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