Wolsey

Question 0

Wolsey and Henry

Answer 0

Wolsey ran day to day affairs
Henry made decisions on big things
Argued in 1522 about a surprise attack on French
Argued in 1528 about appointment of abbess
Amicable Grant in 1525 damaged relationship

Question 1

Rise to power

Answer 1

Degree from Oxford at 15
Small diplomatic missions under Henry VII
Organized 12,000 men in France

Question 2

Wolsey’s Wealth

Answer 2

500 in household, the same as Henry’s
Abbot of St Albans in 1525 which was the richest monastery
Built Cardinal College and Hampton Court

Question 3

Policies on Justice

Answer 3

Star Chamber 12 -> 120
Promoted Roman civil law over the outdated canon law
Sir Amya’s Paulet confined to London for 5 years
Northumberland sent to Fleet prison in 1515
Burgavenny accused of illegal retaining 1516
Led to a backlog in Star Chamber

Question 4

Removal of opposition

Answer 4

Vergil imprisoned in 1515
Richard Pace sent abroad
Duke of Buckingham execution in 1521

Question 5

Execution of Buckingham in 1521

Answer 5

Broke laws on retaining and sympathized with White Rose Party
Nov 1519 allegedly threatened to kill Henry
Questionable over Wolsey’s involvement

Question 6

Enclosure

Answer 6

3 statutes before Wolsey had been ignored
1517 national inquiry
1523 forced to accept enclosures

Question 7

Finances 1513-29

Answer 7

Subsidy £325,000
15 and 10 £118,000
£250,000 in loans
Demanded £800,000 in 1523 and received £260,000

Question 8

Amicable Grant

Answer 8

Feb 1525 Pavia
Rebellions in Kent and East Anglia 
10,000 marched on Lavenham
Abandoned in May 1525
No further attempts at taxation

Question 9

Monopolizing Power

Answer 9

Lord Chancellor and Cardinal
Parliament met twice in Wolsey’s reign
Men expelled from privy Chamber in 1519
Eltham Ordiances from 12 to 6 Gentleman of Bed Chamber

Question 10

Hunne affair

Answer 10

Dominated 1515 parliament 
Merchant who complained about mortuary tax
Arrested for heresy 
Found dead in custody
Church could take property
Parliament didn't meet until 1523

Question 11

Religious Opposition to Benefit of Clergy

Answer 11

Huns Affair 1515
Henry Standish attacked Benefit of clergy
Act of 1512 restricted benefit
1515 act not renewed but Wolsey promised to control the Church

Question 12

Failure of Great Matter

Answer 12

Wolsey wanted to attack dispensation
Henry forced Levitical argument
Charles V held

Question 13

Wolsey’s religious reforms

Answer 13

Had many positions - pluralism
Ecclesiastical council in 1518 at York
Initiated inspections of monastery
Dissolved 30 religious houses
Proposal of episcopal sees (13) to replace monasteries

Question 14

End of Wolsey

Answer 14

Charged with praemunire
Retired to Archbishop of York
Nov 1530 Wolsey arrested
Died at Leicester Abbey in Nov 1530