Now Find Cardinal Wolsey!

Started by cinrit, February 14, 2013, 01:14:21 PM

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cinrit

Wasn't sure where to put this.  He wasn't royalty, but he's in the past ...

QuoteUndiscovered bones of Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor are next on the historic wish list

The successful search for the skeleton of Rchard III has prompted calls for a fresh bid to locate the remains of another major historical figure buried in Leicester.

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey is known to have been buried at the city's abbey in 1530, but his bones have remained undiscovered.

The churchman, Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor, died at the abbey while travelling to London after being accused of treason when he failed to secure the annulment of the king's marriage to his first wife Catherine of Aragon.

At the time of his death Wolsey was arguably England's second most powerful person after the king.

Now find Cardinal Wolsey! After remains of Richard III were found, the undiscovered bones of Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor are next on the historic 

Cindy


Always be yourself.  Unless you can be a unicorn.  Then always be a unicorn.

fawbert

Proving his DNA will be impossible, I think.
Fawbert


cinrit

Always be yourself.  Unless you can be a unicorn.  Then always be a unicorn.

RaspBerries

Plus, the have to find him. Interesting story.