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1491 - 1547 (55 years)
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Henry VIII King Of ENGLAND [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
- In the Early years of his reign, Henry was content to leave governing in the hands of his Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey. However, Wolsey fell from power when he failed to secure a divorce for Henry from Catherine of Aragon. The King became increasingly autocratic and by his death he was much hated.
As a young man, Henry was tall and handsome. However, when older he became grossly overweight and was riddled with disease.
Although well-educated, Henry at first had no enthusiasm for statecraft or personal rule, preferring hunting, the tourney, games, mistresses, and music to governing the country. During the first two decades of his reign, Henry entrusted the business of government to his great minister, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. born in 1475, Wolsey was the son of an Ipswich butcher. He entered the church and became Archbishop of York in 1514. A year later he received his cardinal's hat and became the Chancellor of England. Cardinal Wolsey looked after England's affairs at home and abroad with great skill, presiding over a period of growing prosperity. However, Wolsey fell from grace in 1529 when he failed to secure Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. he died that year before he could be brought to trial for treason.
After Henry VIII's break with Rome, Thomas Cromwell set up a commission to examine the state of every monastery and convent in England, with a view to possible closure and appropriation of its wealth by the Crown. Many were found to be racked with corruption. Henry, who urgently needed money to finance his extravagant lifestyle, ordered their dissolution. In 1537, the smaller monasteries were closed and their property confiscated. the remainder were similarly dealt with in 1539. [1]
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Birth |
28 Jun 1491 [3] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
28 Jan 1547 [3] |
Person ID |
I21339 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
9 Apr 2022 |
Family 2 |
Anne BOLEYN, b. Abt 1507 d. 19 May 1536, Beheaded on Tower Green for alleged adultery (Age 29 years) |
Marriage |
25 Jan 1533 [3, 4] |
Children |
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Family ID |
F17457 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
17 Apr 2018 |
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Sources |
- [S9498] Plantagenet Somerset Fry, Kings & Queens of England and Scotland.
- [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.
- [S03581] Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
- [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).
- [S3693] Louise Brownell Clarke, The GREENES of Rhode Island with Historical Records of English Ancestry 1534-1902.
- [S13027] John Wentworth, L.L.D., The WENTWORTH Genealogy, Comprising The Origin of the name, The Family in England, and a Particular Account of Elder William WENTWORTH, The Emigrant and of his Descendants Vol 1.
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