Although Wolsey was able to celebrate success at the beginning of this juridical reformation and served his King successfully by making the system more efficient, meaning that his subjects were subjected to less waiting time and the system had less chance of being corrupted, it was eventually corrupted and abused. This turned a success into a failure and his own goals of removing threats to him from Henry, so that they would have no further influence, brought about another failure. He not only failed to serve his King, as his duties suffered when his timetable was overcome by too many court cases, but also failed to serve himself or the country.
As a direct result of the Amicable Grant and the threatening poverty lead the problem of enclosure …show more content…
Official enquiries were led by Wolsey on a national level in 1517, 1518 and 1527 which led to the prosecution of landowners who had enclosed space when they had not been allowed to. 264 landowners were prosecuted including bishops, knights, nobles, religious heads and colleagues from Oxford, strengthening the enmity Wolsey faced during his seat in power. He had attempted to abolish enclosures all-together in 1523 but when it came to a decision of prioritisation he chose to attempt to raise tax for Henry's campaign instead of tackling this issue, leaving the country to suffer from it further. While he had attempted to lessen the enclosures made the increase in population meant an increase in demand for food and housing and an increase in price. In order to be able to pay these increased prices landlords felt the need to enclose further property in order to make more money leading to further loss of jobs and poverty. This worsened the divide between rich and poor and although the Amicable Grant was discontinued almost immediately it had still done a lot of damage by leaving people in fear of losing their livelihood. To counteract the rising food prices and the charging of excess prices the Star Chamber replaced a policy of Just Price in 1518 …show more content…
Wolsey was responsible for this undertaking and used part of the income in order to found a Grammar School in Ipswich and a College in Oxford which would later become known as Christ Church College. He attempted to gain influence over the Church of England and had a strong competition against the Archbishop of Canterbury William Warham, battling against him in order to bring forward his plans for reformation. Wolsey promised to reform the Bishoprics of England as well as encouraged monasteries to reform but did not support these changes personally and did nothing to further them. He did manage though to limit the benefit of the clergy, which had often been abused before. The benefit of the clergy meant that people who claimed to be part of the clergy were able to gain a lower sentence and it was changed so that only first-time offenders where able to use it, unless they could prove their connection to the clergy. If they were unable to do so they were branded on their thumb and unable to use a connection to the clergy again as a defence. Under the reign of Henry VIII certain offences were declared “unclergyable” which was condemned by the Pope and was a factor in the later split of England from Rome. Such a restriction meant that murder, rape, poisoning, petty treason, sacrilege, witchcraft, burglary and theft from churches, among
As a direct result of the Amicable Grant and the threatening poverty lead the problem of enclosure …show more content…
Official enquiries were led by Wolsey on a national level in 1517, 1518 and 1527 which led to the prosecution of landowners who had enclosed space when they had not been allowed to. 264 landowners were prosecuted including bishops, knights, nobles, religious heads and colleagues from Oxford, strengthening the enmity Wolsey faced during his seat in power. He had attempted to abolish enclosures all-together in 1523 but when it came to a decision of prioritisation he chose to attempt to raise tax for Henry's campaign instead of tackling this issue, leaving the country to suffer from it further. While he had attempted to lessen the enclosures made the increase in population meant an increase in demand for food and housing and an increase in price. In order to be able to pay these increased prices landlords felt the need to enclose further property in order to make more money leading to further loss of jobs and poverty. This worsened the divide between rich and poor and although the Amicable Grant was discontinued almost immediately it had still done a lot of damage by leaving people in fear of losing their livelihood. To counteract the rising food prices and the charging of excess prices the Star Chamber replaced a policy of Just Price in 1518 …show more content…
Wolsey was responsible for this undertaking and used part of the income in order to found a Grammar School in Ipswich and a College in Oxford which would later become known as Christ Church College. He attempted to gain influence over the Church of England and had a strong competition against the Archbishop of Canterbury William Warham, battling against him in order to bring forward his plans for reformation. Wolsey promised to reform the Bishoprics of England as well as encouraged monasteries to reform but did not support these changes personally and did nothing to further them. He did manage though to limit the benefit of the clergy, which had often been abused before. The benefit of the clergy meant that people who claimed to be part of the clergy were able to gain a lower sentence and it was changed so that only first-time offenders where able to use it, unless they could prove their connection to the clergy. If they were unable to do so they were branded on their thumb and unable to use a connection to the clergy again as a defence. Under the reign of Henry VIII certain offences were declared “unclergyable” which was condemned by the Pope and was a factor in the later split of England from Rome. Such a restriction meant that murder, rape, poisoning, petty treason, sacrilege, witchcraft, burglary and theft from churches, among