No. Neither Norfolk, nor Brandon were reformist. Both were strict Catholic. There hatred for Wolsey had nothing to do with the reformists movement at all. They hated Wolsey because he had so much power over the king. If you wanted something from the king ,or needed something sign from the king, you had to go thru Wolsey. If you went straight to the king with your request he would run it by Wolsey first before he gave you and answer. Henry VIII relied a lot on Wolsey. So much so that they people would say that England had TWO kings. They hated Wolsey because if the king were to give out title, or deeds to certain property, Wolsey would make the final decision on who gets what, and take all the good deeds to certain land for himself. Wolsey wasn't a nobleman, he was a commonder,a lay man. He was of low birth that Henry VIII raise up high in rank (and up until Anne came along) and treated as a equal.
Wolsey was also trying to get Henry VIII to pass a law that will treat both lay man,and nobleman equal when it comes to breaking the law. In other words the rich was no longer going to get away with breaking the law.
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