Who was Henry V 8's chief minister?

Answer 1

Born at Greenwich Palace on 28 June 1491, the child of Henry VII (Henry Tudor; ruled 1485-1509) and Elizabeth of York, Henry was second in line to the throne. He became heir apparent after his elder brother, Arthur, died of consumption in 1502. On 22 April 1509 Henry's respected but http://www.answers.com/topic/unloved father died; the young prince ascended the throne amid popular http://www.answers.com/topic/rejoicing-3, the first http://www.answers.com/topic/uncontested succession in over half a century. The new king quickly disposed of his father's chief ministers, Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley (both executed for constructive treason in 1510). Their place was taken by the brilliant and http://www.answers.com/topic/ostentatious commoner Thomas Wolsey (c. 1475-1530). Henry ruled through Wolsey, who became his lord chancellor, from 1514 to 1529, making him the principal influence on the formulation of royal policy and giving him authority over the day-to-day affairs of government. The main focus of policy during the first half of the reign was foreign affairs. The early years were taken up by war with France and Scotland (1511-1514). In France, Henry achieved his first success on the field of battle (the Battle of the Spurs, 1513); in the same year King James IV of Scotland (ruled 1488-1513) was defeated and killed at the head of an invading army at Flodden. Glorious though it might be, war was a drain on the nation's finances. Wolsey had a more realistic appreciation than his master of England's limited resources and inferior status to the Continent's leading powers; instead of war he pursued http://www.answers.com/topic/diplomacy as a cost-effective means of retaining the place of the king at the http://www.answers.com/topic/forefront of European relations, largely through acting as a peace http://www.answers.com/topic/broker in the conflicts between France, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire. Henry tired of the passive role in the early 1520s, invading France once again in 1523. This invasion was an http://www.answers.com/topic/ignominious failure, ending in retreat and a severe http://www.answers.com/topic/depletion of the crown treasury; it would be the last such enterprise for almost two decades.

Answer 2

I believe Henry VIII's first chief advisor was (Cardinal) Thomas Wolsey, then Archbishop of York.

Answer 3

Thomas Chromwell was Henry VIII's first minister

Answer 4

Thomas wolsly