George Cavendish's The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey manuscript, approximately 1700

Summary

Creator:

Cavendish, George, 1500-1561?

Date:

approximately 1700

Extent:

1 folder(s) (1 manuscript)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

George Cavendish's The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey manuscript, ms 1243. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of one manuscript: "Thomas Wolsey Cardinall his life & death written by George Cavendish his gentleman usher," 168 pages in a late Elizabethan script, containing both "Preface" and "The history." The Ann Boleyn controversy begins on page 41.

Biographical / historical:

George Cavendish (b. 1494, d. in or before 1562?), biographer and poet, entered the service of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey as gentleman usher.

For more information, see the article "Cavendish, George".

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Cardinals -- England -- Biography.
Biographies.

Names:

Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530
Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536

Places:

Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547.

Preferred citation:

George Cavendish's The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey manuscript, ms 1243. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.