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Warham, William

(Encyclopedia) Warham, WilliamWarham, Williamwôrˈəm [key], 1450?–1532, English churchman, archbishop of Canterbury. He studied at Oxford and became widely known in England for his legal ability, went…

William Shakespeare: Henry VIII, Act I

Act IScene ILondon. An ante-chamber in the palaceEnter Norfolk at one door; at the other, Buckingham and AbergavennyBuckinghamGood morrow, and well met. How have ye done Since last we saw in…

William Shakespeare: Henry VIII, Act V

Act VScene ILondon. A gallery in the palaceEnter Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, a Page with a torch before him, met by LovellGardinerIt's one o'clock, boy, is't not?BoyIt hath struck.…

William Shakespeare: Henry VIII, Epilogue

Epilogue'Tis ten to one this play can never please All that are here: some come to take their ease, And sleep an act or two; but those, we fear, We have frighted with our trumpets; so, 'tis…

William Shakespeare: Henry VIII, Prologue

PrologueI come no more to make you laugh: things now, That bear a weighty and a serious brow, Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now…

Henry I, Spanish king of Castile

(Encyclopedia) Henry I, 1204–17, Spanish king of Castile (1214–17), son and successor of Alfonso VIII. At his death after a short, uneventful reign, his sister Berenguela renounced her rights to the…

Latimer, Hugh

(Encyclopedia) Latimer, HughLatimer, Hughlătˈəmər [key], 1485?–1555, English bishop and Protestant martyr. Latimer was educated at Cambridge, entered the church, and came under the influence of the…

Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st earl of, c.1500–1550, lord chancellor of England. Appointed a clerk of the signet in 1530, he rose in the favor of Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII,…

Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 3d duke of

(Encyclopedia) Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 3d duke of, 1473–1554, English nobleman, prominent in the reign of Henry VIII; son of Thomas Howard, the 2d duke. He married (1495) a daughter of Edward IV and…

Rulers of England and Great Britain (table)

(Encyclopedia) Rulers of England and Great Britain(including dates of reign) Saxons and Danes Egbert, 802–39 Æthelwulf, son of Egbert, 839–58 Æthelbald, son of Æthelwulf, 858–60 Æthelbert,…