Where is wolsey buried

Thanks Barry! It is a fascinating account by George Cavendish. Although there is not too much to see there, I think it is worth a trip. I was just there today doing some filming. You are right. I think I will add a couple of para about other things t see while in the area. Thanks for dropping by! He also initiated legal reforms which benefitted the common people. Wolsey was a mixed bag, as are we all.

My uncle Robert d. Woolsey studied the case of Thomas Cardinal Wolsey for years and come to the conclusion that he was poisoned en route to London to avoid the problems that might arise from trying a cardinal ,and Lord Chancellor of England for treason. How much more convenient if he died. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Privacy Notice. All rights reserved. Kirby Hardwick Hall in Nottinghamshire. View across the abbey ruins. Gilbert, John; Cardinal Wolsey c. The Death of Cardinal Wolsey. Looking up the nave of the ruined abbey church from the west doors towards the high altar, Abbey Park, Leicester. The ruined Lady Chapel and the memorial to Cardinal Wolsey. The memorial to Thomas Wolsey in the Lady Chapel.

Thanks for the recommendation! And on towards the ruins, where a memorial was erected on the site of the Lady Chapel, commemorating the fallen cardinal. The low stone walls are not remains of the abbey buildings, they were added in and mark out the plan of the abbey, established during excavations in the s and s. Here we are at the west end of the church looking east towards where the transept and chancel would have been.

Abbey Park is also home to the ruins of a mansion known as Cavendish House, which dates to the late 16th or early 17th century. It was built on the site of the medieval abbey gatehouse using stones from the ruined abbey but was destroyed by fire during the English Civil War.

A king buried in a carpark and a cardinal in a park… Leicester is certainly an interesting place! Thanks for sharing though. I wonder how they could be sure though, Richard had a living relative to DNA, has Wolsey do you think? We known he had illegitimate children, I wonder if the line is still running, or that descendants know that they stem from him? I would imagine records maybe very scarce if none existent maybe, after all he should have been celibate!!!

Did you go to Kenilworth Natalie, its a beautiful romantic looking ruin. If they find him, one of us might be able to help identify him. That would be exciting. I am only one of many descendants. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us! His children were farmed off onto another man when Wolsey bribed the man in question to take his mistress and two offspring in return for a favourable ruling in a case he was judging as Chancellor of England.

Interesting Article. My family claims to have been from this line but records are sparse. A find of the Cardinal and some DNA testing would be fantastic. Thanks for your guide. They must be excavating around where Richard was found. And they know Wolsey was buried nearby. He was buried at the abbey which shortly afterwards was sold and dismantled. The building's remains still stand in Abbey Park.

A spokesperson for the University of Leicester said the dig was not something the university had considered yet. Mr Willmott said he did not know how realistic it was that Cardinal Wolsey could be found.