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GOVERNMENT - ‘Between the years 1515 and 1540, Tudor government was…
GOVERNMENT - ‘Between the years 1515 and 1540, Tudor government was completely transformed.’
Assess the validity of this view.
Parliament
Wolsey was reluctant to use Parliament and only used it for extracting extraordinary revenue to fund wars. This follows the legacy of Henry VII.
Wolsey complimented the king's customary 'hands-off' approach to the details of decision making. In addition to the management of the Church and the conduct of foreign policy, Wolsey's main concerns were the legal system, the formulation of domestic policy and political decision-making
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OVERALL: This is a valid view and Tudor government certainly changed in how Parliament was used. It became a more Parliamentary government.
Henry called Parliament 9 times in his reign, 2 times more than his father and for longer periods
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Chambers / councillors
It was clear that, collectively, the minions distrusted Wolsey, who set himself the task of neutralising their influence. In 1519, he had managed to remove the minions and replace them with his own supporters.
CAVEAT: Though Wolsey had removed these minions from their positions, most managed to regain their influence, and therefore there was not necessarily an end to conciliar government
Cromwell brought conciliar government to an end, he advised Henry to break from Rome and established himself as the chief minister
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Wolsey's motive in extending the use of the Star Chamber from 1516 was to increase cheap and fair justice. Wolsey heard cases of alleged misconduct by people who were dominant in their localities.
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Henry inherited a strong and stable government from his father, he inherited ministers such as Sir Jon Heron
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Change to finances:
WOLSEY: The Eltham Ordinances were introduced to reform the finances of the Privy Council. In the guise of pushing forward proposals for a reduction of royal household expenditure, Wolsey secured a reduction in the number of gentleman of the Privy Chamber, the one area of government over which he had no control.
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1523 - Parliament had been called to grant the subsidy needed to finance the renewal of war against France. This Parliament seems to have spent its time grumbling about Wolsey's financial demands.
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