Henry VIII appoints Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, as Lord Privy Seal, and sends him on a mission with Stokesley, bishop elect of London, to meet with Pope Clement VII at Bologna. They are under orders to press the King's case for a divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
Please log in to
consult the article in its entirety. If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing
institution (see List), you should be able to access the LE on
campus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we
offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a personal user account with your institutional email address. If
you are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal
subscription. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions.
48 words
Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Thomas Boleyn is sent to the Pope to press for Henry VIII's divorce". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=14437, accessed 06 May 2024.]
