Wolsey's reforms (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Wolsey's role under Henry VIII
Wolsey's role under Henry VIII
Chief minister 1509-1529
Enclosure definition
Enclosure definition
Landowners fencing common land for sheep grazing/wool trade
1517 enclosure inquiry result
1517 enclosure inquiry result
260 court cases against landowners
Enclosure policy success?
Enclosure policy success?
Failed - enclosures continued throughout his office
Star Chamber
Star Chamber
Royal court dispensing justice on behalf of the king
Justice reforms success?
Justice reforms success?
More successful - helped poor access legal redress
Eltham Ordinances year & purpose
Eltham Ordinances year & purpose
1526 - tackle royal household mismanagement & spending
Privy Chamber reduction in Eltham Ordinances
Privy Chamber reduction in Eltham Ordinances
From 12 to 6 gentlemen
Why Eltham Ordinances failed
Why Eltham Ordinances failed
Wolsey lost interest after reducing Privy Council
Subsidy definition
Subsidy definition
Progressive income tax - higher earners paid higher rates
Fifteenths & tenths
Fifteenths & tenths
Traditional tax on moveable goods (rural 1/15, urban 1/10)
Forced loans years
Forced loans years
1522 and 1523
Crown lands income 1515
Crown lands income 1515
£15,000
Wolsey's fall from power
Wolsey's fall from power
1529
Clerical taxation
Clerical taxation
Voluntary gift from Church to king