WOLSEY AND THE NOBLES

What is often caimed about Wolsey’s relationship with the nobility?

it was terrible

why was Wolsey’s relationship with the nobility actually ok?

traditionally clerics were lawyers/second sons, often too busy and left the nobles to their own devices

What did Wolsey do to the government?

not a lot so found favour with lots of the nobles of the time

When was the fall of Buckingham?

1521?

What did Buckingham do that provoked Henry?

had yorkist blood, wore the crest of Edward the confessor, one of his men wore his livery in fron of the king, and wanted to be constable of England (1519)

What did Wolsey do to Buckingham?

he was killed, but some argue that this is simply an order from the king

What did Wolsey do to the minions in 1518?

felt threatened by there presence so gave them all positions outside of court (governer of Ireland), inflitrted court through Richard Pace, by 1519 he had successfuly cast them out but Henry missed them and brought them back by 1520

What happened after the minions returned in 1520?

given new titles ‘gentleman of the privy chamber’

How did Wolsey reduce the power of the minions in 1522/3?

sent them to command the three pronged attack, but they returned

When were the eltham ordinances, what was the significance of this?

1526, a year after the amicable grant

What were the Eltham ordinances?

wolsey (for financial reasons) reduced the privy chamber from 12 to 6 to reduce their influence over Henry, removed William Compton as groom of the stoll and replaced him with neutral man (Henry Norris)