Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Henry VIII's powerful Lord Chancellor, was arrested for high treason on November 4, 1530, by the Earl of Northumberland, but died of dysentery at Leicester Abbey on November 29 while being transported to the Tower of London to face trial for his perceived failures, particularly his inability to secure the King's annulment from Catherine of Aragon.
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