Henry VIII of England
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Henry VIII (1491-06-28 – 1547-01-28) was king of England from 1509 to 1547.
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- Welbeloved subjects, we thought that the clergie of our realme had been our subjectes wholy, but now wee have well perceived that they bee but halfe our subjectes, yea, and scarce our subjectes: for all the prelates at their consecration make an othe to the pope, clene contrary to the the that they make to us, so that they seme to be his subjectes, and not ours.
- Speech to Parliament (11 May, 1532).
- Sir Henry Ellis (ed.), Hall's Chronicle (London, 1809), p. 788.
- We be informed by our judges that we at no time stand so highly in our estate royal as in the time of Parliament, wherein we as head and you as members are conjoined and knit together into one body politic, so as whatsoever offence or injury (during that time) is offered to the meanest member of the House is to be judged as done against our person and the whole Court of Parliament.
- Speech to Parliament on parliamentary privilege (March/April 1542).
- Raphael Holinshed, Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland: Volume III (London: 1808), p. 824.
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- All is lost! Monks, Monks, Monks! So, now all is gone - Empire, Body, and Soul!
- Last words, 28 January 1547
- You have sent me a Flanders mare.
- This speech is used in school history textbooks and refers to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
- I like her not!
- After spending a night with his new wife, Anne of Cleves.
