Falle of the Religiouse Howses
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What really happened when the monasteries were suppressed….?
“Princes”, bias, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Falle of the Religiouse Howses, Haverfordwest, Henry VIII, History Extra, Ixworth, Kenilworth, Langley Abbey, Lewes Priory, Lincolnshire Rising, Michael Sherbrook, Monk Bretton Priory, Netley Abbey, Pilgrimage of Grace, Reading Abbey, religious houses, Rievaulx Abbey, Roche Abbey, spin, Thomas Cromwell, Tower of London, Waltham Abbey“….Despite being described by many as ‘an eyewitness account’, the Falle [of the Religiouse Howses] is nothing of the sort; in June 1538, when Roche was suppressed, Sherbrook was no more than four years of age. Instead, we must look to the motivation behind Sherbrook’s words, written three decades after the event….” Good heavens, this might almost…
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