- In 1529, as Cardinal Wolsey receives news of his dismissal as Lord Chancellor, his lawyer, Thomas Cromwell, reminisces about how he and Wolsey met and the events leading up to the Cardinal's downfall.
- Thomas Cromwell's (Mark Rylance) patron, Cardinal Wolsey (Jonathan Pryce), is dismissed as Lord Chancellor and forced to flee his palace at York Place. The old noble families of England, jealous of their own right to advise the King, have long waited for this moment. Cromwell readies Wolsey's palace in exile at Esher and sets forth a plan to return him to the King's favour. Thomas More (Anton Lesser) is appointed Lord Chancellor in the Cardinal's place. The Cardinal has not endeared himself in Court, with many believing him to be too powerful and greedy. Eight years ago, at the height of the Cardinal's career, he made an enemy of Thomas Boleyn (David Robb) by chastising him for his daughter Anne's far from virtuous reputation. As rumours circulated in Court that Anne was secretly betrothed to Harry Percy (Harry Lloyd), the Cardinal insisted that no such match would be allowed. Still lacking a male heir, the King is desperate for an annulment from his marriage to Katherine of Aragon (Joanne Whalley), claiming she was not a virgin on their wedding day. The Cardinal's efforts to persuade the Pope to grant the annulment are fruitless. An alliance between the Pope and Katherine's nephew, the Holy Roman Emperor, diminishes the Cardinal's position even further. As Henry (Damian Lewis) grows impatient, the pressure increases on the Cardinal. To add to this, rumours reach the Cardinal that the King's new mistress is Anne Boleyn (Claire Foy), who has sworn vengeance on him over Harry Percy. Cromwell visits Anne, urging her that only the Cardinal can secure what she wants, but Anne is unmoved. The Duke of Norfolk (Bernard Hill), nervous of the Cardinal's continuing proximity to the King, insists on Wolsey moving north to his archdiocese in York. A desperate Cromwell finally meets directly with Henry, but the King is nothing if not ambiguous. Will he recall the Cardinal, or turn on him?
- 1529:- Cardinal Wolsey is dismissed as Lord Chancellor by Henry VIII for failing to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon so that the king can marry Anne Boleyn. Eight years earlier Anne has arrived at court and displeased the cardinal by flirting with Harry Percy, heir to Northumberland, whilst Wolsey had employed lowly born but clever Thomas Cromwell as his lawyer and aide. Aware that effete courtiers despise him Thomas remains loyal to Wolsey, defending him against his successor Thomas More. When personal tragedy strikes Thomas is comforted by his sister-in-law Johane but, after speaking to the ambitious Anne Boleyn, he pitches one last effort to smooth things over between Wolsey and the king.—don @ minifie-1
- In 1529, lawyer Thomas Cromwell works for the Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey. They had first met in 1522 and Cromwell quickly became the Cardinal's confidant, giving him sound advice on many topics. They had a good deal in common as both came from simple backgrounds - Wolsey's father was a butcher and Cromwell's a blacksmith. Now however, Wolsey is falling out of favor as he has been unable to get an annulment of King Henry VIII's marriage to his wife of many years, Queen Katherine. When Wolsey returns from a conference in Europe empty handed, he is sacked and Cromwell's future is in doubt.—garykmcd
- Tudor king Henry VIII strips cardinal and virtual PM Wolsey of offices and riches in 1529 for failing to obtain a papal annulment for his barren marriage with Catharine of Aragon due to imperial pressure in Rome . The discredited Archbishop of York's loyal lawyer Thomas Cromwell fails to properly soften the blow, which the dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk can't wait to administer as the old aristocracy allied with the Boleyns with Anne as vindictive mastermind, despite a rumored deflowerment by Harry Percy, while reminiscing how Cromwell's meteoric career at court started in the Lord Chancellor's service, both of commoner stock. Finally he turns directly to the king.—KGF Vissers
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