George Cavendish-- Life of Wolsey, 1600.

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George Cavendish-- Life of Wolsey, 1600.

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The collection consists of a 168 page oblong folio in a late Elizabethan script titled "Thomas Wolsey Cardinall his life & death written by George Cavendish his gentleman usher." It contains both "Preface" and "The history." The Ann Boleyn controversy begins on page 41.

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