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Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, the Most Reverend Father in God, Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor of England, was, next to King Henry VIII, the most powerful man in the realm. But he was also still the ...

Yesterday, London’s Victoria & Albert Museum completed a £2.5 million ($3.8 million) national campaign to purchase the Wolsey Angels, four 16th-century statues by Benedetto da Rovezzano. An adviser to ...

See how Wolsey’s restoration to the king’s favor lies with the loyal Cromwell. Having failed to secure the annulment of the King Henry’s marriage to Katherine of Aragon, Cardinal Wolsey is stripped of ...

. . . This work is one of a series of brilliant pieces which have emanated from the hands of Lessing, Camphausen, Hildebrandt, Leutze, Pluddman, Voldhart, Schrader, &c., &c. It is worthy its ...

Descendants of 31 of the people involved in the violent protests against the closure of a monastery 500 years ago are being sought by English Heritage Today, Wednesday 4 June, marks the 500th ...

The successful excavation of Richard III's remains may result in another historic figure being discovered in Leicester, it is claimed. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who died in 1530, is believed to be ...