NOBILITY AND  ROLES IN THE ROYAL COURT WAS IMPORTANT IN TUDOR  ENGLAND. MANY FAMILIES WOULD GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO RISE IN THEIR POSITION. NO POSITION WAS COMPLETELY SAFE. PEOPLE COULD USE WHAT THEY KNOW, ABOUT WHO THEY KNEW IN ORDER TO CLIMB THE LADDER. IN SOME CASES, IT COULD ALSO BE THE HIGHER A PERSON CLIMBS, THE GREATER THEY MAY FALL, EVEN TO THE POINT OF LOSING ALL THEIR LANDS AND TITLES, AND SOMETIMES EVEN THEIR OWN LIFE IN THE PROCESS.