Study the statements about Cardinal Wolsey and decide if they are true or false.  Correct the false statements using your own knowledge, but not your notes!  starter activity

How successful were Wolsey’s domestic policies? To assess Wolsey’s achievements in domestic policy To analyse the views of historians  Learning objectives  Key words: Court of Star Chamber benefice retaining statute enclosure

 Your task Read p and take notes on these areas, using different colours to show where Wolsey was/ was not successful Read p and take notes on these areas, using different colours to show where Wolsey was/ was not successful Justice Justice Enclosure Enclosure Finances Finances  What does the Amicable Grant Crisis reveal about Wolsey’s grip on power?  What does the Amicable Grant Crisis reveal about Wolsey’s grip on power?

Justice Introduced legal reform Increased number of cases Promoted civil over common law Used his position as Lord Chancellor to humiliate or persecute members of nobility

Enclosure Launched national enquiry into enclosure Ordered rebuilding of houses and returning of land to arable farming Increased his unpopularity with nobility Enclosure continued to take place Forced to accept all existing enclosures

Finances Replaced fifteenths & tenths with subsidy Commissioners supervised levying of tax Graduated tax for very rich Still demanded extra taxes & loans from Parliament Forced to accept less from Parliament than expected Resentment among ruling classes

Amicable Grant, 1525 Tax targeted on clergy & laity Rebellions in Suffolk & East Anglia Public failure for Wolsey – beginning of end Changed foreign policy, which would cause future problems – H8 changed allegiance from Charles V to the French

Study the 2 views of Wolsey on p Divide your page into 4 quarters, and note down evidence from both sources & own knowledge to support or challenge the view that Wolsey monopolised power

This house believes that Cardinal Wolsey monopolised power under Henry VIII

 Extension task Get hold of a copy of Gwyn’s book and assess the extent to which he thinks Wolsey did monopolise power. Get hold of a copy of Gwyn’s book and assess the extent to which he thinks Wolsey did monopolise power. Where do you stand on the issue? Where do you stand on the issue? OR OR Read & take notes on the review of Gwyn’s book from History Today, 1991 Read & take notes on the review of Gwyn’s book from History Today, 1991

 Homework Read & take notes on the article on Henry VIII and his ministers by John Guy in History Today, 1995 Read & take notes on the article on Henry VIII and his ministers by John Guy in History Today, 1995

How successful were Wolsey’s domestic policies? To assess Wolsey’s achievements in domestic policy To analyse the views of historians  Learning objectives  Key words: Court of Star Chamber benefice retaining statute enclosure