry had no master plan, however he was determined to manage the government by himself, rather than delegate powers to his advisers.
Task:
For this task you are going to focus on the first of Henry’s problems.
Make a copy of the grid on the next slide and read through the information on how Henry dealt with the nobility (pages 18 – 19)
Good learning
Understand some of the problems faced in terms of his Government
Great learning
Explain how Henry was able to tackle some of the problems with the nobility and Government
Even better
Evaluate how far Henry was able to regain control over his country

5. How did HVII control his nobility?
How did the policy work?
How effective was the policy?
Attainders
Patronage
Attacks on retaining
Financial controls
Good learning
Understand some of the problems faced in terms of his Government
Great learning
Explain how Henry was able to tackle some of the problems with the nobility and Government
Even better
Evaluate how far Henry was able to regain control over his country

6. You will then need to teach your partner what you have learnt!
What were some of the problems Henry faced and how were they tackled?
Now we need to look at how Henry dealt with the second problem to ensure more even control across his kingdom. Henry made changes to what happened both a national level and a local/regional one.
Task:
Number yourselves one or two. One person will look at what happened with local government (Pg.19-20) and the other national government (Pg ). You need to create a diagram using the points opposite to help you pick out the relevant information.
You will then need to teach your partner what you have learnt!
Local Government
What did he do to try and control more distant lands?
What were the role of JPs and who were they?
3. As one system wouldn’t work, what sort of solutions did he come up with? (see map)
National Government
What was the role of Parliament under Henry?
What was the role of the royal council?
Good learning
Understand some of the problems faced in terms of his Government
Great learning
Explain how Henry was able to tackle some of the problems with the nobility and Government
Even better
Evaluate how far Henry was able to regain control over his country

7. National Government Parliament: Royal Council:
Minor role in political life, met infrequently
and generally for only a few weeks.
Henry used it at the start of his reign
(back-dating reign, acknowledging him as King)
and then sparingly
Used to support controversial policies such as
limiting the powers of the nobility
(e.g. Acts of Attainder) and for raising taxes.
Royal Council:
Most trusted supporters of Henry
They gave advice and did some of the day-to-day running of the kingdom
Generally a small group
Key figures were John Morton and Reginald Bray
Years
Length of session
1485-6
3 months
1487
1 month
1489
1.5 months
1491
0.5 month
1495
2 months
1497
1504
2.5 months

8. Regional Government/ Local Government
Justices of the Peace (JPs)
In charge of Local government and law and order in their area, appointed annually (unpaid position), four times a year met at the Quarter Sessions to try those accused of more serious crimes.
Appointed from local nobility/gentry- good (free patronage) used by Monarchs.
Henry increased their power:
1485- Powers of arrest of poachers and hunters
1491- Power to Grant bail
1495- Power to vet juries (decide if people were suitable to serve)

9. Regional Government/ Local Government
Henry’s control was weakest in?
A) Cornwall
B) Wales
C) The North
D) Ireland
In which areas were the following important?
A) Prince-Bishop of Durham
B) Earl of Suffolk
C) Jasper Tudor
D) Earl of Kildare

10. CHANGES TO GOVERNMENT: CONTROL OF FINANCE
HVII introduced two committees to the government:
COUNCIL LEARNED IN LAW:
Henry continued a previous practice of using committees made up of members of the Royal Council. The Council Learned in the Law – usually referred to simply as the Council Learned – was a small and highly professional legal committee. It was introduced in 1495 to defend Henry’s position as a feudal landlord. It dealt with all Crown lands and kept up-to-date with the collection of feudal dues that were owed to him. The Council Learned acted without a jury and as it actively advanced the position of the king, it had his full support… It was particularly important when it came to bonds the nobles were put under!!
STAR CHAMBER:
The Court of Star Chamber was named for the star pattern painted on the ceiling of the room at Westminster Palace where its meetings were held. The Court of Star Chamber was a court of law which evolved from meetings of the king's royal council. Although its roots go back to the medieval period, the court only became powerful as a separate entity during the reign of HVII. In 1487 the court became a judicial body separate from the king's council, with a mandate to hear petitions of redress.
In a sense the court was a supervisory body; its members oversaw the operations of lower courts. As well, its members could hear cases by direct appeal. Members of the court were either privy councillors or judges drawn from the courts of common law.

11. The last decade of Henry VII reign
The Council Learned in the Law headed by Sir Richard Empson (who replaced Sir Reginald Bray who died in 1504) and Edmund Dudley (keep an eye out for the name Dudley- this family is very important through the Tudor Period) was feared and hated by the nobility.
They had a system of spies and informants looking for signs of wrong-doing
46 out of 62 noble families suffered financially due the Council Learned in the Law (the level of activity increased notably towards the end of Henry VII reign).
Edmund Dudley was put on trial in the reign of Henry VIII and confessed to at least 84 cases in which money had been extracted illegally.
The Dudleys:
Edmund Dudley (executed by Henry VIII) m Elizabeth Grey
Son
John Dudley- Earl of Warwick- Duke of Northumberland (executed my Mary I)
Grandsons
Guilford Dudley m Lady Jane Grey (both executed by Mary I)
Robert Dudley- Earl of Leicester
Step-great grandson
Robert Deveraux- Earl of Essex (executed by Elizabeth I)

12. To what extent was Henry able to build up control over his country?
Small extent
Large extent
Post its to stick on
Good learning
Understand some of the problems faced in terms of his Government
Great learning
Explain how Henry was able to tackle some of the problems with the nobility and Government
Even better
Evaluate how far Henry was able to regain control over his country

13. FLIP LEARNING Your tasks for next lesson are as follows: TASK:
Using what you have learnt this lesson, I would like you to:
- Come up with 3 argument for and against the following statement:
‘Henry had nothing to fear from the nobility’
You should then write a conclusion as to whether you think this statement is true or not.
2. You have also been given a sheet which either says ‘Ordinary revenue’ OR ‘Extraordinary revenue’. Using pages of the textbook you will need to fill in your sheet with the relevant information.
If your are looking at ORDINARY revenue you are allowed 50 words per hexagon and EXTRAORDINARY 30 words per hexagon.
FLIP LEARNING
Your tasks for next lesson are as follows:
Don’t give them both sheets for the ordinary and extraordinary revenue, they will just need to fill in one for now and the other will be filled in during next lesson as they will teach each other. Therefore stress it is VITAL they fill in their worksheet for next lesson.