Thomas Wolsey, Ipswich’s greatest son, was England’s leading Statesman, Churchman and Patron of the Arts in the service of King Henry VIII. Thanks to Wolsey being Henry’s Lord Chancellor and friend, his Master played a greater role in European politics than any in more than a century. The church was also in desperate need of reform, which Wolsey initiated, being responsible for the new Renaissance culture in England. You cannot understand Wolsey without Henry, but you cannot understand Henry without Wolsey.

Phil Roberts is a well-known historian, researcher and lecturer, and a popular BBC Radio guest, speaking on the Tudor age and royal history, and the Mary Rose.

£8.00 Lavenham Society members / £10 non-members and guests

Tickets available from the Village Hall and Guildhall, or from Eventbrite.

Please note the change from the originally published lecture, due to ill health.