William Cavendish (courtier)
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Sir William Cavendish MP was an English politician, knight and courtier. Cavendish held public office and accumulated a considerable fortune, and became one of Thomas Cromwell's "visitors of the monas
Sir William Cavendish c. 1547
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, begun by Cavendish
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
William Cavendish (courtier)
…accused of embezzling a significant amount of money. Only his death saved the family from disgrace. During the reign of Mary I, a favourable biography of Thomas Wolsey was first published, written from the perspective of one of his closest aides, the one who had taken King Henry news of Wolsey's death. Although for…
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