What was the Amicable Grant
Imposition of taxes to pay for foreign wars in 1525
Where was opposition the strongest
Opposition was widespread but the strongest resistance occurred in north Essex and South Suffolk
How people resisted
Around 1000 people had gathered at the Essex-Suffolk border and were determined to resist payment
Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk faced about 4000 taxation resisters
Especially unemployed cloth workers who found it impossible to pay the levy
How was the resistance handled
Sensitively
The king backed down
Wolsey publically begged the king to offer pardon to those whom he saw as his Suffolk countrymen
Leaders of the resistance were treated leniently
What the resistance to the Amicable Grant showed
Demonstrated that Henry could not operate in defiance of the taxpaying classes
When he next invaded France he raised money by the sale of monastic lands instead of extraordinary revenue