November 29 – Cardinal Wolsey dies, and not by suicide!

| November 29, 2022

November 29 – Cardinal Wolsey dies, and not by suicide!

On this day in Tudor history, 29th November 1530, in the reign of King Henry VIII, at around 8 o’clock in the morning, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey died at the Abbey of St Mary de Pratis in Leicester. Contrary to what was shown in The Tudors series, Wolsey did not commit suicide. Henry VIII’s former Lord […]

29 November 1530 – Cardinal Wolsey cheats the axeman

| November 29, 2017

29 November 1530 – Cardinal Wolsey cheats the axeman

On this day in history, 29th November 1530, at around 8 o’clock in the morning, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey died at the Abbey of St Mary de Pratis, Leicester. Wolsey had been arrested at his home, Cawood Castle, at the beginning of the month and was on his way to London to answer charges of treason. […]

29 November 1530 – Cardinal Thomas Wolsey Dies

| November 29, 2014

29 November 1530 – Cardinal Thomas Wolsey Dies

At around 8am on the 29th November 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey died at the Abbey of St Mary de Pratis, Leicester. He had stopped at the abbey while on his way from his home, Cawood Castle in Yorkshire, to London to face charges of high treason. Wolsey’s famous last words were “I se the matter […]

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