The Tudor Speakers 1485-1601: Choosing, Status, Work

During the Tudor period the Speaker was nominated by the crown. The house of commons acquiesced with the crown's nomination, but not entirely passively. There is a body of evidence suggesting that the crown's nominee became the focus of disapprobation once his name became known. What hostility there was to the Speaker‐designate from the mid 16th century was displayed to better effect outside the House than within.