![]() ![]() He was present through Henry's successful campaign, and at the king's request the pope named him Bishop of Tournay but he never obtained possession and later on surrendered his claim to the bishopric for an annual pension. He began to keep some state and when he accompanied the king to France in June, 1513, he was followed by a train of two hundred gentlemen. Stephen's, Westminster, and precentor of London. He became successively dean of Hereford (1512), dean of York (1513), dean of St. Fresh preferment continued to pour in on him. ![]() In foreign and domestic business alike the king followed his counsel and daily entrusted more power to his hands. On 17 Feb., 151, he became a canon of Windsor and soon after registrar to the Order of the Garter.īy 1512 he was exercising marked influence in political affairs and his share in the royal favour was already attracting the dislike of the old nobility. Bride's, Fleet Street, London, and Torrington in Devonshire, as well as a prebend in Hereford cathedral. D., and obtained the additional livings of St. During the next year he supplicated for the degrees of B. On 2 February, 1509, he was made dean of Lincoln, and on the accession of Henry VIII, which happened shortly after, he received an assurance of the continuance of royal favour in his appointment as almoner. As Master of the Rolls his grasp of practical affairs enabled him to initiate reforms which greatly accelerated the business of the Court. He shortly acquired the livings of Redgrave in Suffolk (1506) and Lydd in Sussex (1508), and about this time the king began to employ him in the diplomatic service it was probably then that he made the well-known journey into Flanders and back as special envoy to the Emperor Maximilian with such rapidity that when he returned on the third day the king, believing he had not yet started, rebuked him for remissness. When Sir Richard died in 1507, Wolsey became one of the court chaplains, and was befriended by the influential Bishop of Winchester, Richard Fox. On the archbishop's death (1503) he became chaplain to Sir Richard Nanfan, who, perceiving his remarkable talent for administration, entrusted him with his financial affairs and introduced him to the notice of King Henry VII. He also received other benefices, and became one of the domestic chaplains to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Henry Dean. He had been ordained priest at Marlborough (10 March, 1498) by the suffragan of the Bishop of Salisbury. The father of three of his pupils, the Marquis of Dorset, presented him the rectory of Limington in Somerset in October, 1500. was appointed master of the adjoining school. About 1497 he was elected fellow of Magdalen, and after becoming M. ![]() He was educated at Oxford, where he took his degree at the age of fifteen, winning the title "the boy bachelor". The cardinal himself always wrote his name as "Wulcy". His father, Robert Wulcy (or Wolsey), was a man of substance, owning property in Ipswich, but it is not known that he was a butcher as commonly reported. ![]() at Ipswitch, the usually accepted date, 1471, being probably three or four years too early d. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99.Ĭardinal, Archbishop of York, b. Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. ![]()
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