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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 | |
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Cardinal, Airchbishop o York Primate o Ingland | |
Appointed | 15 September 1514 |
Term endit | 29 November 1530 |
Predecessor | Christopher Bainbridge |
Successor | Edward Lee |
Ither posts | Cardinal-Priest o S. Cecilia (1515–1530) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 10 Mairch 1498 |
Consecration | 26 Mairch 1514 bi William Warham |
Creatit Cardinal | 10 September 1515 |
Personal details | |
Previous post | Bishop o Lincoln, Ingland (1514)
Admeenistrator o Winchester, Ingland (1529–1530) |
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Coat o airms |
His Eminence The Richt Honourable Thomas Wolsey | |
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Sampson Strong's portrait o Cardinal Wolsey at Christ Kirk (1610) | |
Laird Chancellor | |
In office 1515–1529 | |
Precedit bi | William Warham |
Succeedit bi | Sir Thomas More |
Airchbishop o York | |
In office 1514–1530 | |
Precedit bi | Christopher Bainbridge |
Succeedit bi | Edward Lee |
Personal details | |
Born | Mairch 1473 Ipswich, Suffolk, Ingland |
Dee'd | Leicester, Leicestershire, Ingland | 29 November 1530 (aged 57)
Restin place | Leicester Abbey |
Naitionality | Inglis |
Relations | Robert Wolsey (faither) an Joan Daundy (mither) |
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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