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Thomas Cardinal Wolsey Oil painting by Antoine Caron showing the arrest and execution of Sir Thomas More, with Henry VIII in red under an archway at left and a small dog at right foreground. Painting of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in red robes standing across a table from Sir Thomas More, who is dressed in black, surrounded by courtiers in a grand hall with arched windows.
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A.F. Pollard, Wolsey (1929, reprinted 1978); C.W. Ferguson, Naked to Mine Enemies: The Life of Cardinal Wolsey (1958).

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Add new Web site: Heritage History - Thomas Wolsey (1471-1530). Jul 31, 2013
Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Thomas Wolsey. Oct 10, 2007
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