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Urban elites sought the protection and advice of the new men in their dealings with the king and their consolidation of oligarchical power. Most of the new men acted as patrons to one or more towns, but Poynings’s relationships with the Cinque Ports were particularly close. Dudley had an intense but often confrontational engagement with London, where Lovell’s dealings were happier. In towns and in rural manors alike, stewardships, combining judicial oversight with military recruitment, were important offices in consolidating the new men’s power. They held them in large numbers, as they did other local posts, such as the constableships of castles and the keeperships of parks.
Title: Towns and stewardships
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Urban elites sought the protection and advice of the new men in their dealings with the king and their consolidation of oligarchical power.
Most of the new men acted as patrons to one or more towns, but Poynings’s relationships with the Cinque Ports were particularly close.
Dudley had an intense but often confrontational engagement with London, where Lovell’s dealings were happier.
In towns and in rural manors alike, stewardships, combining judicial oversight with military recruitment, were important offices in consolidating the new men’s power.
They held them in large numbers, as they did other local posts, such as the constableships of castles and the keeperships of parks.
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