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Wolsey, Thomas
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(1472 [?], Ipswich – Nov 29, 1530, Leicester). After studying at New College, Oxford, ordination to the priesthood (1501), and a term as court chaplain to the archbishop of Canterbury, Wolsey, the son of an innkeeper and butcher, became chaplain to Henry VII in 1507. Under Henry’s successor, Henry VIII, his career in church and state began: appointed adviser to the king in 1511, in 1514 he was made bishop of Lincoln and later in the year archbishop of York. In 1515 he was made lord chancellor and a cardinal. Although W. Warham held the office of archbishop of Canterbury,…

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Ehrenschwendtner, Marie-Luise, “Wolsey, Thomas”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_026422>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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