Henry And Wolsey Fact Test 1

Question 1

How old was Wolsey when he got his degree.

Answer 1

15

Question 2

Which two positions of power was Wolsey promoted to in 1515.

Answer 2

Cardinal and lord chancellor

Question 3

What was the name of the one-off, parliamentary tax that Wolsey introduced in 1513 and 1523

Answer 3

Subsidy

Question 4

How much in total did he raise from both subsidies?

Answer 4

£322,099

Question 5

How many cases on average did Wolsey hear in the four of star chamber each year?

Answer 5

120

Question 6

Which historian said that Wolsey pursued a “vendetta against the nobility” in his legal policy

Answer 6

Randell

Question 7

Give an example of a noble who suffered at the hands of Wolsey’s legal system?

Answer 7

Sir amyas paulet

Question 8

How much did Wolsey raise with the Amicable Grant?

Answer 8

0

Question 9

Where in Suffolk did 10,000 men rise up in protest against Wolsey’s financial policies in 1525

Answer 9

Lavenham

Question 10

What was the term which described landlords putting up their rents dramatically in order to push peasants of their land?

Answer 10

Rock renting

Question 11

Who commented on the problems caused by issue of of enclosures that sheep were “man-eaters” in his 1516 book “utopia”

Answer 11

Thomas more

Question 12

Wolsey brought 264 cases against landowners who had illegally enclosed land. How many successful verdicts did he achieve?

Answer 12

188

Question 13

Why did Wolsey have to temporarily abandon his policy on enclosures in 1523

Answer 13

To focus on raising money for the king with the second subsidy

Question 14

Which French nobleman promised Henry and Charles V that he could raise a rebellion in 1523

Answer 14

Charles Borban

Question 15

What title did Henry offer Charles in his letter of 1525 when he proposed a joint invasion of France?

Answer 15

Peace keeper, leader of all Christendom

Question 16

Which Pope’s called for a crusade did Wolsey hijack in 1518

Answer 16

Leo X

Question 17

Who led the 11,000 strong English invasion of France in 1523 which had to turn around only 70 miles from Paris?

Answer 17

Duke of Suffolk

Question 18

How much did Henry spend on the Field of the Cloth of Gold?

Answer 18

£100,000

Question 19

In June of which year did Henry and Francis hold the event of the Field of the Cloth of Gold?

Answer 19

1520

Question 20

Which legendary Wolsey-hating historian said this about Wolsey’s domestic policy “Wolsey tried to do the work of 10 men and, not surprisingly, failed

Answer 20

Elton

Question 21

Which battle in February 1525 saw a dramatic victory for the empire over France, eventually leading to Wolsey’s diplomatic revolution?

Answer 21

The battle of palvid

Question 22

What was the peace treaty of August 1529 called which served as the final nail in the coffin for Wolsey’s foreign policy

Answer 22

The treaty of Cumbria

Question 23

What did Wolsey study at university?

Answer 23

Rhetoric