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Thomas Wolsey

English political figure, archbishop of York and cardinal-priest of Santa Cecilia (1473-1530)

11 dated entries naming Thomas Wolsey, drawn from 7 separate years between 1510 CE and 1530 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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16th century

  • 1510Paolo Cortesi publishes De Cardinalatu, a manual for cardinals, including advice on palatial architecture – which inspires Thomas Wolsey in his construction work at Hampton Court Palace.source
  • 1514August 7 – King Henry VIII of England concludes an independent peace treaty with France in the War of the League of Cambrai, negotiated by Thomas Wolsey.source
  • 1514September 15 – Thomas Wolsey is appointed Archbishop of York in England.source
  • 1515Cardinal Thomas Wolsey orders construction to begin on what is to become Henry VIII's future summer residence Hampton Court Palace.source
  • 1515December 24 – Thomas Wolsey is named Lord Chancellor of England.source
  • 1515November 15 – Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Roman Catholic Cardinal.source
  • 1525June 4 – 1525 Bayham Abbey riot; Villagers from Kent and Sussex, England riot and occupy Bayham Old Abbey for a week in protest against Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's order to suppress the monastery in order to fund two colleges founded by him.source
  • 1528October 13 – Cardinal Thomas Wolsey founds a college in his birthplace of Ipswich, England, which becomes the modern-day Ipswich School (incorporating institutions in the town dating back to 1299).source
  • 1529May 31–July – Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, opens a legatine court at Blackfriars, London, to rule on the legality of King Henry VIII of England's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. The court lasts until July 16.source
  • 1529October 26 – Cardinal Thomas Wolsey falls from power in England, due to his failure to obtain an annulment of Henry VIII's marriage and to prevent Habsburg expansion in Europe. Thomas More succeeds him as Lord Chancellor.source
  • 1530November 29 – Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, British statesman (b. c. 1473)source

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