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Death Of A Battleaxe
Page 9 from 8th August 2003Sarah Whitebloom on Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, a Plantaganet who protested her loyalty to Henry VIII. But he executed her anyway Margaret......
The King And His Chancellor
Page 4 from 4th July 1952By Philip Ardagh T HE advent to the throne of England of Henry VIII in 1509 was an occasion of rejoicing to More for he looked forward to his new......
Complex And Controversial Cranmer Of Canterbury
Page 8 from 10th November 1989GALLERIES by Leigh Hatts "SAINT, heretic, patriot, traitor OT subservient coward" are just some of the descriptions of Thomas Cranmer noted by his......
A Tudor King Recalled At Hampton Court
Page 8 from 11th January 1991GALLERIES by Leigh Hatts ROCHESTER has decided not to celebrate Henry VIll's 500th anniversary following a stormy meeting during which he was......
Will The Real Thos Cranmer Stand Up?
Page 6 from 14th June 1996A turncoat, a martyr, a coward, a hero: which was Thomas Cranmer? CHRISTOPHER HAIGH assesses an important new study Diarmaid MacCulloch, Thomas......
Wicked Henry?
Page 6 from 22nd May 1964lull PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII, by N. Brysson Morrison (Robert Hale, I8s.). Reviewed by E. E. Y. HALES I T used, in Victorian days, to be taken......
The Degeneration Of A Great Prince
Page 3 from 16th September 1960By MICHAEL de la BEDOYERE SOW THE TEMPEST; by Jane Lane (Muller, 15s.). M ISS LANE, so soon after the highly readable and instructive "Ember in......
Cranmer: A Time-serving Clerical Creep
Page 11 from 21st April 2006From Fr Michael George Clifton SIR Christopher Schenk's letter (April 14) regarding the lack of representation of Catholics at the services to......
The Queen Who Had The Gift Of Alienating People
Page 15 from 12th February 2010The Lady in the Tower BY ALISON WEIR JONATHAN CAPE, £20 A lison Weir’s new book, subtitled The Fall of Anne Boleyn , is an in-depth study of the......
The Path To Tower Hill
Page 5 from 5th July 1985With fellow pilgrims Terence Sheehy recently followed St John Fisher's journey from Rochester to the scaffold TO MARK the 450th anniversary, to......