Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

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Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was a powerful English statesman and cardinal who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII in the early 16th century.

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Cardinal Thomas Wolsey canonical 10
Thomas Wolsey 7
Cardinal Wolsey 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Archbishop
English statesman
Lord Chancellor of England
Roman Catholic clergyman
cardinal
historical figure
accusedOf treason
allegiance Kingdom of England
archbishopricStart Archbishop of York, 1514
arrestedBy Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland
associatedWith English Reformation politics
Tudor court
birthCountry Kingdom of England
birthPlace Ipswich
Suffolk
birthYear 1473
cardinalateStart 1515
causeOfDeath natural causes
country England
deathCountry Kingdom of England
deathDate 1530-11-29
deathPlace Leicester
Leicester Abbey
education Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED
era Tudor England
surface form: Tudor period
familyName Cardinal Thomas Wolsey self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wolsey
founded Cardinal College
surface form: Cardinal College School at Ipswich

Cardinal College
surface form: Cardinal College, Oxford
fullName Cardinal Thomas Wolsey self-link
surface form: Thomas Wolsey
givenName Thomas
monarchServed Henry VIII of England
notableFor administrative and legal reforms in England
dominant political influence in early reign of Henry VIII
foreign policy leadership in early 16th century
involvement in the failure to secure Henry VIII’s annulment from Catherine of Aragon
occupation clergyman
diplomat
statesman
officeEnd Lord Chancellor of England, 1529
officeStart Lord Chancellor of England, 1515
patronOf education
positionHeld Archbishop of York
Bishop of Lincoln
Bishop of Tournai
Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Lord Chancellor of England
Papal legate in England
predecessor William Warham
religion Roman Catholicism
role chief minister to Henry VIII
successor Thomas More

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Hampton Court Palace originalBuilder Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
English Reformation Parliament era keyFigure Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Christ Church, Oxford foundedBy Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Thomas More predecessor Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Sam Neill characterPortrayed Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Clock Court associatedWith Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey fullName Cardinal Thomas Wolsey self-link
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this entity surface form: Thomas Wolsey
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey familyName Cardinal Thomas Wolsey self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Thomas Wolsey
this entity surface form: Wolsey
Wolsey Gate hasAssociationWith Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
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Wolsey Gate namedAfter Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
this entity surface form: Thomas Wolsey
Cardinal College foundedBy Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
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Cardinal College namedAfter Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
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Great Hall of Christ Church, Oxford commissionedBy Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Great Hall of Christ Church, Oxford associatedWith Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Tudor court notableFigure Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
this entity surface form: Thomas Wolsey
The Vanity of Human Wishes mentions Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
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The Vanity of Human Wishes mentions Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
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History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada notableFigureDiscussed Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
this entity surface form: Thomas Wolsey
Field of the Cloth of Gold hasParticipant Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Field of the Cloth of Gold organizedBy Cardinal Thomas Wolsey