Wolsey

[ woo l-zee ]

/ ˈwʊl zi /

noun

Thomas,1475?–1530, English cardinal and statesman.

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Wolsey, too, was failing in body—the sharks that follow the ship of State were already scenting their prey.

Henry VIII and His Court |Herbert Tree
In this matter of the divorce, Wolsey has found an earnest apologist in Father Taunton.

Ten Tudor Statesmen |Arthur D. Innes
Wolsey made an advantageous peace, and Charles promptly found himself obliged to come to terms with Francis.

Ten Tudor Statesmen |Arthur D. Innes
Wolsey also left his mark, as he invariably did wherever he went.

Cathedral Cities of England |George Gilbert

Wolsey found it so, and so also did More; and now Cromwell was to follow More to the block.

The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries |Charles G. Harper

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Wolsey

/ (ˈwʊlzɪ) /

noun

Thomas. ?1475–1530, English cardinal and statesman; archbishop of York (1514–30); lord chancellor (1515–29). He dominated Henry VIII's foreign and domestic policies but his failure to obtain papal consent for the annulment of the king's marriage to Catherine of Aragon led to his arrest for high treason (1530); he died on the journey to face trial

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