Henry VIII's wills

Professor Ives has demonstrated the weakness of some of the grounds for thinking that Henry VIII's will was tampered with after 30 December 1546. But he has not mentioned Paget's later testimony suggesting that the ‘unfulfilled gifts clause’ was inserted in the will after 12 January 1547. Even if it was part of the will by 30 December, the gifts implemented by its authority resulted from later skilful and ruthless manipulation of the king. Henry's ‘unwritten will’ greatly strengthened Edward Seymour and his allies and gave William Paget, who was largely responsible for its final shape, the means of buying off potential objectors to Seymour's elevation to the protectorship

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  Open Access•Alec Ryrie•Gospel and Henry VIII•2003

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• Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI

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  David Head, David M Head•Sixteenth Century Journal•1987

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• The Reign of Henry VIII. Personalities and Politics

  Theresa Mayer, Thomas F Mayer•Sixteenth Century Journal•1987

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• The King’s Council in the Reign of Edward VI

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• The History of Parliament

  Julian Hoppit•The English Historical Review•2003

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• Henry VIII's will – a forensic conundrum

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• The Letters of Stephen Gardiner

  John Tracy Ellis•Thought•1936

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