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Thomas Wolsey [a] (/ ˈ w ʊ l z i / WUUL-zee; [1] c. March 1473 [2] – 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner. [3] Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 1514 he had become the controlling figure in virtually all matters of state.
The college arms are those of Cardinal Wolsey and were granted to him by the College of Arms on 4 August 1525. [46] They are blazoned: Sable, on a cross engrailed argent, between four leopards' faces azure a lion passant gules; on a chief or between two Cornish choughs proper a rose gules barbed vert and seeded or .
In 1522, the priory was surrendered to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who had selected it as the site for his proposed college. However, in 1529 the foundation was taken over by Henry VIII. Work stopped, but in June 1532 the college was refounded by the King. In 1546, Henry VIII transferred to it the recently created See of Oxford from Osney.
The Great Quadrangle, more popularly known as Tom Quad, is one of the quadrangles of Christ Church, Oxford, England. It is the largest college quad in Oxford, measuring 264 by 261 feet. Although it was begun by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525–1529, he was unable to complete it before his fall from power.
Very thinly veiled reference to Brasenose College: Cardinal College: A Yank at Oxford. [12] Based on Christ Church, which was founded by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey as "Cardinal College" in 1525 Clapperton College: The Oxford Virus by Adam Kolczynski. Based on Christ Church Episcopus College: Where the Rivers Meet and Comedies by John Wain
Its lands and houses in Oxford passed to Wolsey for the use of his new Cardinal College. [5] When Wolsey fell from power in 1529, Littlemore Priory, along with the rest of his wealth and estates, escheated to the Crown. [6] Henry VIII then granted St Alban Hall to George Owen, D.M., who was both the king's physician and a Fellow of Merton College.
July: Cardinal Wolsey founds Cardinal College in the university on the site of the Priory of St Frideswide (suppressed April 1524) and of Canterbury College. [8] It will be the first college in which it is possible to study all subjects taught in the university. Work is suspended on Wolsey's downfall in 1529.
Headington stone was traditionally used for a number of the older Oxford University college buildings. In 1396, stone from quarrying in Headington was used to build the bell-tower for New College. It was also used for Oxford's city walls. Headington stone was used in the 1520s by Cardinal Wolsey to build his Cardinal College, now known as ...