Why Wolsey fell from power in 1529

Why Wolsey fell from power in 1529

1. Amicable Grant Crisis

   • Wolsey created the amicable grant in 1525
     • Made this decision without going through parliament
       • Created rebellions in Suffolk and East Anglia
     • Came after forced loans and parliamentary tax
   • Non-parliamentary tax

2. Henry lost faith in Wolsey

   • Increasingly unpopular government
     • 1527-1529
     • England alliance with france
       • Switched alliance from Charles V to Francis 1 after 1525
       • Anglo-French alliance
         • Distrupted trade with Low Countries
         • Henry in weak position regarding the Great Matter
   • Failure in divorce crisis
     • Henry always endorsed and supported Wolsey's rise through ecclesiastical ranks
     • 1527
     • Legate a latere
     • Great Matter

3. Praumunire

   • October 9th
   • exercising hia legatine power in England to detrimjent of the king
   • hypocritical

4. The Problem

   • Leviticus
     • Prohibited marriage to one's dead brother wife
     • Wolsey did create some other ideas
       • Henry insisted on Levitical route as a matter of principle

5. Pope Clement VII

   • Imperial troops sacked Rome in 1527, Charles V held Pope prisoner
     • Papal policy became imperial
       • Wolset tried to use this as an advantage
         • Papal court of Avignon
         • College of Cardinals
   • Realeas in December 1527 rendered plan obsolete
   • Grant Wolsey the power to decide the case in England without the right to appeal
     • Pope was unwilling to support the case
       • Tried toi compramise that wouldnt offend King nor Emperor

6. Cradinal Campeggio

   • Sent to England to oversea an ecclesiastical court
     • Necessary powers to annul marriage
       • Pope privately told Campeggio not to use the powers and to delay proceedings
         • Suggested Catherine retire to a nunnery and leave Henry free to remarry
           • Catherine refused
   • Events in Italy once more favoured the Emperor and the Pope