Politics and Profit: A Study of Sir Ralph Sadler 1507–1547 (Volume 0)

Slavin, Arthur Joseph

ISBN 10: 0521089336 / ISBN 13: 9780521089333

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Politics and Profit: A Study of Sir Ralph Sadler 1507?1547 (Volume 0)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521089336
• ISBN 13: 9780521089333
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In the reign of Henry VIII a lay, as distinct from a clerical, staff of administrators was rapidly emerging as an essential instrument of government. To a remarkable degree the Crown depended on the servants of great ministers to supply the deficiencies of a formal bureaucratic structure. Thomas Cromwell's regime is perhaps the outstanding example of this phenomenon and, within his household staff, Ralph Sadler and Thomas Wriothesley emerged as the most capable servants. Sadler, the son of a man with some government connections but without pretensions to membership of the gentry, quickly rose in Cromwell's service and by 1535 began to appear as something more than Cromwell's man. In fact, he functioned as an ambassador linking Cromwell and Henry VIII.

Book Description

In the reign of Henry VIII a lay, as distinct from a clerical, staff of administrators was rapidly emerging as an essential instrument of government. To a remarkable degree the Crown depended on the servants of great ministers to supply the deficiencies of a formal bureaucratic structure.