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11 May – Henry VIII accuses the clergy of treason

On this day in Tudor history, 11th May 1533, Henry VIII made himself an enemy of the English clergy by accusing them of being traitors.

Why? What was going on? What happened next?

Find out...

On this day in Tudor history, 11th May 1560, royal physician Dr Thomas Wendy, died at his home, the manor of Haslingfield, in Cambridgeshire.

He attended three Tudor monarchs at their death and had a long and loyal service as a royal physician, but what interests Claire, in particular, is his role in saving Queen Catherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth wife, from a plot by Catholic conservatives in 1546.

Find out more Dr Thomas Wendy, his life, career, and the plot...

Also on this day in Tudor history, 11th May 1537, Blessed John Rochester and Blessed James Walworth, two Carthusian monks from the London Charterhouse, met their ends in York after being condemned for treason.

Find out more about them and the other Carthusian martyrs...

And on this day in 1536, in the fall of Anne Boleyn, the Grand Jury of Kent met to rule on the alleged offences committed by Queen Anne Boleyn and her alleged lovers in the county.

In my video, I consider the dates, places and crimes cited in the indictments, and whether they made any sense at all...

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11 May – Henry VIII accuses the clergy of treason