Council of the North

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The Council of the North was an administrative body set up by King Richard III of England in 1484 to improve government control and economic prosperity over Northern England. It was originally based at Sheriff Hutton and Sandal Castle. The reason for doing so was the deteriorated state of Northern society since the harrying of the North under the Normans.

Richard was the first post-Norman King of England to legislate and conduct government in the English language, possibly because his experience among his subjects whilst at Middleham Castle had created a mutual respect between them. Die hard Yorkists did not forget this when Perkin Warbeck and Lambert Simnel appeared. This local loyalty did not save Richard from desertion, when the Earl of Richmond rose against him. (Coincidentally, Richmond Castle had seniority over Middleham Castle!)

Following the suppression of the Pilgrimage of Grace, Henry VIII reorganised the Council. He placed it under his son; Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset with its seat at York. From 1539, it met at the former house of the Abbot of St. Mary's Abbey, York (founded by the Lord of Richmond) in the centre of that city; after the dissolution of the abbey, the building had been retained by the king who formally allocated it to the Council. The building is nowadays called the King's Manor.

The Council was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641, because it was the chief support for Catholic Recusants and Anglicans. After the English Restoration, the Secretary of State for the Northern Department was formed and influenced industry.

List of Presidents of the Council of the North

External links

Sources

  • King's Council in the North by Rachel R Reid ISBN 0-7158-1126-6
  • Evans, Antonia (ed) (2002). The York Book. York: Blue Bridge. ISBN 0-9542749-0-3. 
King Richard III of England
By the Grace of God, King of England
and France and Lord of Ireland

Reign 20 June 1483 - 22 August 1485
Coronation 6 July 1483
Born 2 September 1452(
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Northern England, The North or North of England is a rather ill-defined term, with no universally accepted definition. Its extent may be subject to personal opinion and many companies or organisations have differing definitions as to what it constitutes.
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Sheriff Hutton is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies about ten miles north by north-east of York. Sheriff Hutton is so named because it was once held by Bertram de Bulmer, the Sheriff of York, who died in 1166.
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Sandal Castle is a ruin on the edge of the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire and overlooks the River Calder and Pugneys Country Park. It was the site of royal intrigue, the opening of one of William Shakespeare's plays, and possibly the source for a common children's nursery
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The Harrying (or Harrowing) of the North was a series of campaigns waged by Alain Le Roux, grandson of Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany, in the winter of 1069–1070 in order to subjugate Northern England as part of the Norman conquest of England.
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Normans were a people from medieval northern France, deriving to a large extent their aristocratic origins from Scandinavia (the name is adapted from the name "Northmen" or "Norsemen").
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English}}} 
Writing system: Latin (English variant) 
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Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
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Middleham Castle in Wensleydale, in the county of North Yorkshire, was built by Robert Fitz Ralph, 3rd Lord of Middleham & Spennithorne, commencing in 1190. It was built near the site of an earlier motte and bailey castle.
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die hard was first used during the Peninsular war to describe the 57th Regiment of Foot (Middlesex regiment). This was as a result of the action at the Battle of Albuera (1811) of Colonel Inglis who upon being badly wounded refused to retire from the battle but calmly and
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The House of York was a branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet, three of whom became English kings in the late 15th century. The House of York was descended from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, the fourth son of Edward III.
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Perkin Warbeck (1474 Picardy - 23 November 1499 Tyburn, London) was a pretender to the English throne during the reign of King Henry VII of England. He was an impostor, pretending to be Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV of England, but was
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Lambert Simnel (c. 1477 – c. 1525) was a child pretender to the throne of England. He and Perkin Warbeck were two impostors who threatened the rule of King Henry VII (reigned 1485–1509) during the last part of the 15th century.

Lambert Simnel was born around 1477.
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Henry VII
King of England, Lord of Ireland

Reign August 22 1485 - April 21 1509
Coronation October 30 1485
Born January 28 1457(1457--)
Pembroke Castle
Died
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Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire, England, stands in a breathtaking position above the River Swale, close to the centre of the town of Richmond. It was constructed in 1071 as part of the Norman Conquest of England and as a direct result of the slaughter of the Norman garrison at
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The Pilgrimage of Grace was a popular rising in Northern England in 1536, in protest against England's break with Rome and the Dissolution of the Monasteries, as well as other specific political, social and economic grievances.
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Henry VIII
King of England, King of Ireland, Prince of Wales

Reign 22 April1509 – 28 January1547
Coronation 24 June 1509
Born 28 May 1491(1491--)
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Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (15 June 1519–18 June 1536) was the son of King Henry VIII and his teenage mistress, Elizabeth Blount, the only illegitimate offspring that Henry acknowledged.
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City of York
The Guildhall, York

Arms of City of York Council
York shown within England
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
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Abbey of St Mary in York, England, is a ruined Benedictine abbey that lies in what are now the Yorkshire Museum Gardens, to the west of York Minster. The original abbey on the site was founded in 1055 and dedicated to Saint Olave.
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The Honour of Richmond was created by Alain Le Roux, son of Eudes, Count of Penthièvre, grandson of Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany [1].

According to the Honoris Registrum de Richmond:
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The King's Manor is a Grade I listed building in York, England, and is part of the University of York.

King's Manor was originally built to house the abbots of St Mary's Abbey, York.
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Long Parliament was preceded by the Short Parliament. It was purged by Pride to become the Rump Parliament, dissolved by Cromwell, restored (as the Rump) twice in 1659, restored to its pre-purge state by Monck, and succeeded by the Convention Parliament.
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In the history of England, recusancy was a term used to describe the statutory offence of not complying with the established Church of England.

From the 16th to the 19th century recusants
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English Restoration, or simply The Restoration, was an episode in the history of Britain beginning in 1660 when the English monarchy, Scottish monarchy and Irish monarchy were restored under King Charles II after the English Civil War.
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The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain up to 1782.

Before 1782, the responsibilities of the two Secretaries of State were not divided up in terms of area of authority, but rather
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Industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent, industrious"), is the segment of economy concerned with production of goods. Industry began in its present form during the 1800s, aided by technological advances, and it has continued to develop to this day.
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Cuthbert Tunstall (or Tonstall) (1474–November 18, 1559) was an English church leader, twice Bishop of Durham during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.
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Bishop of Durham

Province York
Diocese Durham
Founded 9th century
Cathedral Durham Cathedral
Present bishop Nicolas Thomas Wright
Signature Dunelm
See also: List of Bishops of Durham

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