Hello everyone and welcome to the History of England, Episode 240, Henry in Ireland and Wales.

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A couple of weeks ago we talked about Lordship in England, we talked about how Henry and

Cromwell aimed to bring the nobility into a different relationship with the Crown, not

to break them or remove them, but to focus their attention on court and the patronage

provided by the Crown to tie them to the Crown in a way that provided both a source of

service to the Crown and reduced the potential for rebellion. We then talked about how this

worked perfectly reasonably in the core of England, but was something more of a challenge

in the massive border regions. We looked at the North of England and the impact there

of a more direct relationship between Crown and Region. So, given that Cromwell was reasonably

successful in bringing the North into this new structure, despite some less than happy

consequences, I suggested this time we look at the other two borders Henry had within

his kingdom, Ireland and Wales, and see how it went for him there.

I just start showing up with Ireland and let me apologise profusely for the galeic words

I'm going to slaughter. The last time we visited Ireland was back in the days of Henry VII

when in summary, after a bit of dithering, Henry VII in effect decided to rely on the

power of the Fitzgerald family, the branch which had held the great Elderm of Kilder.

As more the Great Eighth Earl had essentially ruled Ireland in the Yorkest fashion as a

deputy of the King a great regional power. Henry VII had appreciated the cost and difficulty

of any alternative strategies such as direct rule and was sensitive to the difficulties

Kilder himself faced in maintaining any kind of peace. His son Henry VIII, however, was

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