Wolsey

Question 1

1513

Answer 1

Becomes Bishop of Tournai

His ambitious organisation of the Battle of Spurs proved successful

subsidy tax introduced - between 1513-16 raised more than fifteenths and tenths - £90,000

Question 2

1515

Answer 2

made Lord Chancellor - controlled Courts of Star Chamber and Chancery. 9000 cases brought before him + 120 cases/year in Star Chamber in contrast to HVII’s 12 cases in whole reign.

John Guy - ‘impartial justice’ because regardless of status could be heard at Star Chamber

Benefit of clergy scandal -richard hunne found dead under custody of Bishop of London… bishops in Lords restricted renewal of BoC. Commons and Lords opposed- result= no renewal. Wolsey’s allegience questioned.

Question 3

1516

Answer 3

Lord Burgavenny arrested for illegally retaining

Question 4

1517-18

Answer 4

enquiry into enclosure which gave material to Court of Chancery against those that ignored statutes

Question 5

1518

Answer 5

1518- 29 -legal action taken against 264 people. Proceedings against 9 noblemen, 3 bishops, 32 knights, 51 heads of religious houses (challenged wealthiest)

made Papal Legate

Gentlemen of the Chamber made + 1519 dismissed but HVIII brought thm back in

Question 6

1523

Answer 6

parlaiment summoned and maintained into summer- tried to bully Parliament into paying ‘loans’ for war that had been renewed against France.

made Bishop of Durham - pluralism/ absenteeism

1520s - 29 religious houses closed so that he could finance Cardinal College at Oxford - contributed to education

Question 7

1525

Answer 7

Amicable Grant - non-refundable tax by English people to fund war with France = unpopular. Provoked rebellion from Lavenham to London = humiliating for Wolsey/HVIII

1525+ 1528 - Wolsey called on Dukes of Norfolk for military support so no tension between him and aristocracy before his fall.

Question 8

1526

Answer 8

Eltham Ordinances- reduced number of gentlemen in the chamber from 12 to 6

Peter Gwyn suggests tensions between Wolsey and arisocracy over- exaggerated because king still had regular contact with Wolsey

Question 9

1527

Answer 9

Charles V sacks Rome

Question 10

1529

Answer 10

Charles V wins Bttle of Landriano and defeats France

Treaty of Cambrai- Francis I/Pope/Charles V - HVIII isolated

Wolsey’s fall-
Gwyn- Wolsey was HVIII’s servant and needed to fulfill all of his desires
Starkey- factional intrigue e.g. Boleyns this theory implies that HVIII was manipulated
HVIII accused Wolsey of praemunire