- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- List of Plates
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations and Conventions used in the Notes
- Introduction
- I Alternative Communities
- 2 Power in the County
- 3 The County Community Displayed
- Part II Changing Patterns of Religion
- 4 Richard Nix and the Old World 1501–1535
- 5 The Years of Uncertainty 1536–1572
- 6 A New World: Recusant and Puritan 1572–1603
- Part III The County and the Crown
- 7 Co-operation and Rebellion 1485–1558
- 8 The Elizabethan Regime: Contrasts and Contacts
- 9 Civil and Military Controversy 1582–1603
- Part IV Popular Politics
- 10 The Age of Rebellions 1525–1570
- Alternative Patterns of Politics
- Conclusion
- Appendix I The Careers of Suffolk JPs and their attendance at quarter sessions 1485–1603
- Appendix II The careers of Norfolk JPs and their attendance at quarter sessions 1485–1558
- Appendix III Norfolk and Suffolk JPs dismissed 1485–1603
- Appendix IV The Suffolk gentry and their marriages 1558–1603
- Appendix V Origins of Suffolk borough MPs 1504–1601
- Index
Power in the County
Power in the County
- Chapter:
- (p.53) 2 Power in the County
- Source:
- Suffolk and the Tudors
- Author(s):
Diarmaid MacCulloch
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter discusses the distribution of power within the county of Suffolk. From the reign of King Henry VIII until Queen Elizabeth I, the administration of power within this county is examined, studied, and described. It is said that by the last half of Queen Elizabeth's reign, East Anglia had become an area made safe for county gentry. In Suffolk, there were three distinct groupings: the gentlemen of the Liberty of St. Edmund, and the noble families of Cornwallis-Heveningham and Wentworth-Wingfield.
Keywords: power, Suffolk, King Henry VIII, noble families, East Anglia, county gentry
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- List of Plates
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations and Conventions used in the Notes
- Introduction
- I Alternative Communities
- 2 Power in the County
- 3 The County Community Displayed
- Part II Changing Patterns of Religion
- 4 Richard Nix and the Old World 1501–1535
- 5 The Years of Uncertainty 1536–1572
- 6 A New World: Recusant and Puritan 1572–1603
- Part III The County and the Crown
- 7 Co-operation and Rebellion 1485–1558
- 8 The Elizabethan Regime: Contrasts and Contacts
- 9 Civil and Military Controversy 1582–1603
- Part IV Popular Politics
- 10 The Age of Rebellions 1525–1570
- Alternative Patterns of Politics
- Conclusion
- Appendix I The Careers of Suffolk JPs and their attendance at quarter sessions 1485–1603
- Appendix II The careers of Norfolk JPs and their attendance at quarter sessions 1485–1558
- Appendix III Norfolk and Suffolk JPs dismissed 1485–1603
- Appendix IV The Suffolk gentry and their marriages 1558–1603
- Appendix V Origins of Suffolk borough MPs 1504–1601
- Index
