Henry thinks the whole thing is a fraud but nonetheless orders an investigation, to be led by Lord Hertford. The King receives an anonymous letter accusing his wife of sexual relationships with two men, including Francis Dereham. The investigations uncovers many lies and many truths, which results in the execution of one of Catherine Howard's former lovers Francis Dereham, her current lover Thomas Culpepper, Lady Jane Rochford and Herself. On the morning of his Queen's execution, Henry enjoys a lavish breakfast, symbolically consisting of the mate of a swan he has seen outside his window, as he looks forward to a new start and heirs with Lady Jane Seymour.Ciarán Donnelly Episode guide Previous Natural AllyĪfter receiving a letter from an anonymous source the King decides to investigate the accusation that two other men knew Catherine 'carnally' while she was under the service of the Dowager Duchess, and he confines his queen to her apartments with only Lady Rochford.
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Her devious father, who shows little remorse at the death of his son and Anne's impending death, is allowed to go free but banished from court and is shown leaving the Tower without even acknowledging his daughter waving from her cell window. She is conducted to the Tower of London and her four supposed lovers, one of whom is her own brother, are executed followed eventually by her own - delayed by some hours as a result of the French executioner's late arrival from Calais. It is his long-time friend, Charles Brandon who, with Cromwell, eventually alerts Henry to Anne's apparent indiscretions and her fate is sealed. In Episode 8, Henry has Cromwell initiate overtures to the Emperor to make peace with Rome as a bulwark against a hostile France, and the King starts to pay court to Lady Jane Seymour after Anne's two miscarriages following the birth of Princess Elizabeth. Episode 7 sees an increasingly ill and disillusioned Katherine who has been forbidden to see her daughter, Lady Mary, and Cromwell has legislation approved by Parliament agreeing to the dissolution of first the smaller and then the larger abbeys and monasteries. Also, England's relationship with France is complicated by King Francis's refusal to unite their kingdoms in marriage, thus causing Henry to question his decision to have married Anne. In Episode 6, Thomas Cromwell, who has assumed More's office as Chancellor of England, announces his plans to cleanse England of dissenters to the New Monarchy.
In Episode 5, Fisher and More's refusal to sign an oath of allegiance recognizing Henry's supreme authority as head of the English church eventually leads to their executions. Bishop Fisher refuses to recognize the validity of Henry's marriage - after Henry issues a decree ordering all his subjects to recognize their new Queen - and is finally joined by Sir Thomas More, who is granted permission by Henry to retire from his public office. In Episode 3 the newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury annuls Henry's marriage, clearing the way for Henry to marry a by now pregnant Anne, which also increases the growing rift between England and Rome.
The papacy in Rome organizes an assassination plot against Anne but the assassins' attempts fail. He prepares to take Anne on a royal visit to France, having demanded loyalty from the English clergy. Henry will do whatever it takes to marry Anne Boleyn, even defying Pope Paul III.
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