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10 unusual facts about Thomas Wolsey


Anne de Montmorency

He worked with Cardinal Wolsey to form an alliance between Francis I and Henry VIII in 1527.

Dark Agnes de Chastillon

Agnes, still with her sidekick Etienne Villiers, faces international intrigue with Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.

Ipswich Cardinals

The name comes from one of Ipswich's most famous sons, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who was Henry VIII's Lord chancellor (Chief advisor to the king).

The Logo worn on the helmet was originally a cardinal's head, then the "Fighting Cardinal" (a representation of Cardinal Wolsey) which was designed by Mark Aryes the first QB, Kevin Davies took it to an artist at the Port of Felixstowe to refine it.

With Ipswich being represented by an adaptation of Cardinal Wolsey and Norwich being represented with a depiction of a devil.

Pierre Alamire

In June 1516, he went to the Kingdom of England for instruction by the king and Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, carrying music manuscripts and instruments along with him.

Tefft Johnson

In 1912, he appeared in the film Henry VIII as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, alongside co-stars being Clara Kimball Young, Julia Swayne Gordon and Hal Reid.

The Cardinall's Musick

Taking its name from the 16th-century English cardinal, Thomas Wolsey, the group’s reputation grew through its extensive study of music from the English Renaissance.

The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey

The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey is an 1815 book by George Cavendish about Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.

Wolf Hall

Born to a working-class family of no position or name, Cromwell rose to become the right-hand man of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, adviser to the King.


Gosfield Hall

The house was built in 1545 by Sir John Wentworth, a member of Cardinal Wolsey’s household, and hosted Royal visits by Queen Elizabeth I and her grand retinue throughout the middle of the 16th century.

John Baskcomb

He made appearances in numerous British television plays and series including; Doctor Who (Terror of the Autons), The Saint, Softly, Softly and Poldark and he played the role of Cardinal Wolsey in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970).

Papal conclave, 1521–22

The preferred choice of Henry VIII was Thomas Wolsey (for whom he was prepared to spend 100,000 ducats), although Giulio de'Medici (future Pope Clement VII) was also acceptable to him.

Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset

According to some reports, the young Grey attended Magdalen College School, Oxford, and he is uncertainly said to have been taught (either at the school or else privately tutored) by the future Cardinal Wolsey.