CARDINAL THOMAS WOLSEY

BORN: c. 1470
DIED: 29 NOVEMBER 1530

Son of an Ipswich butcher who entered the church and became a cardinal in 1515. He was Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor from 1515-1529. Lost favor with Henry when he failed to get the annulment of the King's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Died on his way to imprisonment in the Tower of London.