Writings and statements in favour and against Wolsey, particularly after his death, obfuscate his father’s social status in Ipswich and other basic details including his precise birth date. His birthplace was probably a house in St Nicholas Street (or St Nicholas Church Lane), long since demolished, at the corner of a passage through into the churchyard another mooted birthplace is on the site of The Black Horse public house. Thomas Wolsey (c.1471(?)-1530) was a Catholic priest from relatively humble beginnings in Ipswich, who was blessed with academic brilliance, rapacious ambition and, until the end of his life, remarkable good fortune. His current main projects are a biography of Cardinal Wolsey and editing a collection of essays on Renaissance Cardinals.Video: Thomas Wolsey by The Silburys music animation includes Ipswich buildings and features. In addition to journal articles and chapters in edited collections, his other books are: 'The Contending Kingdoms': France and England 1420-1700 (Ashgate, 2008), Renaissance Monarchy: The Reigns of Henry VIII, Francis I and Charles V (London, 2002) and Tudor England and its Neighbours (2005). His most recent book is The Field of Cloth of Gold (2013) on the meeting between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France held near Calais in 1520. Glenn has published extensively on Tudor England's political and cultural relations with Continental Europe and on European Renaissance monarchy. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and is an Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association. Glenn Richardson is Professor of Early Modern History. In the sixth module, we trace events from 1521 to 1527, including the problems associated with the breakdown of the king’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon, before moving on in the seventh module to think about Wolsey’s decline, fall, death, and legacy. In the fifth module, we turn from international to domestic affairs, focusing on Wolsey’s appointment as Lord Chancellor and the increasing closeness of his relationship with the king. In the following three modules, we think about Wolsey’s acts on the international stage – looking first at his role in Henry’s 1513 campaign against Louis XII of France, then at his negotiation of peace with France in 1514, and finally at events between 1514-21, culminating in the magnificent Field of the Cloth of Gold (1520) and renewed hostilities with France the following year. We begin by thinking about Wolsey’s rise from relatively obscure beginnings, including his early work in the church, his service to Henry’s father (Henry VII) and his appointment as Royal Almoner in 1509. In this course, Professor Glenn Richardson (St Mary’s University) explores the life of Cardinal Wolsey (1472-1530), one of Henry VIII’s most trusted advisors in the first part of his reign. In this lecture, we think about Wolsey’s work as Lord Chancellor of England, focusing in particular on his management of domestic affairs (especially the judiciary) and the closeness of his relationship with Henry.
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