8th July 2021 Change in Tudor Governance

Elizabethan Religious Settlement

 Royal Prerogative was never written as a way to allow for a large amount of power for the
Monarch. It needed to be used carefully
 Many MPs were legally minded with around 40% being Lawyers. They were well-educated
and more parochial

Enfranchisement – turn private lands into constituencies, led to the gain of more MPs. It was the
source of political power.

Peter and Paul Wentworth – consistently upset Elizabeth, her MPs and her ministers. Paul was put
into the tower of London.

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