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Thomas Wolsey: Surrendering the Great Seal
Thomas Wolsey made two dukes go back to the king before he would surrender the Great Seal. He could still require the proper authority for his removal. He could no longer prevent it.
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Catherine of Aragon at Blackfriars and the Pope's Letter of 7 October 1529
Henry VIII had built a court to end his marriage. Catherine refused to recognise it and appealed over his head to Rome. The Pope took the matter out of Henry's hands.
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Rome's Sentence of 11 July 1533 Against Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
Rome had already decided the case. Catherine of Aragon was still his wife. Anne Boleyn's marriage did not exist, and the child inside her had just been declared illegitimate before it was born. Henry read the verdict and went on exactly as he had before.