Thomas Wolsey Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Star Chamber

Delivers his policy for law enforcement before the Council

Role range: 1515-1529

Papal Legate

Appointed Papal Legate in England, a post renewed annually & made permanent in 1524

Anglo-French Negotiations

Conducts negotiations with French representatives that combine a general peace project with a closer Anglo-French settlement.

Role range: 1515-1529

Collective Defence Clause

Constructs a treaty system requiring participating powers to assist a member attacked in breach of the European peace settlement.

Role range: 1515-1529

Collective Defence Clause

Promotes provisions requiring signatories to assist any member attacked by another contracting power.

Role range: 1515-1529

Collective Sanctions Mechanism

Builds enforcement provisions into the peace league so an aggressor can face coordinated diplomatic and military pressure from the other signatories.

Role range: 1515-1529

Collective Security Clause

Secures provisions requiring the other signatories to oppose a state that attacks another member of the peace league.

Role range: 1515-1529

Dauphin Marriage Alliance Draft

Negotiates a marriage understanding between Princess Mary and the French dauphin as a dynastic guarantee of the new Anglo-French peace.

Role range: 1515-1529

Full Powers for Treaty

Receives authority from Henry VIII to negotiate and conclude the Anglo-French peace settlement in London.

Role range: 1515-1529

Ratification Timetable

Includes deadlines intended to bring princes and other participating powers formally into the wider peace agreement.

Role range: 1515-1529

Treaty Design

Designs the Treaty of Universal Peace and places England at the centre of a proposed European collective-security system.

Role range: 1515-1529

Universal Peace Initiative

Designs the Treaty of Universal Peace as a defensive European league intended to discourage aggression between Christian powers.

Role range: 1515-1529

St Pauls Ceremony

Celebrates high mass as Henry VIII and the French ambassadors publicly swear to uphold the newly concluded peace.

Role range: 1515-1529

European Accession Campaign

Encourages other European rulers to accede to the Anglo-French agreement and transform it into a wider peace league.

Role range: 1515-1529

Papal Peace Initiative

Adapts the papal call for a European truce into a broader diplomatic plan for lasting peace among Christian powers.

Role range: 1515-1529

Marriage

Participates in the ceremony of Henrys daughter Mary to the Dauphin of France

Role range: 1515-1529

Bishop

Appointed Bishop of Bath & Wells

Role range: 1518-1523

Purge

Wolsey purges the Privy Council of his rivals

Role range: 1515-1529

Reform of Legal System

The powers of jurisdiction of the Council & tribunals are given to the Star Chamber. Delivers his policy for law enforcement before the Council

Role range: 1515-1529

Francis I appoints Wolsey as his procter to arrange his meeting with

Francis I appoints Wolsey as his procter to arrange his meeting with Henry VIII

Role range: 1515-1529

Visit to London

Arrives in Ardes near Calais to inform Francis I of Henry VIIIs arrival

Role range: 1515-1529

Holds mass with the French Cardinal de Bourbon prior to the Field

Holds mass with the French Cardinal de Bourbon prior to the Field of the Cloth of Gold

Role range: 1515-1529

Alliance Henry VIII and Francis I

Wolsey organizes "the field of cloth of gold", a fortnight of festivities in France. Wolsey organizes a new alliance between Henry VIII & Francis I

Role range: 1515-1529

Offrred the Bishopric of Bajadoz by Charles of Spain

Offrred the Bishopric of Bajadoz by Charles of Spain but refuses the offer

Role range: 1515-1529

Arrest of Edward Stafford

Wolsey has Buckingham arrested for "compassing" the death of Henry VIII

Execution

Execution of Edward Stafford for high treason

Treason

Execution of Edward Stafford for high treason

Alliance Thomas Wolsey and Emperor Charles V

Discusses an alliance with Emperor Charles V, under instructions from Henry VIII

Role range: 1515-1529

Peace Negotiations at London

1st session to negotiate peace with the French

Role range: 1515-1529

Alliance Thomas Wolsey and Emperor Charles V

Reaches Bruges to discuss an alliance with the Emperor Charles V

Role range: 1515-1529

Bruges Invasion Timetable

Negotiates a secret timetable for coordinated Anglo-Imperial action against France if wider peace efforts fail.

Role range: 1515-1529

Bruges Secrecy Provisions

Accepts provisions requiring the anti-French alliance to remain secret while papal approval and military preparations are arranged.

Role range: 1515-1529

Treaty Negotiation

Wolsey negotiates with Habsburg representatives at Bruges.

Role range: 1515-1529

Calais Peace Mediation

Mediates between Imperial and French representatives at Calais while publicly presenting England as an arbiter in the European war.

Role range: 1515-1529

Alliance Thomas Wolsey and Emperor Charles V

Concludes an alliance with Emperor Charles V against France

Role range: 1515-1529

Mobilization

Orders the preparation of 6,000 archers for war

Role range: 1515-1529

Abbot

Appointed Abbot of St Albans

Windsor Alliance Confirmation

Confirms the previous Anglo-Imperial agreements and strengthens plans for joint military action against France.

Role range: 1515-1529

Diplomatic Proposal at London

Proposes a plan to attack French ports but this is vetoed by Henry VIII

Role range: 1515-1529

Marriage

Negotiates the marriage of Princess Mary, later Mary I, to Charles V

Role range: 1515-1529