Wolsey's domestic policies

Question 1

intro

Answer 1

the policies aimed to help the poor and create equal treatment for them. Some successes but also failures

Question 2

legal reforms

Answer 2

were introduced

promoted civil law over common law- Wolsey believed justice was better served

Question 3

increased cases heard

Answer 3

increased to 120 a year- Henry VII only 12 a year

Question 4

Lord Chancellor

Answer 4

allowed him to humiliate the nobility- led to his fall as he lost their support

-cared about his position and did anything to protect it

Question 5

finances

Answer 5

changed from 15th and 10th with subsidy between 1513-16

-ensured the rich did not avoid the tax system

raised £170,000 in comparison to £90,000

Question 6

Parliamentary subsidies

Answer 6

raised £325,000

Question 7

loans

Answer 7

raised £25,000

Question 8

enquiries into enclosures

Answer 8

• rural poverty continued to climb as he was forced to accept enclosures in 1523 - shows he wasn’t able to exert his power over the nobility
• unsuccessful

Question 9

amicable grant

Answer 9

the tax targetted the clergy and laity - made sure the rich weren’t exempt

• rebellions in Suffolk and East Anglia- shows opposition to domestic policy
• public failure- nobody had supported it

Question 10

conclusion

Answer 10

quite successful - justice to poor but lost nobility support- main factor in his downfall

• failure of the amicable grant, two rebellions
• justice, taxes and enclosures were successful as little opposition and helped poor