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Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530)

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

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Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance - The Crown, New Romney, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance - Abbot's House, Bardney, Bardney, Lincolnshire Lord Cardinal's Performers
Performance - Abbot's House, Bardney, Bardney, Lincolnshire Lord Cardinal's Performers
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Lord Cardinal's Singer
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Cardinal's Trumpeters
Performance - 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 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrels Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrels Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrels Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrels Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrels Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrels Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
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
Lord Cardinal's Performers Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Performers Wolsey, Thomas (1475 - 1530) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County 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.