Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530)

Biographical Overview

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Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 12
Troupes - 5
Venues - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1475
Death Date: 1530-11-29

General Offices Note

Managed Worcester diocese for the absentee Bishop Geronimo de' Ghinucci 1522-30

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Dean, Lincoln Diocese 1508/9-2-7 1514
Dean, Hereford Diocese by 1509-6-4 1512
King's Almoner, England 1509-11 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England by 1511 n.d.
Dean, York Diocese 1512/13-2-21 1514
Precentor, London Diocese 1513-7-8 1514
JP, Nottinghamshire 1513/14 n.d.
Archbishop, Province of York 1514-9-15 (date translated) 1530-11-29 Temporalities restored 5 Aug. 1514
Bishop, Lincoln Diocese 1514-3-26 (date consecrated) 1514-09-15 (date translated to Archbishopric of York) Temporalities restored 4 March 1513/14
Chancellor, Cambridgeshire 1514-5-24 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1514 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1514 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1514 1515
Cardinal, England 1515-9-10 1530-11-29
Chancellor of England, England 1515-12-24 1529-10-18
JP, Northamptonshire 1515 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1515 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1515 n.d.
JP, Kent 1517 n.d.
Bishop, Diocese of Bath and Wells 1518-7-27 1523-03-26 Bishop in commendam; temporalities granted 26 Aug. 1518
JP, Middlesex 1518 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1518 n.d.
Papal Legate, England 1518 1530-11-29 Jointly with Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio 1518-19; granted legatine powers for life Jan. 1523/4
JP, Lincolnshire 1519 1520
JP, Dorset 1519 1520
JP, Devon 1519 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1519 1520
JP, Suffolk 1520 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1520 1522
JP, Staffordshire 1520 n.d.
JP, Essex 1520 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1520 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1520 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1520 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1520 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1520/1 1522
JP, Nottinghamshire 1520/1 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1520/1 1522
JP, Bedfordshire 1520/1 n.d.
JP, Kent 1521 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1521 1523
JP, Hertfordshire 1521 1522
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1521 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1521/2 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1522 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1522 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1522 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1522 1523
JP, Berkshire 1522 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1522 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1522 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1522 n.d.
JP, Devon 1522 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1522 n.d.
Bishop, Durham Diocese 1522/3-3-21 1528/9-02-8 Bishop in commendam; temporalities restored 30 April 1523
JP, Wiltshire 1522/3 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1522/3 1526
JP, Middlesex 1523 1524
JP, Essex 1523 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1523 1524
JP, Dorset 1523/4 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1523/4 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1523/4 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1523/4 1525
JP, Devon 1523/4 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1523/4 1525
JP, Surrey 1523/4 1526
JP, Somerset 1523/4 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1523/4 1526
JP, Oxfordshire 1523/4 1526
JP, Cambridgeshire 1523/4 1525
JP, Huntingdonshire 1523/4 1525
JP, Hertfordshire 1523/4 1526
JP, Bedfordshire 1523/4 1525
JP, Sussex 1524 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1524 1525
JP, Leicestershire 1524 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1524 n.d.
JP, Kent 1524 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1524 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1524 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1524 n.d.
JP, Essex 1524/5 1526
JP, Wiltshire 1524/5 1526
JP, Berkshire 1524/5 1526
JP, Northumberland 1525 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1525 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1525 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1525 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1525 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1525 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1525 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Devon 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Kent 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Kent 1528 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1528 n.d.
JP, Essex 1528 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1528 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1528 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1528 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1528 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1528 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1528 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1528 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1528 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1528 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1528 n.d.
Bishop, Winchester Diocese 1528/9-2-8 1530-11-29 Bishop in commendam; temporalities restored 6 April 1529
JP, Suffolk 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Devon 1529 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1529 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • St Bride's, (city) in Middlesex
    Gift from the king
    Acquired: by 1511
  • York Place, London (city-county)
    London residence of the Archbishops of York; renamed Whitehall after Wolsey's death
    Acquired: 1514
    Divested: 1530
  • Hampton Court, Middlesex
    Acquired: 1515
  • Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1518
    Divested: 1523
  • Winchester Palace, Surrey
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1529-02-08
    Divested: 1530-11-29

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1523-1524 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance 1524-1524 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance 1525-1525 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance 1525-1526 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance 1526-1527 The Crown, New Romney , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance 1526-1527 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance 1529-1529 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance 1527-1528 Abbot's House, Bardney, Bardney , Lincolnshire Lord Cardinal's Performers
Performance 1529-1529 Abbot's House, Bardney, Bardney , Lincolnshire Lord Cardinal's Performers
Performance 1519-1519 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Lord Cardinal's Singer
Performance 1522-1522 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Cardinal's Trumpeters
Performance 1526-1526 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Cardinal's Waits

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Cardinal's Minstrels Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530) Entertainers/Minstrels 7
Lord Cardinal's Performers Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Lord Cardinal's Singer Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530) Musicians 1
Lord Cardinal's Trumpeters Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530) Musicians 1
Lord Cardinal's Waits Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Bishop's Palace Somerset Private Residence
Winchester Palace Surrey Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Le Neve, John. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541. 1716. 12 vols. London: Athlone Press, 1962–7.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)