wolseys domestic reforms

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  • Wolsey increased the star chambers work from 12 cases to 120 cases.
  • The subsidies raised 170,000 in pounds between 1513 and 1516
  • star chamber
    • court set out to give royal justice to all levels of society , he encouraged the poor to bring their cases forward and oversaw these cases. he was criticised for using it to get revenge on political opponents who treated him badly because of his poor background
  • enclosure
    • 260 court cases were brought up against landlords. enclosure was when landlords fenced off land that use to be accessed by the poor to make moneu through the wool trade.
  • what did wolsey do about enclosure
    he opened up an inquiry in 1517 to investigate the practise and to reduce its effect on ordinary people. 260 court cases were brought against landlords.