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Henry II

Control of Barons . ???????? Destroyed all castles that were built illegally during Stephen's reign???????? Took back royal lands???????? Disbanded all baronial armies???????? Removed unpopular sheriffs during the ?Inquest of Sheriffs", especially those that had stole royal money. Justices . ???

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Henry II

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    1. Henry II Regaining control

    2. Control of Barons ·        Destroyed all castles that were built illegally during Stephen’s reign ·        Took back royal lands ·        Disbanded all baronial armies ·        Removed unpopular sheriffs during the “Inquest of Sheriffs”, especially those that had stole royal money

    3. Justices ·        Henry regained control of the justice system by creating Justicars ·        They travelled around dealing out the KING’S justice, expanding it beyond the royal lands The Assizes of Clarendon: - Established a common law from local customs and set out rules for trying cases in England & re defined the writ system ·        The Assizes of Northampton – Attempted to control abuse of law by the church

    4. Church ·        Church had gained a lot of power during the civil war ·        Henry was angered of the issue of criminal clerics ·        Henry eventually managed to gain control of the church courts, but he could not stop appeals going to the pope

    5. Angevin Empire ·        Henry was forced to allow officials and relatives to run his empire ·        This meant that his sons were able to rebel against him, because they had the support of parts of the empire ·        Henry eventually crushes his sons rebellion at the battle of Rouen

    6. Mercenary Army/Reorganisation of army ·        The new army was made up of mercenaries, rather than knights who would only stay for 40 days ·        This meant that it was easier to garrison castles with troops, they weren’t going to leave half way through a siege ·        Instead of soldiers, knights became the leaders of the new army, their commanders, and this was a job that paid a lot of money ·        This army was more effective than just feudal knights alone

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