A Study Of King Henry ?'s Efforts To Expand The Royal Income

After inheriting the throne,the thone of Henry ?(Henry Tudor,1457-1509)is not consolidated.In order to strengthen the throne,Henry ? took many measures to enlarge the royal income first.It makes the British court acquired value of gold and silver as much as 1800000 pounds when he died that have made great contributions to the rule of the Tudor dynasty.This paper is divided into three chapters.The first chapter is focuses on the background for Henry ?'s expansion of royal income.First of all,Henry ? haven't enough qualification to inherit the throne.The Beaufort family,which is the Henry mother's family that make him to be the eligible to became the king in the blood relationship.But this family has long been denied the right to the throne because of born out of wedlock.Henry ? haven't got support of the church and at the beginning of his reign,he faced the rebellion of the yorkists as well as the complicated abroad environment.Second,Henry ? have to "live on his own" as a king under the medieval rules of taxation and he need to get parliament's approval before he collects taxes.Finally,the royal income and expenses is not balanced.Many problems caused the early reign of Henry ? to be unstable.Therefore,in order to consolidate the rule and strengthen the kingship,he implemented measures to expand the crown's income.The second chapter is discusses Henry ?'s main measures to expand the royal income.It mainly include increase tax revenue,strengthen the management of the royal domain,increase the income of the feudal privilege,obtain war reparations and increase the income from the church and so on.Henry ?'s wealth increases year by year during his reign because of these measure that he left a lot of money to the dynasty's successor when he died.The third chapter is discusses the influence of the expandedroyal income on early modern British history.Although Henry ?'s measures to increase royal income were medieval and he didn't breakthrough the limitation of the financial system of medieval England,but he unconsciously facilitated the formation of the British new monarchy and promoted the early development of British capitalism.