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.
| Author/creator | Cavendish, George |
| Other author | Cavendish, William, 1505?-1557 |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | The second edition. |
| Publication Info | London : Printed, and are to be sold by B. Bragg, at the Raven, in Pater-noster-row, 1708. |
| Description | 6 unnumbered pages, 230, 2 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Negotiations of T. Woolsey |
| General note | Not in fact by William Cavendish, but by his brother, George Cavendish. |
| General note | First published in 1641 as 'The negotiations of T. Woolsey'. |
| General note | With a final advertisement leaf. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, N26008. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Memoirs. |
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