Cassell's History of England, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion
CHAPTER VIII.
REIGN OF HENRY VIII. (_continued_).
The Maid of Kent and Her Accomplices--Act of Supremacy and Consequent Persecutions--The "Bloody Statute"--Deaths of Fisher and More--Suppression of the Smaller Monasteries--Trial and Death of Anne Boleyn--Henry Marries Jane Seymour--Divisions in the Church--The Pilgrimage of Grace--Birth of Prince Edward--Death of Queen Jane--Suppression of the Larger Monasteries--The Six Articles--Judicial Murders--Persecution of Cardinal Pole--Cromwell's Marriage Scheme--Its Failure and his Fall 158