hm at the time of his death the cardinal was 57, which was pretty old in the 1530s, so even with out the stress of his fall, Wolsey would likely only live 4 more years on the outside, the upside of the Cardinal is rather than being lost under the historical waves of Henry's Great Matter Wolsey goes down in history as a kind of English Cardinal Richelieu, and a father of English higher education and his House at Hampton Court Palace and his tomb at Windsor would stand the test of time
now no Great Matter might mean Wolsey is able to do other things, maybe even become the Pope