Henry VII, Chamber Finance and the 'New Monarchy
Some new Evidence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4557121 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Grummitt (0000-0003-0323-2184, Public Record Office, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 179 |
| Pages | 229-243 |
| Publication date | 1999-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2281.00082 |
| OpenAlex | W1981765365 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This article re-examines Henry VII's use of the king's chamber as the principal means of managing royal revenue. This is done in the light of the rediscovery of a series of account books belonging to two clerks of John Heron, treasurer of the chamber. This article challenges the assumption that Heron's account books are straightforward ledgers of royal income and expenditure. It also argues that stories of Henry's great wealth were not fables of Tudor propaganda and that the machinery of the chamber allowed the first two Tudors to employ effectively the private, as well as public, revenues. Moreover, Henry VII's methods of revenue management were not merely developments of Yorkist innovations but a concerted attempt to address some of the deep-rooted fiscal problems of late-medieval monarchy
Economic history · Economics · Heron · Ledger · Monarchy · Political science · Public finance · Revenue · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · Scottish History and National Identity · Finance
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2025 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |