Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries
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The Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries was a powerful Tudor and early Stuart English crown official responsible for administering feudal revenues and the wardship of minors’ estates.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English crown office
ⓘ
government position ⓘ judicial office ⓘ |
| abolished | 1660 ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | Tenures Abolition Act 1660 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesDuringPeriod |
Tudor period
ⓘ
early Stuart period ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | England ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
English monarch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| firstHolder | Sir William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
administration of feudal revenues
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collection of profits from wardships and liveries ⓘ enforcement of feudal incidents due to the Crown ⓘ granting of liveries of estates to heirs ⓘ management of wardships of minors ⓘ oversight of marriages of wards ⓘ supervision of estates of royal wards ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
estates held in chief of the Crown
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wards of the Crown ⓘ |
| hasPower |
control over lucrative feudal revenues
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influence over landed families with minor heirs ⓘ patronage over appointments and grants within the Court of Wards ⓘ |
| hasRank | senior crown officer ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
instrument of political patronage and control over the nobility
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major source of royal income in the 16th and early 17th centuries ⓘ |
| inception |
1540
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reign of Henry VIII ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
feudal incidents attached to land tenure
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royal prerogative of wardship ⓘ |
| notableOfficeHolder |
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
NERFINISHED
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Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Robert Dudley, later Earl of Leicester NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester NERFINISHED ⓘ William Cecil, later Lord Burghley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Court of Wards and Liveries
NERFINISHED
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English royal household ⓘ Stuart administration NERFINISHED ⓘ Tudor administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInHierarchy | head of the Court of Wards and Liveries ⓘ |
| reasonForAbolition | abolition of feudal tenures in capite and by knight service ⓘ |
| replaced | older informal systems of managing royal wardships ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| subordinateTo |
the Lord Chancellor in some legal matters
ⓘ
the monarch ⓘ |
| usedFor | raising royal revenue without parliamentary taxation ⓘ |
| workLocation | Court of Wards and Liveries, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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