Who was Robert Burnell?
Edward’s chancellor
When did Edward get married and to who
1254 to the Spanish king daughter
How many marks did Burnell loan the king and when
3000 in 1282 and 1285
Examples of Burnell diplomacy
- sent to Paris in 1286 to sort out land issues
- Gascony in 1288 to sort out government there
How many sheep were in England in 1300
12mil
Statute of Acton Burnell
1283
- could force debts to be paid
- imprison debtors who couldn’t pay their debts
- force sale of goods and collect debts
What did a royal charter do
Give rights to
- homd a market
- build walls and gates to protect
- have their own laws and courts
Edward’s solution to fix finance
- moneyers were arrested if they were found to be selling coins with not enough silver
- 273 Jews were hung -> moneylenders
- 1279 -> recoinage with his face on
- introduced new values so there was no need to clip coins
How much did he borrow from the Riccardi family
390,000 by 1294
How much profit did Edward get from fixing his finance
£25,000
How much did Edward charge on tax in initially and when
7s 6d in 1275
What did Edward increase duty on wool to
40s in 1294 to fund his war with France
When did Edward remove the wool tax and why
1294 because there was a lot of opposition
Who was a Jewish financed
Aaron of Lincoln
How many Jews lived in England
Around 3000 -> 1% of the population
What was the catalyst for the expulsion of the Jews
- in 1290 Isaac de pulet was accused of murdering a young boy in Oxford
- Edward was given a £100,000 parliamentary grant in return for expelling them
Statute of Jewry
1275 -> made it illegal for Jews to lend money to
What unis were controlled by the church and how many went
Oxford and Cambridge -> over 3000 students were at Oxford in the 1290s
Where did Franciscan Friars set up training colleges
Durham, Oxford and Gloucester -> wanted to teach science and medicine
Assizes
1294 -> replaced general eyre + instead of waiting in prison for trial for months judges would registry visit each area so cases could be dealt with quicker
Why didn’t Edward succeed in his legal reform
- corruption
- judges were poorly paid and easily bribed
- economic hardships caused by Edward’s wars and poor harvest meant more turned to crime
How did Edward respond to his failure of legal reform
- 1305 Ordinance of Trailbaston -> delivered swift justice
Statute of Winchester
1285 -> men should have weapons available- to be used in the hue and cry
When and where did Edward order a bridge be built
1303 in Kings Lynn
