tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264229770266477595.post6732338602524817234..comments2024-03-09T18:10:06.341+08:00Comments on WiggleDoodle: Was Humpty Dumpty Really an Egg?Wiggletoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026105188582672228noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264229770266477595.post-62067758539353483492013-03-01T10:53:31.951+08:002013-03-01T10:53:31.951+08:00Thank you for this information. Thank you for this information. Wiggletoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026105188582672228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264229770266477595.post-82358913048964142052012-10-28T00:03:26.782+08:002012-10-28T00:03:26.782+08:00Humpty Dumpty was in fact Cardinal Thomas Wolsey w...Humpty Dumpty was in fact Cardinal Thomas Wolsey who was made Archbishop of York in 1514 whilst in Henry VIII's favour.He was a very rotund character (Egg-shaped) In 1515 he became a Cardinal but due to pressing duties elsewhere it wasn't till early 1530 he prepared to travel to York for his 'enthronement'He stayed at Cawood Castle for 9 months - just downriver from Bishopthorpe Palace, York.His greatest joy was to sit on the walls of the castle and gaze at the Cathederal where his day of glorification would soon take place.(Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall) After Henry was unable to get permission from the Pope to divorce Catherine of Aragon so he could marry Anne Boleyn, Wolsey fell out of favour and was arrested by the Earl of Northumberland and charged with treason. (Had a great Fall) However, being already unwell he died 3 weeks later whilst being escorted to trial in London (all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't put Humpty together again)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com