The Will of King Henry VII
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Page 1 of the last Will and Testament of King Henry VII. |
This is the last Will and Testament of King Henry VII made just before he died of poisoning on April 22, 1509. It is remarkable in what it does not mention: The Will makes NO mention of a marriage between his son Henry and Catherine of Aragon. It makes no mention of a Dispensation from the Pope to allow his son Henry to marry Catherine of Aragon because this so-called Dispensation was a FORGERY!! It makes no mention of Henry succeeding him. If England had a tradition of female sovereigns, the king would have preferred one of his daughters to reign instead of Henry. King Henry was very concerned about his soul because he had no assurance of salvation in Jesus. In order to have masses said for his soul, he bequeathed a fortune to various cathedrals, abbeys, cloisters, chapels etc., etc. If only he had lived to see the end of the Babylonian Captivity of the Congregation in 1517!! |
King Henry made his mother Margaret the executrix of his Will—and she died 2 months later!!
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Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509), beloved mother of King Henry and executrix of his Will. She died suddenly at Westminster on June 29, 1509, just 2 months after her son's death. |
"The
deceased Monarch, who had throughout his troubled reign, manifested
the highest respect for the opinions of the Lady Margaret, and is
known to have been greatly influenced by her in the tuition of his
children, and the regulation of his domestic affairs, evinced to the
last his sense of her energetic character by leaving her the executrix
of his Will, styling her "our dearest and most entirely beloved
Mother, Margaret Countess of Richmond." "Her first act justified the high trust reposed in her, and was fully in accordance with the vigour of mind, which never wasted its strength in unavailing sorrow, or weakened its useful powers by selfish and desponding grief. She drew up a list of such personages as were most esteemed and trusted by the late King, out of whom she selected a few of the most exemplary and intelligent, as councillors to her grandson the youthful monarch, and to influence with their wisdom, and control by their integrity the opening acts of his reign "(Life of Margaret Beaufort, pp. 228-229). |
The unholy trinity that ruled England after the timely demise of King Henry and his mother!!
King Henry VII completely reversed all the policies of his father. His father sought to restrain the avarice and abuses of the clergy and to lift the common people from the vassalage and bondage that Rome had kept them in for centuries. With the King and his mother dead, Henry became the complete PUPPET of the Roman hierarchy!!
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Cardinal Wolsey (1475-1530). |
John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester (1469-1535).
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Sir Thomas More (1478-1535). |
The unholy trinity took part in a Scripture burning in London in1526!!
It was a crime punishable with death to be found reading a copy of the Holy Scriptures... More was the most fanatical of the unholy trinity. He wore a hairshirt and whipped himself frequently. He delightened in the torturing of Reformed Christians. During his brief reign as Lord Chancellor, he had at least 10 Christians burned alive:
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Burning of the Tyndale New Testament in London by Wolsey, Fisher and More in 1526. Fisher and More burned Christian bodies too!! |
On Feb. 11, 1526 at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, the unholy trinity of Wolsey, Fisher and More took park in a public burning of the Tyndale New Testament . This was the first translation of the New Testament from Greek into English. Saint William Tydale said this about the book burning holocaust: "If Christ was present physically they would have burnt him too." The monster that they created turned against them. Cardinal Wolsey had to resign in disgrace for failing to obtain a divorce for the King. He was banished to the North of England but planned a big comeback with the help of More, Fisher, and foreign troops. He was arrested for treason and died en route to London. Fisher and More were beheaded for refusing to acknowledge the King's supremacy over the "church." They were not martyrs for their religion because they were not asked to deny any of the tenets of the Vatican. They violated an ancient statute called Praemunire that made it treason to acknowledge a foreign power over the King. |
The only marriage the King mentions was a marriage between his daughter Mary and the future Charles V of Spain.
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Mary Tudor (1496-1533), daughter of King Henry. Not to be confused with Bloody Mary Tudor, the daughter of King Henry VIII. |
The only marriage the King mentions was a marriage between his daughter Mary and the future Emperor Charles V of Spain. This marriage was never carried out because the entire Will of the King was ignored after his death!! The King made his mother Margaret Beaufort the executrix of his Will. The Will never mentions a Dispensation from the Pope to allow Henry to marry Catherine of Aragon because none existed and it was a later FORGERY!!
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"ALSO whereas for the more assured conservacion and increase of the state, and honour of us, our Heirs and Successours, and of our Realm, and the advancement of the prosperitie, utilitie and comoditie of our Subjects, it is by our conducte and money couvenanted, accorded and concluded, betwixt us on the one partie, and the most sacrede Prince Maximilian; elect Emperour, aswel for hymself and in his owen name, and as then King of Romains, as also as graundfader, tutor and governour, of the persone, lands and countreis, of the right high and mighty Prince Charles Prince of Spayne, Archiduc of Austria, Duc of Bourgoyne, Brabant etc. and Counte of Flandres etc. his nepheu, and the same Charles Prince of Spayne, by the assent of his said tutour, and the right noble Princesse the Lady Margarete Duchess of Savoie, As well to the said Prince on the other partie, for marrage by Godds grace to be had, and solempnely in the face of the Churche to be contracted, betwixt the said Prince of Spaine, and our moost dere doughter the Lady Mary, at suche tyme as the Paid Prince of Spaine thall be of such perfect and full age, as the lawes of the Churche require for that purpose, under such maner and fourme, and in suche tyme and place, and with suche condicions, as in the treatie therupon passed and concluded betwixt the Commissioners of bothe sides, and afterwarde as wel by us as by the said Emperour, Prince of Spayne and Duchese, by our and their several Letters Patents, under our and their grete seales, subscribed with our and their hands, ratified and confermed, it appereth more ample and at lenght according whereunto spoken by wordes of the present requisite due and convenient in that behalve, by oure money, and at our right grete cost and charges, have been solempnely and openly contrated betwixt the said Prince of Castell, by his Proctour in that parte sufficiently constituted, ordeigned and deputed on the one partie, and our said daughter" (Will of King Henry VII), p. 42).
References
Halsted, Caroline A., Life of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, Mother of King Henry the Seventh, London, 1839.
Tudor, Henry, Last Will and Testament, London, 1775.
Copies of the Last Will and Testament of King Henry VII are available at the University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington, and Yale University. The English is 500 years old and if we get time we will put the entire Will online.