when in power
1549 - 1553
other names
john dudley, viscount lisle, earl of warwick
titles before becoming lord president
position of master of the horse to anne of cleves, made a name for himself fighting the scots and the french in the 1540s, son of edmund dudley (who was executed)
how did northumberland distinguish himself
calls himself lord president, somerset called himself lord protector
approach to government
enlarges privy council to 33, governed through the authority of the privy council, staffed kings council with his own men so he could control access to the king
edward becoming more influential
from 1551 starts attending some privy council meetings, from 1552 attends all
edward age of maturity
in 1552 recognise that instead of 18, edward will become king at 16, age of maturity brought forward
northumberland's problems
bad relations with france and scotland, huge economic problems, pressure from protestants, social order messy
May 1551 coinage
debased for the last time
money gained from debasement
£114,000
money borrowed from continental bankers
£243,000
march 1552 coinage
silver content restored, slowed rise in inflation
privy coffer
established, contingency fund
1553 financial situation
stablilised
crown lands sold
£140,000 worth of crown lands sold to replace revenue taxes
Treaty of Boulogne 1550
peace with france, england withdraws from boulogne, perpetual defensive alliance between england and france
money gained from releasing boulogne
400,000 crowns
relations with scotland
had to remove their remaining garrisons from scotland and agreed not to renew the war unless provoked by the scots under treaty of boulogne
national view of treaty of boulogne
seen as humiliating and a national disgrace
trade with france
resumed
englands international position
weak, lack of money forced northumberland to reduce the size of the army and the navy
social order problems inherited
rebellions in 1549, vagrancy, people out of work, enclosure commission got peoples hopes up, bad harvests