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| 1498 | Priest |  |
| London Ordained as a Priest |
| 1501 | Chaplain Wolsey | |
| London Appointedhaplain to Archbishop Henry Deane |
| 1506 | Vicar | |
| Redgrave Appointed Vicar of Redgrave in Suffolk |
| 1507 | Chaplain Wolsey | |
| London Appointedoyal Chaplain to Henry VII |
| 1508 | Diplomacy | |
| 2nd April Visits James VI who refuses a treaty of friendship until Arran & Hamilton are released |
| 1508 | Vicar | |
| Lydd Appointed Vicar of Lydd on Romney Marsh |
| 1509 | Almoner | |
| London Appointed Almoner to Henry VIII |
| Nov London Appointed Almoner to Henry VIII |
| 1509 | Canon | |
| Hereford Appointed Canon of Hereford Cathedral |
| 1509 | Council Wolsey | |
| Nov London Appointed Member of the Council |
| 1509 | Dean | |
| 2nd Feb Lincoln Appointed Dean of Lincoln |
| 1510 | Registrar Garter Wolsey | |
| London Appointed Registrar of the Order of the Garter |
| 1510 | Vicar | |
| Torrington Appointed Vicar of Torrington |
| 1511 | Alliance | |
| Instrumental in England joining the Holy League against France |
| 1511 | Canon | |
| Windsor Appointed Canon of Windsor |
| 1511 | Holy League | |
| Instrumental in England joining the Holy League against France |
| 1511 | Invasion of France | |
| Wolsey is put in charge of preparations for war with France |
| 1511 | Privy Council | |
| London Appointed Privy Councillor |
| 1511 | Registrar Garter Wolsey | |
| London Appointed Registrar of the Order of the Garter |
| 1512 | Dean | |
| Hereford Appointed Dean of Hereford Cathedral |
| 1513 | Canon | |
| York Appointed Canon of York |
| 1513 | Capture of Dijon | |
| Dijon Wolsey's Swiss army captures Dijon |
| 1513 | Capture of Therouanne | |
| Therouanne Helps Henry VIII capture of Therouanne & Tournai |
| 1513 | Capture of Tournai | |
| Tournai Helps Henry VIII capture of Therouanne & Tournai |
| 1513 | Invasion of France | |
| Co-ordinates Henry VIII's campaign of Northern France |
| Burgundy Wolsey hires a Swiss mercenary army & invades Burgundy |
| 1513 | Siege of Besancon | |
| Besancon Wolsey's Swiss army lays siege to Besancon during the invasion of Burgundy |
| 1514 | Archbishop of Oxford | |
| York Appointed Archbishop of Oxford University |
| 1514 | Archbishop of York | |
| Aug York Appointed Archbishop of York |
| 1514 | Bishop of Lincoln | |
| Lincoln Appointed Bishop of Lincoln |
| 1514 | Bishop of Tournai | |
| Tournai Appointed Bishop of Tournai |
| May Tournai Begins lobbying Pope Leo to appoint him as a Cardinal |
| 1514 | Peace | |
| 6th Aug Henry VIII & Louis XII agree peace until a year after the death of either |
| 6th Aug Wolsey negotiates for the agreed marriage between Louis & Henry's sister Mary |
| 1514 | Purchase Hampton Court | |
| Hampton Court Acquires Hampton Court |
| 1514 | Rule of Tournai | |
| 6th Aug Tournai Wolsey negotiates & gains Tournai under the treaty of St Germain-en-Laye |
| 1514 | Treaty of Peace | |
| 6th Aug Wolsey negotiates for Henry VIII who gains a pension & Tournai |
| 1515 | Election | |
| Sep London Elected Cardinal, "Saint Cecilia beyond Tiber of the Holy Church of Rome" |
| 1515 | Hampton Court | |
| Hampton Court Hamton Court is based upon Paolo Cortes e's de Cardinalatu, an instruction book for a Cardinal's ideal residence |
| Hampton Court Rebuilds the manor house over the next 7 years to form the nucleus of the present day palace |
| Hampton Court Wolsey builds Hamton Court it as an ideal Renaissance Cardinal's palace in the style of Italian architects |
| 1515 | Inauguration of Wolsey | |
| 24th Dec Eltham Sworn in as Lord Chancellor before Henry VIII at the chapel at Eltham |
| 1515 | Lord Chancellor | |
| 10th Dec Appointed Cardinal |
| 24th Dec Appointed Lord Chancellor |
| 24th Dec Lives in splendor at the palaces of Whitehall & Hampton court |
