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2. Thomas Wolsey - Wikipedia

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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.

3. List of English cardinals - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of cardinals of the Catholic Church from England. It does not include cardinals of non-English national origin appointed to English ecclesiastical offices such as the cardinal protectors of England. Dates in parentheses are the dates of elevation and death (or, in the case of Pope Adrian IV, the date of his election as pope).

4. List of The Tudors characters - Wikipedia

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   Cardinal Wolsey: Sam Neill (2007) Thomas Wolsey: Episode 1.01 Episode 1.10 King Henry VIII's primary and most trusted adviser in the first part of his reign, with leanings towards France. Wolsey's personal power and influence over the King has aroused the ire of several noble families, and even of Queen Katherine of Aragon herself.

5. Treaty of London (1518) - Wikipedia

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   The signatories were Burgundy, France, England, the Holy Roman Empire, the Netherlands, the Papal States and Spain, all of whom agreed not to attack one another and to come to the aid of any that were under attack. [2] [3] The treaty was designed by Cardinal Wolsey and so came to be signed by the ambassadors of the nations concerned in London. [4]

6. 1523 papal conclave - Wikipedia

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   Henry VIII of England would have preferred the election of Thomas Wolsey, but was in no position to effect it; Henry VIII sent two letters—one supporting Medici, the other supporting Wolsey—which were to be distributed to the College in that order. [3] The odds against the election finishing before October were given at 60 to 100. [4]

7. List of The Tudors episodes - Wikipedia

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   Cardinal Wolsey, now acting solely as the Archbishop of York and living in relative poverty, is repudiated by Anne Boleyn and writes to Queen Katherine, trying to gain her support. Thomas More uses his new powers as Lord Chancellor and starts actively persecuting prominent Lutherans - including burning six of them at the stake, to the anger of ...

8. William Gascoigne (died 1540) - Wikipedia

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   Sir William Gascoigne (by 1485 – 1540) of Cardington, Bedfordshire was an English Member of Parliament. [1]He was born the son of George Gascoigne of Cardington. He was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire for 1506–07, 1513–14 and 1517–18 and High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1518–19.

9. Stephen Gardiner - Wikipedia

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   Wolsey was obliged to reply that he positively could not spare Gardiner as he was the only instrument he had in advancing the king's "Great Matter". The next year, Wolsey sent Gardiner and Edward Foxe, provost of King's College, Cambridge, to Italy to promote the same business with the Pope. His dispatched messages have survived, and illustrate ...