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GCSE History · key term
A governing body responsible for northern England, reorganised after the Pilgrimage of Grace to strengthen royal control.
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Paper 2
Revise: Uprisings against the CrownHenry strengthened northern government by reorganising the Council of the North. Loyal officials could enforce royal policy more effectively in a region far from London. Some action against illegal enclosure addressed an economic grievance, but this did not amount to acceptance of the rebels’ main programme.
Paper 2
A regional government body responsible for maintaining royal authority and law and order in northern England.
Explain the link between reform and result: a permanent Council of the North gave the Crown a continuing means of enforcing royal authority.
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The Council of the North already existed, but earlier monarchs had used it intermittently. In 1537, Cromwell made it a permanent institution responsible for maintaining law and order in the North.