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A financial demand made in 1525 without parliamentary approval to fund Henry VIII’s planned invasion of France. Resistance forced its abandonment.

Wolsey therefore attempted to collect the Amicable Grant without Parliament’s approval.

Explain resistance to the Amicable Grant through both inability to pay and resentment of a demand made without parliamentary approval.

A financial demand made in 1525 without parliamentary approval to fund Henry VIII’s planned invasion of France. Resistance forced its abandonment.

Wolsey therefore attempted to collect the Amicable Grant without Parliament’s approval.

Explain resistance to the Amicable Grant through both inability to pay and resentment of a demand made without parliamentary approval.

Amicable Grant