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

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 was not half hearted in his attempts. However, this evidence may be supported unintentionally by Source 2 from where it states “Wolsey has marvellous contacts with the Pope and others in Rome”, thus showing Wolsey had no need to be half hearted if he was for the annulment like it is stated by Sources 1 and 3. However, we must question the reliability of Sources 1 and 3 due to the provenances. Source 1 was a letter from Wolsey to the king so you must assess the strength this source bears which is rather weak due to the possibility of it being invalid and unreliable. In relation to Source 3, Catherine is attacking Wolsey in which could also be potentially unreliable as she would want to back up her argument that her and Henry’s marriage was valid. However, there is an underlying inference that if Catherine was attacking Wolsey, he must have done something in order to try and obtain the annulment otherwise Catherine would have no reason to attack him publically and this is backed up from the quote “You have kindled the fire in Henry to end our marriage”. Conversely, this is also weakened by the quote as we understand Wolsey has “ambition” to become the pope and should keep on Catherine’s good side to impress Charles V. On the other hand, Source 2 clearly illustrates that Wolsey was half hearted in his attempts due to the fact that would not use his “marvellous contacts with the Pope and others in Rome”. We understand this from the following quote “Yet has not made use of this to advance your matter”. This strongly supports the fact that Wolsey was half hearted in trying to obtain the annulment for Henry’s marriage by not utilising his strong contacts with Rome. Parts of this source also support source 2 even though the whole message of the source shows that Wolsey was not half hearted but it does show he had good contacts in Rome by being able to persuade someone like Stafileo who was the dean of Supreme Court of the Catholic Church in Rome. However, both messages of this source contradict each other as Source 1 says he used his contacts to help the King and source 2 disagrees by saying he didn’t. In comparison, the only part of Source 3 that agrees with these statements is the fact that Catherine knew Wolsey had “power” but did not want to acknowledge it.         Conclusively, Wolsey was not half hearted in his attempts to secure the annulment and he only found it hard due to the commotion being caused by Charles V in Rome as well as the strength and significance of support Catherine gained in the Great Matter from around the world.