GREAT WOLSEY PAGEANT. To commemorate the fourth centenary of the death of Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII.’s famous Chancellor, the son of an Ipswich 1 tcher, his native town is to have a great pageant in June. The Prince of Wales is to be present. Wolsey had planned for _ himself a wonderful funeral, but, owing to his downfall, was buried ignominiously in a common grave •at Leicester. After lying dormant for 300 years the magnificent coffin he had prepared for himself was used by the Government for Lord Nelson, and may now be seen in St. Paul’s.
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Evening Star, Issue 20483, 14 May 1930, Page 2
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96Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 20483, 14 May 1930, Page 2
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