Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

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BORN: 1475
DIED: 24 NOVEMBER 1530


      Cardinal Wolsey by an unknown artist
Oil on panel, 83.8 x 55.9cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

Son of an Ipswich butcher who entered the church and became a cardinal in 1515. He
was Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor from 1515-1529. Lost favor with Henry when he failed to get the annulment of the King's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Died on his way to imprisonment in the Tower of London.


Cardinal Wolsey
Christ Church Picture Gallery

 

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