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Surrey plots treason after being relieved of command, and as Bishop Gardiner's inquisition proceeds, it comes closer and closer to the Queen.Surrey plots treason after being relieved of command, and as Bishop Gardiner's inquisition proceeds, it comes closer and closer to the Queen.Surrey plots treason after being relieved of command, and as Bishop Gardiner's inquisition proceeds, it comes closer and closer to the Queen.
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After Surrey leads an ill-advised offensive in France against superior forces, a board of inquiry relieves him of command, censures him for leaving the battlefield, and strips him of title of Knight of the Garter. Despite the defeat, Henry is able to get good terms from the French through a diplomatic negotiation which will eventually cede Boulogne back to France. Still chaffing at the verdict against him and believing that ailing Henry will die before the Prince comes of age, Surrey plots with other disgruntled nobles to attack Windsor and take custody of the future King. His plot is discovered, and he's imprisoned in the Tower awaiting trial. Bishop Gardiner gets the King's permission to arrest, question, and torture Anne Askew, an outspoken Lutheran Reformationist. Through her, Gardiner hopes to uncover evidence against the Queen's household, her sister, and ultimately the Queen herself. —duke1029@aol.com
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- TriviaThe Earl of Surrey was not only related to Catherine Howard, but he was a first cousin to Anne Boleyn. He was raised with Henry Fitzroy, the King's illegitimate son, who died at seventeen. Surrey was a founder of the English Renaissance poetry movement and with his translation of "Virgil's Aeniad" became the first person to publish blank verse in English.
- GoofsEustace Chapuys, Imperial ambassador, is said to have died in Spain soon after he left England, in 1545. Actually he lived in the Low Countries until his death in 1556.
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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey: [voiceover] The happy life be these; The quiet mind. The equal friend. No grudge nor strife. Wisdom joined with simplicity. The night, discharged of all care.
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