Front matter

Transcriber's Note.

Apparent typographical errors have been corrected. The use of hyphens and of accents has been rationalised.

Headings in black-letter font have instead been bolded.

Twelve English Statesmen

CARDINAL WOLSEY

CARDINAL WOLSEY

BY

MANDELL CREIGHTON

BISHOP OF LONDON M.A. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE, D.C.L. OF DURHAM LL.D. OF GLASGOW AND HARVARD

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET. LONDON 1912

First Edition April 1888 Reprinted 1888, 1891, 1895, 1898, 1902, 1904, 1906 (twice), 1912