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May 6, 2021

anniversaries, religion, The play’s the thing

“Princes”, denialists, Dighton, executions, Henry VIII, heresy cases, Huddersfield, Lord Chancellor, Miles Forest, Richard Hunne, sandbagging, Sir John Tyrrell, Thomas More, Thomas Wolsey, William Shakespeare

A paper by Professor Tim Thornton of the University of Huddersfield, first published on 28 December 2020, has reached the national press with claims … The More I Read
How Trustworthy is Thomas More?

Apr 26, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, law, religion, sources

Annette Carson, Cuthbert Tunstal Bishop of Durham, heresy cases, injustice, Lollards’ Tower, mortuary fees, Old St. Paul’s, posthumous execution, Richard Hunne, Richard Marius, Statute of Praeminure, Thomas More, Tim Thornton

In the light of Tim Thornton’s recent claims relating to allegations made by Thomas More, I must start by saying I have never remotely considered taking Thomas More seriously as a historian of King Richard III, and nor would anyone who has read Richard Sylvester’s masterly analysis. But I do take him seriously as a…