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★ Henry VIII & Henry the Eighth

If there’s one person in history who divides opinion like no-one else, it’s this man  Thomas Cromwell.  As King Henry VIII’s right-hand man he changed Britain for ever, severing contact with the Pope to make the King head of the church, plundering monasteries and even conspiring to execute Anne Boleyn.  Tracy Borman, Thomas Cromwell: A Very Modern Tudor I, Channel 5 2023

 

Thomas Cromwell was born around 1485 here in Putney on the banks of the River Thames.  ibid.  

 

Back in England, his CV bolstered, Cromwell was now on the lookout for a top job.  He didn’t have to wait long.  He was headhunted by none other than King Henry VIII’s special advisor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.  ibid.  

 

 

A man capable of great kindness to his friends but terrible cruelty to his enemies.  Tracy Borman, Thomas Cromwell: A Very Modern Tudor II  

 

He masterminded England’s break from the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church, all that the King could marry Anne Boleyn.  ibid.

 

The Tudor court was a dangerous place, and Cromwell was always looking over his shoulder.  ibid.

 

 

Henry VIII was also something of a sex machine.  Sex: A Bonkers History II: The Tudors, History 2023

 

 

It’s 1529.  Henry VIII is on the throne – married to Katherine of Aragon for 20 years without producing a male heir.  He has been petitioning the Pope for an annulment for two years without success.  Cardinal Wolsey – Lord Chancellor and Henry’s advocate in the petition to Rome – has failed his Sovereign in only this one matter.  And Henry is not a forgiving man.  Wolf Hall I ***** caption, BBC 2015

 

You’re dismissed as Lord Chancellor.  By the King’s order.  And youre to return to us the Great Seal.  ibid.  aide

 

The gentlest, wisest prince in Christendom.  I’ll not hear a word against Henry from any man.  ibid.

 

Bloke in black: Wolsey burns Bibles.

 

Cromwell: More will burn men.  ibid.

 

Wars are not affordable things.  ibid.  Cromwell to Henry

 

 

It’s December 1520: Cardinal Wolsey has taken refuge at Esher.  Anne Boleyn and her uncle, the Duke of Norfolk, want him gone – on the road north, away from the King.  Thomas Cromwell, Wolsey’s staunch defender, remains in London, seeking the reinstatement of his master.  Wolf Hall II caption

 

Don’t you understand?  I can’t talk about him.  ibid.  Henry VIII

 

The King wants me gone.  He wants to humiliate me.  ibid.  Wolsey

 

 

It’s 1531.  Having failed with the Pope, Henry seeks the power to annul his own marriage to Katherine by asking Parliament to declare him Supreme Head of the Church of England.  Those loyal to Rome battle against the advancing tide of heresy.  Chief amongst them the Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More.  Wolf Hall III: Anna Regina, caption

 

The Pope is the head of the church everywhere.  ibid.  Princess Mary

 

This prophetess you harbour in your diocese ..   ibid.  Cromwell

 

Tindale still refuses to support the King’s divorce.  ibid.

 

I want a job.  An official post.  The jewel house perhaps.  ibid.

 

I think your faith is for purchase.  ibid.  More to Cromwell

 

Are you threatening me?  ibid.  Cromwell to More

 

One word from me and all your debts will be called in.  ibid.  Cromwell

 

So that’s it?  More is out?  Shall we go down?  ibid.  Anne to Cromwell

 

Everything that you have will come from me.  ibid.  Henry to Cromwell

 

Your majesty.  The heretics you have around you must be put into a great fire.  If you dont do it, you’ll burn yourself.  Here’s one – if you marry this one you’ll reign seven months.  ibid.  prophetess

 

You made a mistake threatening me, sir.  ibid.  Cromwell

 

 

Anne Boleyn has promised Henry VIII a son.  In return the King has cast off his first wife and, over the objections of the Pope and the rest of Christendom, crowned Anne Queen.  September 1533, Anne returns to Whitehall with her newborn child.  Wolf Hall IV: The Devils Spit, caption

 

Healthy?  Call her Elizabeth.  Cancel the jousts.  ibid.  Henry

 

Mary is a bastard ... Meanwhile I want you to go to France.  ibid.  Anne to Cromwell

 

I keep you because you are a serpent.  ibid.  King to Thomas

 

 

It’s 1535.  The Act of Supremacy has declared Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.  But the Holy Roman Emperor, and his ambassador Eustache Chapuys, have refused to recognise either his new title or his marriage to Anne Boleyn.  Recovering from illness, Cromwell plans the King’s Royal Progress to include a visit to Jane Seymour’s family home.  Wolf Hall V: Crows, caption

 

It’s as if my daughter had never been born.  As if Katherine was still Queen.  As if I didnt exist.  ibid.  Anne

 

Jane – she’s a distraction that's all.  ibid.  Thomas

 

We can’t help what we do really.  ibid.  Henry

 

The Vatican has given Henry three months to return to obedience.  ibid.  Thomas

 

It’s the King Henry – he’s dead.  ibid.  message

 

What not geld me why you’re at it?  That would suit you, madam.  ibid.  Henry to Anne

 

I see that God will not give me male children.  ibid. 

 

 

It’s 1536.  Henry’s love for Anne Boleyn has given way to anger and distrust.  His attention now fixed on Jane Seymour, Henry instructs Cromwell to rid him of his second Queen.  Sensing her loss of favour, the Queens enemies are gathering.  Wolf Hall VI: Masters of Phantoms, caption

 

But you will impart, Mark.  You’ll do it freely or you’ll do it enforced.  ibid.  Cromwell

 

I only have a little neck.  So it will be the work of a moment.  ibid.  Anne

 

 

It’s 1536.  England is in uproar.  Henry VII has broken with the Pope in Rome and overturned a thousand years of religion in his small kingdom, all so he can be parted from his first wife Katherine and marry Anne Boleyn.  But Anne has failed to provide England with a male heir.  So, Henry instructs Thomas Cromwell, son of a blacksmith and now his principle adviser, to concoct treason charges against her.  Anne is taken to the Tower of London to await execution, while Henry prepares to marry his third wife, Jane Seymour.  Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light I: Wreckage ***** BBC 2024

 

When negotiation and compromise fail, the your only course is to destroy your enemy before they wake in the morning, Rafe.  Have the axe in your hand.  ibid.  Cromwell 

 

Such freshness.  Such delicacy.  Such maidenly pudeur.  I have come out of Hell into Heaven, and all in one night.  ibid.  Henry  

 

My daughter Mary refuses to take the oath and acknowledge me as head of the church.  ibid.

 

There’s a papal bull of excommunication hanging over my master.  ibid.  Cromwell to Chapuys     

 

Never enter a contest of wills with the king.  ibid.  Cardinal Wolsey 

 

A dog, madam.  And on your scent.  ibid.  Cromwell

 

I mean to reward him [Cromwell] and his whole house.  ibid.  Henry  

 

 

[Wolsey]: I feel like Catherine.  Cast off.  But still I love him.  Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light II, BBC 2024

 

Henry will take the credit for all your good ideas.  ibid.  Wolsey to Cromwell 

 

We’ve entered an age of coercion.  ibid. 

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