Thomas Wolsey (c. Mairch 1473[1] – 29 November 1530; whiles spelt Woolsey) wis an Inglis poleetical figur an a cardinal o the Roman Catholic Kirk. Whan Henry VIII became King o Ingland in 1509, Wolsey became the King's almoner.[2]

His Eminence
Thomas Wolsey
Cardinal, Airchbishop o York
Primate o Ingland
Appointed15 September 1514
Term endit29 November 1530
PredecessorChristopher Bainbridge
SuccessorEdward Lee
Ither postsCardinal-Priest o S. Cecilia (1515–1530)
Orders
Ordination10 Mairch 1498
Consecration26 Mairch 1514
bi William Warham
Creatit Cardinal10 September 1515
Personal details
Previous postBishop o Lincoln, Ingland (1514)


Admeenistrator o Bath an Wells, Ingland (1518–1523)
Admeenistrator o Durham, Ingland (1523–1530)


Admeenistrator o Winchester, Ingland (1529–1530)
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
Coat o airms

Thomas Wolsey
Sampson Strong's portrait o Cardinal Wolsey at Christ Kirk (1610)
Laird Chancellor
In office
1515–1529
Precedit biWilliam Warham
Succeedit biSir Thomas More
Airchbishop o York
In office
1514–1530
Precedit biChristopher Bainbridge
Succeedit biEdward Lee
Personal details
BornMairch 1473
Ipswich, Suffolk, Ingland
Dee'd(1530-11-29)29 November 1530 (aged 57)
Leicester, Leicestershire, Ingland
Restin placeLeicester Abbey
NaitionalityInglis
RelationsRobert Wolsey (faither) an Joan Daundy (mither)
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
ReligionRoman Catholicism

References eedit

  1. "Alastair Armstrong, Henry VIII: Authority, Nation and Religion 1509–1540"
  2. Oxford Dictionary National Biography, Thomas Wolsey.