Curated playlist
Court of Henry VIII
- Richard Page (courtier)Sir Richard Page was accused of adultery with Queen Anne Boleyn and walked out of the Tower alive.
- Levina TeerlincLevina Teerlinc earned more at England's royal court than Hans Holbein the Younger.
- John Dudley, 1st Duke of NorthumberlandJohn Dudley's "wicked Duke" label was largely built because Queen Mary needed a villain.
- Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of SomersetA king's marriage to his sister made Edward Seymour ruler of England. He governed for a nine-year-old king.
- Henry Norris (courtier)The charges against Henry Norris put Anne Boleyn in Westminster on dates when she was in Greenwich.
- Thomas WolseyContemporaries called Thomas Wolsey, an Ipswich tradesman's son, the other king of England.
- Nicholas Carew (Henry VIII courtier)Sir Nicholas Carew grew up inside the royal household, placed there at the age of six to share the education of the future King Henry VIII. For three decades he would remain one of the most recognizable figures at the Tudor court, a knight…
- Thomas CromwellHenry VIII beheaded Thomas Cromwell, then called him his most faithful servant.
- William Carey (courtier)William Carey was chatting about a hunting trip hours before he died. The sweating sickness took him on June 22, 1528.
- Hans Holbein the YoungerHans Holbein the Younger painted Henry VIII so forcefully that no later image replaced it. His grave site is unknown.