The Queen, however, was falling from favor, for Henry had In Februaryġ513 he had been made Dean of York and Henry had bestowed many favors upon him. Wolsey was becoming the real power behind the throne, without ever letting the King guess who was truly running the country. Mary Tudor's marriage to Charles of Castile in the spring. The allies agreed on a combined invasion of France in 1514 and on Henry's sister Was approaching, Henry and the troops returned to England. Was one of the bloodiest confrontations ever in Britain, resulting in over ten thousand dead, among them James IV of Scotland. On 9 September 1513, the English force, led by theĮarl of Surrey, was victorious over the Scots at the battle of Flodden. While Wolsey was in France with the King, he received news from the Queen that the Scots were planning an invasion to England, led by On 16 August, 1513 the English army won over the French at Thérouanne, in what came to be known as the Battle of the Spurs. Wolsey encouraged Henry to attack Boulogne, to strengthen the area around Calais, and Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian enticed Henry to attack Tournai. They made a secret treaty with Louis XII to let the Henry win a few minor battles before the winter and his troops' return to England. Henry's presence in France was unwelcome to Maximilian and Ferdinand when they realized he intended to depose Louis XII and crown himself King of France. 1 The Queen and Wolsey successfully persuaded the King to mount a second offensive in 1513, led by himself. Henry sent Lord Dorset with an army to France in 1512, but the campaign "ended in inglorious failure". In November 1511, Henry and Ferdinand signed the Treaty of Westminster, pledging mutual help against France, their common enemy. In 1511 Wolsey convinced Henry, who openly harbored anti-French sentiments, to join Pope Julius II, King Ferdinand II of Aragón (Henry's father-in-law), Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, the Swiss cantons, and the Venetians in the Holy League against France. Young King Henry, preferring the sports of lovemaking and hunting to politics, entrusted increasingly more power to Wolsey and followed his counsel on matters of state. In 1510 Wolsey, well-favored by the young King, was appointed Registrar of the Order of the Garter and allowed to supplicate for the degrees of B.D. In February 1509, Wolsey was appointed Dean of Lincoln and appointed Royal Almoner upon Henry VIII's accession to the throne after his father's death. The King employed Wolsey in administrative and diplomatic duties, including journeys to Flanders and Scotland. Upon Nanfan's death in 1507, Wolsey was appointed chaplain to Henry VII. For the next four years Wolsey served as chaplain to Sir Richard Nanfan, governor of Calais, who introduced Wolsey to Henry VII. Wolsey became chaplain to Henry Dean, the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1501, until the Archbishop's death in 1503. It is not clear that Wolsey was ever resident there, being master and Dean of Divinity at Magdalen College School 1500-01. On Mahe was ordained priest, and in October, 1500 presented the rectory of Limington in Somerset by the Marquess of Dorset. Wolsey studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, taking his B.A. THOMAS, CARDINAL WOLSEY was born in Ipswich, Suffolk,īutcher, innkeeper, and cattle dealer.
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