Thomas Wolsey
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Thomas Wolsey was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 1514 he had become the
Portrait at Trinity College, Cambridge, c. 1585–1596
Heraldic banner of Wolsey as Archbishop of York, showing the arms of the See of York impaling his personal arms, with a cardinal's hat above. The griffin supporter holds the Lord Chancellor's mace.
Thomas Wolsey by an unknown artist c. 1520 held in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Queen Catherine of Aragon, by an unknown artist