He was never impatient of advice even when it conflicted with his own views.

His long arguments with Wolsey, and the freedom with which the Cardinal justified his recommendations, even after Henry had made up his mind to an opposite course, are a sufficient proof of the fact.

In 1517, angered by Maximilian's perfidy, Henry wrote him some very "displeasant" letters.

Tunstall thought they would do harm, kept them back, and received no censure for his conduct.

In 1522-23 Wolsey advised first the siege of Boulogne and then its abandonment.