Aim: ensure justice; political stability (avoid rebellions with law and order)
Successes:
- Used fair court of chancery rather than common law.
- Took legal responsibility seriously - held many cases personally.
- Extended role of star chamber from 1516 - 120 cases per year.
- Act of resumption 1515 resumed crown lands that Henry had given away at start of reign.
Failures:
- Star chamber swamped with cases (increased insufficiency).
- Wolsey made nation enquiry 1517 to investigate enclosure but enclosure and vagrancy weren’t decreased.
- Captioned the poor in legal reforms, therefore undermining land owners and nobles.
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