How far do sources 1, 2 and 3 suggest that Wolseys efforts to secure an annulment of the Kings marriages were half hearted?

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Lewis Cheesman How far do sources 1, 2 and 3 suggest that Wolsey’s efforts to secure an annulment of the King’s marriages were half hearted?         The weight of the evidence in the majority of the sources tends to suggest that Wolsey was not half-hearted in his efforts to secure an annulment for the King’s marriage.         Source 1 suggests that Wolsey was not half hearted in his attempts to secure the annulment of the great matter, although, this source is a letter from Wolsey to the King, which weakens the strength of this source due the possibility of it being bias as it would be deemed invalid and unreliable. In addition, the information in Source 1 shows Wolsey was trying to impress the King with his supposed actions. For example, Wolsey states “Being by me well
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instructed of the facts, Stafileo has changed his opinion” illustrating Wolsey’s argument that he persuaded Stafileo, whom was the leader of the Supreme Court for the Catholic Church to support and favour the King’s views in the great matter. In addition, Source 3 also agrees with the view that Wolsey was not half hearted in his attempts from where Catherine says to Wolsey “You have kindled the fire in Henry to end our marriage”, suggesting that Wolsey intentionally persuaded ending the marriage which would conclude he was not half hearted in trying obtain the annulment. These sources agree that Wolsey ...

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