Thomas Wolsey, 16th century English cardinal and statesman mb-code 2377961 by Colonel Sir Henry James

by Colonel Sir Henry James

Plate 38 from Bright's Medical Reports: Diseases of the brain and Nervous System part 2 by Richard Bright (London

View of Newgate Prison

but reports his concerns about the force-feeding of livestock

An early example of an 'Irish' joke

Thomas Wolsey, 16th century English cardinal and statesman mb-code 2377961 by Colonel Sir Henry JamesThomas Wolsey, 16th century English cardinal and statesman, (1825). Wolsey (c1475 1530) was Henry VIII's most important government minister and the most powerful person in England, besides the King, for many years. He was actively involved in the diplomatic efforts to obtain approval for the ending of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, published in 1825.