Sir William Cavendish's Memoirs of the life of Cardinal Woolsey, Legate for the Pope, Archbishop of York, Bishop of Winchester, Lord High-Chancellor of England, and Principal Minister of State in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth. Containing I. His Rise and Excessive Power. II. His Embassies, Negociations and Treaties of Peace with Germany and France, &c. III. His Secret Transactions in Church and State. IV. The Plots of the Nobility against him. V. The King's Descent into France. VI. An Account of the Perpetual Peace 'twixt the English and French, sign'd and swore to by both Kings. Vii. The Cardinal's Contrivances to humor the King's Amours and Entertainments. Viii. His Fall, Last Speech, and Death. To which is added, a memorial against favourites, presented to Q. Elizabeth, written by the Lord-Treasurer Burleigh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cavendish, George, 1500-1561?

Contributor:

Cavendish, William, 1505?-1557.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Negotiations of T. Woolsey

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530.

Wolsey, Thomas.

Physical Description:

6 unnumbered pages,230 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰

Edition:

The second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : printed, and are to be sold by E. Read, the Corner of Vere-Street, against Clare-Market, 1708.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Not in fact by William Cavendish, but by his brother, George Cavendish.

With a final advertisement leaf.

First published in 1641 as 'The negotiations of T. Woolsey'.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N23328.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.