| 1516 | Star Chamber | |
| 2nd May London Delivers his policy for law enforcement before the Council |
| 1518 | Bishop of Bath & Wells | |
| Bath Appointed Bishop of Bath & Wells |
| Bath & Wells Appointed Bishop of Bath & Wells |
| 1518 | Marriage | |
| Greenwich Participates in the ceremony of Henry's daughter Mary to the Dauphin of France |
| 1518 | Papal Legate Wolsey | |
| 17th May London Appointed Papal Legate in England, a post renewed annually & made permanent in 1524 |
| 1519 | Purge | |
| May London Wolsey purges the Privy Council of his rivals |
| 1519 | Reform | |
| Oct London Delivers his policy for law enforcement before the Council |
| Oct London The powers of jurisdiction of the Council & tribunals are given to the Star Chamber |
| 1520 | Alliance | |
| London Wolsey organizes a new alliance between Henry VIII & Francis I |
| London Wolsey organizes "the field of cloth of gold", a fortnight of festivities in France |
| 1520 | Diplomacy | |
| Bajadoz Offrred the Bishopric of Bajadoz by Charles of Spain but refuses the offer |
| 25th Feb London Francis I appoints Wolsey as his procter to arrange his meeting with Henry VIII |
| 1st June London Arrives in Ardes near Calais to inform Francis I of Henry VIII's arrival |
| 6th June London Holds mass with the French Cardinal de Bourbon prior to the Field of the Cloth of Gold |
| 1521 | Abbot | |
| St Albans Appointed Abbot of St Albans |
| 1521 | Alliance | |
| London Concludes an alliance with Emperor Charles V against France |
| 2nd Aug Calais Discusses an alliance with Emperor Charles V, under instructions from Henry VIII |
| 14th Aug Bruges Reaches Bruges to discuss an alliance with the Emperor Charles V |
| 1521 | Arrest | |
| April London Wolsey has Buckingham arrested for "compassing" the death of Henry VIII |
| 1521 | Diplomacy | |
| 7th Aug London 1st session to negotiate peace with the French |
| 1521 | Execution of Stafford | |
| April Execution of Edward Stafford for high treason |
| 1521 | Mobilization | |
| London Orders the preparation of 6,000 archers for war |
| 1522 | Diplomacy | |
| London Proposes a plan to attack French ports but this is vetoed by Henry VIII |
| 1522 | Marriage | |
| London Negotiates the marriage of Princess Mary, later Mary I, to Charles V |
| 1523 | Bishop of Durham | |
| Durham Appointed Bishop of Durham |
| 1524 | Papal Legate Wolsey | |
| London Appointed Papal Legate, for life |
| 1525 | Treaty of Utrecht | |
| 30th Aug Utrecht Performs a volte-face & signs a treaty of alliance with France |
| 1526 | League Cognac | |
| London England, the Pope, France, Venice, Milan & Florence form an anti-Habsburg League |
| 1527 | Arrest | |
| London Stripped of office & wealth, which is taken into the King's hands, & imprisoned |
| 1527 | Diplomacy | |
| Hampton Court Wolsey hosts a French delegation with great magnificence & expense |
| 1527 | Treaty of Amiens | |
| London Concludes a Treaty with Francis I |
| 1528 | Ownership Hampton Court | |
| Hampton Court Wolsey loses favour with Henry VIII who then acquires Hampton Court |
| 1529 | Arrest | |
| London Convicted of praemunire & exercising the powers of a papal legate |
| Dec London Attacked in the House of Lords by John Palsgrave for arrogance & misrule |
| 1529 | Death | |
| London Dies en route to the Tower at Leicester Abbey |
| 1529 | Dismissal | |
| London Dismissed for failing to secure Henry's divorce from Catherine |
| 17th Oct London Charged with treason & dismissed, he dies before his trial |
| 17th Oct London Fails to persuade Pope Clement VII to grant Henry a divorce from Catherine of Aragon |
| 1529 | Marriage | |
| 31st May London A tribunal opens to deliberate over the divorce of King Henry from Catherine of Aragon |
| 1531 | Death | |
| 29th Nov Leicester Death of Thomas Wolsey, on the way to London to answer charges of treason |
