Wolsey
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CARDINAL WOLSEY
THOMAS WOLSEY
Wolsey was a cardinal and statesman, Henry VIII's lord chancellor and one of the last churchmen to play a dominant role in English political life.
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Thomas Wolsey was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, around 1475. His father is a butcher but provided a good education and he went on to Magdalen College.
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He was ordained in around 1498. He became chaplain to the archbishop of Canterbury and later chaplain to Henry VII, who employed him on diplomatic missions.
Wolsey made a name for himself as an efficient administrator, both for the Crown and the church.
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When Henry VIII became king in 1509, Wolsey's rapid rise began,
and a year later the pope made him a cardinal. Soon afterwards the king appointed him lord chancellor
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From 1515-1529, Wolsey's rule was undisputed, King Henry delegated more & more state businesses to him, which includes near complete control of England's foreign policy
Wolsey used his great wealth $$$ to indulge in his passion for building at his London home, York Place in Whitehall, and at Hampton Court
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He also founded Cardinal College at Oxford, but his haughtiness and grand style of living made him increasingly unpopular.
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The reason for his downfall, is due to him unable to fulfil Henry's divorce with Catherine as the pope rejected the annulment
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