Amicable Grant

Question 1

When was amicable grant introduced

Answer 1

1525

Question 2

Why was amicable grant introduced

Answer 2

King of France defeated by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

Henry wanted to take advantage of this by invading France and recovering loans

Amicable grant was used to help pay for this invasion

Question 3

Who did the amicable grant tax

Answer 3

1/3 of the property of priests

1/6 of the property or ordinary people

Question 4

Why was the amicable grant controversial

Answer 4

Other taxes such as subsidy had been approved by Parliament this hadn’t

People only had ten weeks to pay the tax many couldn’t afford it

Question 5

Short term consequences

Answer 5

Many people refused to pay the tax

Suffolk a rebellion broke out with 1000 men

Tax abandoned

Henry postponed the French campaign and made peace with France

Question 6

Long term consequences

Answer 6

Wolsey humiliated and reputation badly damaged

Unable to raise anymore taxes whilst he remained Henry’s first minister

Failure of it showed that there were limitations to the kings power and he could no long raise taxes without consent of parliament