How successful were Wolsey’s domestic policies?

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How successful were Wolsey’s domestic policies?

Criteria:

  •  Increase crown income
  • Please Henry

Factor 1: Legal

Judgement: Successful to a signifiant extent

SK:

  • He expanded both Court of the Star Chamer and the Court of Chancery massively.
  • Wolsey oversaw almost 9000 court cases, including 120 a year in the Star Court alone. This compared to only a few dozen a year during Henry VII’s reign.
  • Wolsey used position for his own benefit- forced

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