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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Archdeacons of Bath, Bishops of Bath and Wells, Thomas Wolsey, Lyfing, William Laud, Athelm, Robert Burnell, George Carey, Bishop of Bath and Wells, George Hooper, Jocelin of Wells, Reginald Fitz Jocelin, Richard Foxe, William Barlow, John of Tours, Thomas Ken, Savaric FitzGeldewin, Walter Giffard, Jim Thompson, William Knight, Gisa, William Wand, Gilbert Bourne, Robert of Bath, William Piers, Walter Skirlaw, John Still, Arthur Lake, William of March, Samuel Squire, William of Bitton I, Thomas Beckington, Wulfhelm, Roger of Salisbury, Byrhthelm, James Montague, Robert de Chauncy, William of Bitton II, John Wynne, Robert Creighton, George Law, Duduc, Tobias Matthew, Henry Bowet, Robert Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland, Peter Mews, John Stafford, Lord Arthur Hervey, Robert Stillington, Adriano Castellesi, George Kennion, Oliver King, Peter Price, Godfrey of Bath, Nicholas Bubwith, Walter Curle, Richard Clifford, Robert Shorton, Bob Evens, Wynne Willson, Ralph Ergham, Edward Willes, Richard Kidder, William Selwyn, John Barnet, Francis Underhill, Sigar of Wells, Charles Moss, Cyneweard of Glastonbury, Thomas George Adames Baker, Merewith, Leonard Mawe, Edward Henderson, Congar of Congresbury, Ralph of Shrewsbury, Gilbert Berkeley, Richard Beadon, John Bickersteth, Richard Bagot, AEthelwine of Wells, John Clerk, John Harewell, List of Archdeacons of Bath, AElfwine of Wells, Alphege of Wells, Brihtwine, Wulfhelm II, John Droxford, Thomas Godwin, Walter Haselshaw, Harold Bradfield. Excerpt: Thomas Wolsey (c. March 1473 - 29 November 1530; sometimes spelled Woolsey) was an English political figure and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. When Henry VIII became king of England in 1509, Wolsey became the King's almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 1514 he had become the controlling figure in virtually all matters of state and w.