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What is Cabinet?
Privy and star are the ancestor
Cabinet system evolved from privy and star
What is privy council?
o Secret/ Private body which assist the crown
o When it was created?
William the conqueror
England was politically unified for the first time in 1066 by the NORMAN
WARRIOR- who are the mixture of FRANKS, NORS VIKINGS, GALLO-
ROMANS, William the conqueror
He built the privy council
It still exists
o It was highly strengthened in Henry VII. Before his reign Privy council used to perform/
cover – legislature, Administration and Justice. But the king divided its duty. And its task
become to render justice to the aristocrats to make them answerable.
o Elizabeth, I had 50 advisors in her Privy council at the beginning and she excluded the
number in 11 and since then the number of the advisors never crossed 15.
o Henry VII made sure to harness its power by dividing it task.
What is Star Chamber?
o The term was first found in the document of 1398.
o It was name after a room in the palace of Westminster.
Westminster is the Houses of parliament (since 1016)
Its style of architecture is Gothics- pointed square.
o It was a secret chamber.
o 1487- It became more important than the privy council.
o Henry VII used it to run the govt. and take important decisions for administration.
o In the age of Stuart’s, it became corrupted, it became trial chamber
o 1640- Charles was forced to call parliament ( for 11 years it didn’t set) and abolished the
star chamber.