The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
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Anne Boleyn
1501/1507 - 1536) was Queen of England as the second wife of King Henry VIII. She was also Marquess of Pembroke in her own right.[2] Henrys marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval...
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Thomas More
Sir Thomas More (1478 - 1535), also known as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, scholar, author and statesman. He is also recognised as being a saint within the Catholic Church. During his life he gained a reputation as a leading Renaissance humani...
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Catherine Of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon (1485 - 1536) was Princess of Wales as the wife of Arthur, Prince of Wales, and Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII of England. For six months, she served as regent of England while Henry VIII was in France. During th...
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Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour (1508 – 24 October 1537) was Queen Consort of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII. She succeeded Anne Boleyn as Queen Consort following the latters execution in 1536. She died of postnatal complications less than two weeks afte...
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Catherine Howard
Catherine Howard (c. 1521 – 13 February 1542), also spelled Katherine or Katheryn,[1] was the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, and sometimes known by his reference to her as his "rose without a thorn".Catherines birth date and place of birth are...
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Elizabeth Of York
Elizabeth of York (1466 - 1503) was queen consort of England from 1486 until 1503 as the wife of Henry VII. Throughout her lifetime, she was daughter, sister, niece and wife of English monarchs, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III and Henry VII respectively....
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Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, (b. in or before 1485, executed 28 July 1540), was an English statesman who served as chief minister of King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540.Cromwell was one of the strongest advocates of the English Reformation...
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Thomas Wolsey
Thomas Wolsey (c. March 1473 – 29 November 1530; sometimes spelled Woolsey) was an English political figure and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. When Henry VIII became king of England in 1509, Wolsey became the Kings almoner. Wolseys aff...
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Mary I Of England
Mary I (1516 - 1558) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 19 July 1553 until her death. She was the eldest daughter of Henry VIII and only surviving child of Catherine of Aragon. As the fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, she is remembe...
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Henry Viii Of England
Henry VIII (1491 - 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death. He was also Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) and claimant to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII.Henry V...
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Will Somers
William Sommers (or Somers or Somer; died 15 June 1560) was the best-known court jester (believed to be a ‘natural fool) of Henry VIII of England....
