Editing Thomas Wolsey (section)

===Church reforms===
In 1524 and 1527 Wolsey used his powers as papal legate to [[Dissolution of the Monasteries#English precedents of the Church|dissolve]] 30 decayed monasteries where monastic life had virtually ceased in practice, some in [[Ipswich]] and [[Oxford]]. He used the income to found a [[grammar school]] in Ipswich ([[The King's School, Ipswich]]) and [[Christ Church, Oxford#History|Cardinal College]] in Oxford (in 1532, after Wolsey's fall, the king renamed it King Henry VIII's College; it is now known as [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]]). In 1528 he began to limit the [[benefit of clergy]]. He also attempted, as legate, to force reform on monastic orders like the Augustinian canons.

Wolsey died five years before Henry's [[dissolution of the monasteries]] began.