Irish Legal History Society Anglicizing the government of Ireland : the Irish Privy Council and the expansion of Tudor rule, 1556-1578

Type
Book
ISBN 10
0716524988 
ISBN 13
9780716524984 
LCCN
JN 1443 .C72 
Category
Ireland  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
1993 
Publisher
Volume
Pages
xiv, 508 pages  
Subject
Ireland 
Abstract
When Thomas Radcliffe, then Lord Fitzwalter, arrived in Ireland in 1556 as lord deputy, he initiated the slow process by which new English political institutions were grafted on to the existing structure of Irish government. Working through the privy council in Ireland, a succession of lords deputy implemented a star chamber jurisdiction for the council itself; installed a new secretary of state for Ireland; created the lords president and councils in Munster and Connacht; managed reform of the coinage; and supervised changes in the administration of the military and the collection of revenue. The council in Ireland, which already possessed long executive experience, now added importantly to its extensive administrative responsibilities. Nevertheless, when the innovations in government increased the charges to the crown without producing dramatic results, the queen and privy council in Westminster progressively emasculated the rights of the Irish council to act independently. This is the first detailed, full-length study of the privy council in Ireland. The constitutional position of the council is examined, including its membership and organisation; its relationship to the crown and to the lord deputy; and the interplay of personality, politics and patronage on the council itself.  
Description
Content:
1. The council and the government of mid-Tudor Ireland -- 2. The council in an era of reform: durable hierarchies and altered structures -- 3. Personalities and politics: family, faction and favor -- 4. The council and the reform of the legal system: judiciary, litigation and the court of castle chamber -- 5. The council as architect of order and stability: garrisons, general hostings, provincial councils -- 6. The council and fiscal experimentation: the exchequer, the coinage and the cases -- 7. The role do the council assessed -- Appendixes.  
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [473]-493) and index.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by series (ILHS), then author, then date.
All books with ILHS (Ireland Legal Historical Society) on the spine have been placed with like ILHS to group them together per staff request.  
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