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Survey of London
… York Place. On 2nd November, 1529, only a few days after Wolsey's departure, he came from Greenwich by water, "and … Kinges buyeldinges at yorke place." Lawrence Stubbs was Wolsey's almoner 4 and acted as his surveyor. 5 On 17th May, 1530, he wrote to Wolsey 6 concerning the 1000 which the King had granted for …
Old and New London
… was known as York Place when in the possession of Cardinal Wolsey, with whose history the palace is so intimately … to our subject, forbear the due encomium to Cardinal Wolsey. We do not attempt to defend his political character, … his munificence. The sumptuous style of living adopted by Wolsey here is known to every child who has read the History …
Old and New London
… by a doorway, bearing in its spandrils the arms of Wolsey and of the see of York. …
Old and New London
… gardens and three acres of land which the king got from Wolsey were not enough for his Majesty. At Richmond Terrace, …
Old and New London
… The last of the archbishops who tenanted it was Cardinal Wolsey, under whom it became one of the most sumptuous … from the same ancient palace." And speaking of Cardinal Wolsey, it adds that "he had lately, upon the soil of the …
Old and New London
… death imperfect and defac'd." Storer's Metrical History of Wolsey. Wallingford HousePope's Lines on the Death-bed Scene …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and impropriation of Thurlton were granted to Cardinal Wolsey by Henry VIII., and now belong to the Rev. Edward …
A History of the County of Northampton
… belonged to Bradwell priory was granted in 1528 to Thomas Wolsey, who in turn added it to the endowment of his new …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Wardens of the Grocers. Both parties applied to Cardinal Wolsey for assistance, the office having in the mean time …
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