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# |
Title |
Setting |
Directed by |
Written by |
Original air date |
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1 |
"Civil Unrest" |
30th May 1536 |
Ciaran Donnelly |
Michael Hirst |
April 5, 2009 |
The third season premier. Days after Anne Boleyn's execution, Henry VIII weds a third time, to shy, demure noblewoman Jane Seymour - a union that he and his advisers pray will result in a male heir; Henry appears to an apparently pleased court, but secretly Thomas Cromwell
and Lord Rich worry for their plans for a reformation. Lady Ursula
Misseldon arrives at court to wait upon the new queen, and is soon
mistress to Sir Francis Bryan.
Lady Mary is threatened with death unless she submits to her father's
authority and, under guidance from the Spanish ambassador, reluctantly
complies. A number of Catholics, once-loyal subjects, rebel in objection
to Henry's crusade against Catholicism and the dissolution of the
monasteries, shaking Cromwell's new-found confidence, and enraging
Henry. |
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2 |
"The Northern Uprising" |
Winter 1536 |
Ciaran Donnelly |
Michael Hirst |
April 12, 2009 |
The rebellion now known as the Pilgrimage of Grace
in York begins in earnest, with Henry dispatching Brandon to deal with
the uprising. Bedridden due to the painful ulcerating of his jousting
injury, Henry takes a new mistress named Lady Ursula Misseldon in his
frustration at the Queen's lack of pregnancy. Queen Jane unveils the
king's daughter, Lady Mary, at court in a bid to see her restored to the
succession. |
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3 |
"Dissension and Punishment" |
1536-1537 |
Ciaran Donnelly |
Michael Hirst |
April 19, 2009 |
Queen
Jane and Lady Mary bring the toddler Lady Elizabeth to court, and Henry
reconciles with her at the Christmas holiday. He also makes promises of
pardons and redress of grievances to the leaders of the Pilgrimage of
Grace, while making plans to bring them to heel for their insurrection,
then using a further uprising as an excuse to have Charles Brandon put
the leaders to death. |
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