Thomas Wolsey, 16th century English cardinal and statesman Carle Crowds gather at Coventry war

Crowds gather at Coventry war memorial in Coventry

With a group of figures gathered around a clergyman in the graveyard

and a white moustache

The house is traditionally associated with Edmund Bonner

Thomas Wolsey, 16th century English cardinal and statesman Carle Crowds gather at Coventry warThomas 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.