W’s domestic policy : Church

How did W become a cardinal?

Pressured pope to make him one, precedence over Archbishop of C

How was W made a papal legate?

To negotiate a truce between europe countries against turks

How did W manipulate his appt as papal legate?

Initially his powers extended for a number of years then confirmed for life

What did a papal legate do?

Could be dispatched to any part of christendom to exercise it’s supreme authority

How many religious houses did W visit in 1519?

60, including cathedral chaptets

What were these visits for?

Issuing constitutions for Augustine Canons

What did Wolsey plan to found?

New grammar scls and college in Oxford

What was used to fund Cardinial college?

20 small monasteries were dissolved and their revenues used

What positions did W hold in Church?

More than 1 office as Archbishop of York and Bishop of Lincoln, elected himself abbot of the rich abbey of St Albans despite not being a monk

Why was W an absentee?

Never visited York until after his fall from power in Nov 1529

Why did he fail his vow of celibacy?

He had a daughter who was put in a nunnery and a son who was given lucrative church savings

How else did he fail as a church official?

Appointed non-italian residents to bishoprics and paid them a stipend and kept the surplus, used the church to fund his lavish lifestyle