Wolsey - Domestic Policy Flashcards
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1507
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- Appointed chaplain to Henry VII at the end of his reign, too late to be associated with Empson and Dudley
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1509
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- Gained a seat as a minister in the king’s council as royal almoner to Henry VIII, responsible for distributing funds to charities
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1513
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- Introduced the subsidy as a new form of taxation based on income rather than the standardised 10ths and 15ths
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1514
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- Many of Henry VII’s councillors are becoming too old to be involved in government
- Becomes Bishop of Lincoln, Archbishop of York and Bishop of Tournai
- Anti enclosure statutes are created
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1515
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- Appointed Lord Chancellor by Henry VIII after the previous chancellor resigns under pressure from Wolsey, now making him responsible for law and order
- Appointed a cardinal by Pope Leo X
- Did not have a good relationship with Parliament as he did not approve of the dissenting voice
- In the Standish Case, argued that clergyman should have a separate system of law. Henry disagreed and Wolsey was forced to grovel for forgiveness
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1516
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- The Earl of Northumberland is imprisoned for contempt of court
- Bishop Fox became too old so the privy seal was given to one of his supporters
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1517
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- Sir Robert Sheffield is imprisoned for illegal retaining
- Conducted a national enquiry into enclosures and used existing legislation to punish 264 land owners through the court of chancery
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1518
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- Appointed Papal Legate by the Pope, giving him the extent of the Pope’s powers in England
- Becomes Bishop of Bath and Wells
- Fixed poultry prices and investigated the high cost of meals in London
- Used the star chamber to attack traders who took excessive profit
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1519
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- Expels Henry VIII’s minions from court sue to the challenge in influence that they pose
- Proposed the reform of the royal household
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1521
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- Investigates the Duke of Buckingham under Henry’s instruction and finds that he was adopting trappings of the monarchy, resulting in his execution
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1522
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- Conduct a comprehensive survey of all of England’s military resources
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1523
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- Begins receiving and income from the diocese of Worcester due to pluralism
- Becomes Bishop of Durham
- Did not have a good relationship with Parliament as he did not approve of the dissenting voice
- Parliament made the highest grant of taxation paid in instalments over 4 years
- Raised £260000 through forced loans
- Forced to drop the attack in the early 1520s to appease the nobility in parliament
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1524
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- Confirmed appointment of Cardinal Compeggio as Bishop of Salisbury to act as King’s representative as papal curia
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1525
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- Fails to secure the Amicable Grant as extraordinary income from the nobility
- Begins receiving an income from the diocese of Salisbury
- Becomes Abbot of St Albans
- Dominated the King’s council which he concentrated around him at the star chamber until this point
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1526
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- Introduce the Eltham Ordinances in wake if the Amicable Grant to reduce the number of ministers from 12 to 6
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1527
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- Since 1513 raised £413000
- Since 1524 dissolved 30 monasteries to found grammar schools in Ipswich and a college in Oxford
- Henry announced his intention to marry Anne Boleyn
- Order JPs to buy up surplus’s grain and sell it cheaply during a bad harvest
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1528
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- Refused to confirm the appointment of Henry’s candidate as Abbess of Wilton
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1529
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- Fails to secure an annulment from Catherine of Aragon for Henry VIII
- Henry VIII strips him of his titles and influence
- Since 1515 raised £240000 through forced clerical taxation
- Clement sent Campeggio and King’s chief minister to try the case of Catherine of Aragon (May)
- Catherine objected to her case being heard in England so was referred to Rome (July)
- Wolsey was dismissed as Lord Chancellor (October)
- Failed to resolve the burgeoning of the king’s great matter at Blackfriars
