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Henry VIII, the Reign


Letters & Papers: Volume 2

Date: 10 September 1515

No. 892 and 893

Title:Leo X to Wolsey and Hadrian to Wolsey
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​[Wolsey's election to cardinalate]
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​10 Sept.[1515]
R.O.    892. LEO X. to CARDINAL WOLSEY.
Notifying him of his election to the cardinalate. Rome, 10 Sept. 1515
10 Sept.[1515]
893. HARDRIAN [DE CORNETO] CARDINAL ST. CHRYSOGON to WOLSEY.
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This day Wolsey was created a Cardinal by the unanimous consent of the whose Council. to-day when they came to voting, and last Friday, he took an opportunity of speaking with the Cardinal Sta. Maria in Porticu in such a way as his loyalty to England required him to do. Rome, 10 Sept. 1515. Signed.



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  • Reformation Parliament (1529–1536)
  • Thomas Wolsey Biography | Cardinal, Chancellor & Henry VIII’s Chief Minister
  • The Six Wives of Henry VIII
  • Thomas Wolsey’s Quest to be Pope
  • Royal Progress of 1535