This man set up courts to hear cases for the poor that became the Court of Requests.
This man set up courts to hear cases for the poor that became the Court of Requests. He tried to curb excesses in the royal household and reduced the number of gentlemen of the Privy Chamber in the Eltham Ordinances. This successor of William Warham bypassed Parliament to try to finance a war with France through the Amicable Grant. With Lorenzo Campeggio, this man was made a joint papal legate despite never having visited Rome. Before it was taken by a monarch, the Hampton Court Palace was this man's home. He arranged a meeting with Francis I on the Field of the Cloth of Gold. This man was arrested for treason after he failed to get the Pope to annul a marriage to Catherine of Aragon. For 10 points, name this powerful cardinal early in the reign of Henry VIII.
This man set up courts to hear cases for the poor that became the Court of Requests.
Thomas Wolsey