Thomas Wolsey- Domestic Policies
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- Created on: 19-05-15 22:54
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- Thomas Wolsey Domestic Pol
- Economic Reform
- Wolsey attacked evil of enclosures, keeping many in emploment
- Less Popular with nobility and propertied class
- Wolsey attacked evil of engrossing (2 farms into 1)
- Less Popular with nobility and propertied class
- Other pressures (Need for money) led to the abandonment of evils policies
- 260 cases launched against landlords, large number won
- Wolsey attacked evil of enclosures, keeping many in emploment
- Relationship with Nobility
- Relied on nobles (Earl of Devon) to maintain royal power on borders
- War nobles helped in 1511, 154 and 1522
- Wanted to bend nobility to Henry's will, not destroy them
- Many nobles resented Wolseys rise and polcies
- Management of Parliament
- Hune Affair and Renewal of Benefit of Clergy were failures
- On many occasions, Parliament refused to give funds for war
- 1510-1511, 6 sessions of Parliament
- Parliament agreed to subsidy in 1515
- Accused of trying to get rid of Parliament
- Church reform
- Wolsey had so many titles in Church, he couldn't fulfill duties
- Interested in promoting religious learning to improve clergy quality
- 30 religious houses dissolved to fund advancement of learning
- Plans were not completed
- Ordered inspections of religious houses
- Legal Reforms
- Workload rose from 12 to 120 cases a year (Star Chamber), overflow tribunals set up
- Star Chamber strengthened to attack local officials and nobles who abused powers
- 'Friend to poor' as he encouraged ordinary subjects to bring cases against the mighty
- Main concern was to deliver justice fairly, Star Chamber provided fair and cheap justice
- 'Friend to poor' as he encouraged ordinary subjects to bring cases against the mighty
- Policies fed the nobility's resentment of Wolsey
- Financial Mangement
- Wolsey created a subsidy based on income rather than property, raising realistic funds, perfect for Henry
- Main focus was funding wars, Amicable Grant (1525) was a huge failure in granting this
- 1522 Wolsey undertook first systematic investigation for 500 years
- Act of Resumption in Parliament (1515) did little to meet financial demands
- Economic Reform
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