The previous Archbishop of York, Cardinal Christopher Bainbridge, had died in Rome on 14th July 1514 and Wolsey had been elected to the vacant office a few weeks later.
Wolsey would be elevated to the office of Cardinal in September 1515.
Wolsey was born in 1470/71, so was about forty-four years of age when he became archbishop.
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Image: A portrait of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey by an unknown artist, Trinity College, University of Cambridge.