Henry VIII - Key Topic 1.2 Rise of Wolsey

Wolsey was appointed to the Royal council when Henry VIII became king in...

• 1507

• 1508

• 1509

• 1510

Wolsey was appointed Royal Chaplain to Henry Tudor in 1507

• True

• False

Which of these are true?

• Wolsey served Henry for 15 years

• Wolsey was the leading Churchman in England

• Wolsey lacked stamina, charisma and intelligence

• Wolsey was the second richest person in England, only after the king

• Wolsey lived in WIndsor Palace and the King live in Hampton Court

Which of these is true about Enclosures?

• Villagers refused to pay their rent

• Landowners could earn more money from raising sheep than from villagers rent

• Raising sheep meant you could sell wool

• Villagers enclosed the land by building fences to stop their animals running away

• Less labourers were needed to raise sheep than was needed to grow crops, many labourers were made unemployed.

Wolsey supported people against _ _ _ landowners for enclosing land _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ by taking them to _ _ _ _ _ . This made him enemies among landowners.

(a)  

Money paid as rent for farming land owned by the King would pay for the King and his family but not special events like war was called...

• Extraordinary Income

• Ordinary Income

Taxes voted on by Parliament usually paid for wars. Sometimes referred to tenths and fifteenths were unfair and unpopular as they did not reflect real proportions of income was called...

• Extraordinary Income

• Ordinary Income

Even though Wolsey's subsidy tax earned the crown more money, Henry was spending almost _ _ _ _ _ as much as it earned due to _ _ _

(a)  

In 1516 Wolsey reformed the courts to stop

• the rich from buying the results they wanted

• the Court of Star Chamber being set up

Less people used the courts and so Wolsey's justice reforms were a big success

• True

• False