Henry VIIIMarch 1525
Wolsey attempts to raise a forced loan to fund Henry VIII's planned war against France.
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Wolsey attempts to raise a forced loan to fund Henry VIII's planned war against France.
Wolsey promotes the Amicable Grant to raise money for Henry VIII's revived Great Enterprise.
Wolsey proposes the Amicable Grant as a forced loan to finance Henry VIII's planned war against France.
Opposition to the Amicable Grant spreads through Essex and threatens wider disorder.
Resistance to the Amicable Grant appears in Kent as taxpayers object to the forced contribution.
Taxpayers in Suffolk refuse payment and resistance grows in the cloth-making districts.
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