administration (domestic policy)

• aims for domestic policy: maintain law and order, uphold power of the crown and church, raise enough money for foreign policy, fairer justice
• Wolsey had every reason to dislike parliament
• introduced Eltham ordinances in 1526: improve chaotic finances and ensure political supremacy
• promoted Sir William Crompton from groom of the stool to exchequer
• Wolsey was papal legate and had precedence of archbishop of Canterbury
• dissolved 30 religious houses and built colleges in oxford and Ipswich
• church became more centralised
• Parliament summoned 2x during Wolsey's time in power: resented
• did not provide money needed for war
• Privy chamber= limited access and increased Wolsey's control
• amicable grant was never payed for and caused a revolt
• Wolsey was concerned on the power of the king's minion in court
• Richard Hunne accused of heresy, dead in 1515, challenged churches through courts over high mortuary fees and payed death of infant son (forced) which fuelled anti-clericalism
• Parliament granted £100,000 for war but only £50,000 collected