King Henry VIII at a meeting of the Privy Council, a group of men who were advisers to the King. It included a variety of men including those from the religious sector to very important state offices. After 1540 the 19 members of the Privy Council worked together as a board having letters and warrants signed collectively by them. They sat virtually every day and within it Court and State became as one, for the Privy Council met almost exclusively at Court after the reconstructions of 1536-7 and 1540. It also sat judicially as the Court of Star Chamber on Wednesdays and Fridays.
King Henry VIII at a meeting of the Privy Council, a group of men who were advisers to the King. It included a variety of men including those from the religious sector to very important state offices. After 1540 the 19 members of the Privy Council worked together as a board having letters and warrants signed collectively by them. They sat virtually every day and within it Court and State became as one, for the Privy Council met almost exclusively at Court after the reconstructions of 1536-7 and 1540. It also sat judicially as the Court of Star Chamber on Wednesdays and Fridays: councillors commuted by horse or barge to Westminster.
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Location: Westminster, London, UK
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