Wolsey's Domestic Policies
- Created by: Himee Senanayake
- Created on: 04-06-18 17:27
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- Wolsey's Domestic Policies
- Justice
- Solution to the problem
- set a clear signal that no one was to be above the law
- increased the court's work rate
- oversaw many cases in person
- made the reasons for his decision public
- supported the poor against the rich
- Encouraged the poor
- Problems before Wolsey
- Verdicts favoured those who had the most money and influence
- Consequences of the solution
- still criticised
- some believed that his main intention was to get revenge on the upper classes
- strengthened the legal system
- still criticised
- Solution to the problem
- Enclosures
- Problems before Wolsey
- lead to farmers being forced off their land
- the removal of the common areas where villagers could graze their animals
- Solution to the problem
- 260 court cases being brought against land owners
- Consequences of the solution
- angry land owners in parliament forces Wolsey to call a halt to any further investigations into enclosed land
- Problems before Wolsey
- Finance
- Problems before Wolsey
- Henry wanted to follow an aggressive foreign policy to prove himself to be the greatest king in Europe
- this was expensive because Henry's average salary was not enough to win wars abroad
- Henry wanted to follow an aggressive foreign policy to prove himself to be the greatest king in Europe
- Solution to the problem
- improve the system of direct taxation with subsidy
- the greater a person's income, the bigger the pay
- Consequences of the solution
- rich paid the most tax
- made use of the pre-existing methods of raising money
- heavy rates of taxation made him very unpopular
- abused his power to get revenge on the rich
- Problems before Wolsey
- The Eltham Ordinances
- Problems before Wolsey
- Henry's palaces were dirty
- bad behaviour was common and money was spent without thought
- Solution to the Problem
- Wolsey drew up a detailed list of rules
- servants who were sick or not needed were laid off
- expenses were cut
- meals were set at certain times
- Dogs were banned
- Kings Privy Chamber 12 to 6
- Wolsey drew up a detailed list of rules
- Consequences of the solution
- save money
- lost interest in applying oter domestic measures
- Problems before Wolsey
- Justice
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