The HORRIFIC Death Of King Henry VIII

one of the most brutal Kings in history was King Henry VII who would during his reign as the king of England during the Tudor period executes even two of his own wires he was a king who caused chaos throughout the 1500s and he would change religion to a point where Many religious people and Pious peaceful monks were dragged to execution scaffolds accused of disagreeing with the King Henry would also grow throughout his later years to a huge size and he would become the Supreme head of the Church of England it was a very turbulent time Across the Nation but in the king's final years he was a shadow of his former South but he was incredibly dangerous and many people up until the day he died feared his Wrath but the King's death was painful and it was a day that cast a shadow over England join us today as a look at the horrific death of King Henry VII and as always to support our Channel please make sure to subscribe as the king got solder Henry VII became obese to the point where he had a waist measurement of 54 inches and he would be moved around by mechanical devices and pulley systems these would help Hoist the king in and out of bed each day and his health was terrible he had pus-filled boils on his body and also had gout and his Mobility led to him growing even larger is he would not walk short distances and move much at all but he would continue to consume a huge amount of food the king in his early years was a fit and healthy Bachelor and he was considered a fine specimen of what a king should be but his obesity and also a jazzy accident he suffered in 1536 made his final years very difficult the wound that he sustained was difficult to treat and it would Fester become ulceress to the point where the king found it very difficult to move many historians also note that after this jousting accident that the king would suffer from mood swings and it's believed that he may have suffered a brain injury as he was knocked out for hours and this could have impacted his rashness and decision making but all the king's health issues LED towards his death on the 28th of January 1547 the man who was considered it once an incredibly healthy Prince died a grotesque an Old King inside of Whitehall Palace on the day before his death the king saw his Confessor and he was given Holy Communion his death was imminent but the doctors were in two minds whether to tell the king about his impending demise as they were worried that they would be accused of treason with every drag to execution scaffolds but Sir Anthony Denny was a brave one who spoke out and he would tell Henry VII that in man's judgment he was not like to live and he warned the king to remember his sins has becometh every Christian man to do the king said he believed in God with all his might and he believed that Christ would pardon me of all my sins though they were greater than can be with this it's believed that the King was reflecting on what he had done throughout his life as he would oversee and order the executions of even two of his wives and Berlin and Catherine Howard as they would lose their heads within the Tower of London his sins would also incorporate the executions of around 70 000 people in his realm and Kingdom but his close friends confidants and Bishops would also incur the king's brutal wrath but his final demand included summoning bit Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cramer to his side the king demanded Kramer to be there in his final moments but around midnight on the 20th of January Kramer was summoned to the king's bedside and he then arrived when the king could not speak it was said of the king's final moments that at the end there was no master and servant no Prince and churchmen just a priest preparing a departing soul for eternity Grandma begged Henry to give a sign that he trusted Christ for salvation and in response he felt the grip of his hand tightened slightly it was an Evangelical departure no anointing no reading of Latin prayers just a simple acknowledgment of the all-sufficient atoning work of Christ Kramer would have said to have been glad of that at around 2 am the king died and he left this world the exact cause of the King's death is not known but it was possibly a pulmonary embolism or other Hearts related cardiac issues caused by his size following his death the king's body stayed inside of his bed chamber and there was mass panic as what to do the servants were not told of his death they were told to keep bringing food to the king's bed chamber and his lodgings but on the 31st of January Lord Chancellor Risley would announce the death of the kings of Parliament he did this whilst he was in tears and he said before the Lord of The King's Majesty's privy Council and there was declared to them by my Lord Chancellor and others the death of the king's Majesty Henry VII found Sovereign Lord which deceased to almighty God on Friday last being the 28th of January and straightly charging them to keep the king's peace and to look to safeguard of the king's Majesty's chamber of London and so they Departed wrestling would also state that the same day in the afternoon the king's Majesty Edward VI came to the Tower of London and rode in Old Gates and so along the wall by the cross Friars to Tower Hill and he entered at the Red Bull walk where Sir John Gage Constable of the tower received his majesty on horseback our late Sovereign Henry VII declared by his will under his Great Seal his daily beloved Son an heir our Sovereign Lord now Edward VI to succeed to the Imperial Crown sir Edward Seymour to be Lord protector and governor of the king's majesty and the realm of England until the king's Majesty comes to the lawful age of 18 years over the next few days the king's body was embalmed and it was then encased in lead inside of a coffin and it was placed in the presence chamber of Whitehall and the King's remains lay in the state they were then moved to the chapel but there were bells ringing all across England for the king on the 14th of February Henry VII's body was then taken on its final Journey from Whitehall to Windsor Castle where he was buried inside Saint George's Chapel it was said that the vast coffin covered with poles of blue velvet and cloth of gold lay on a chariots drawn by black capris and horses who drew it along roads that had been swept and even widened for the occasion on top of the coffin was a wax Effigy Of The King carved by Nicholas Berlin and cladding Crimson velvets trimmed with Miniver on its head was a crown Atop A night's cap of black satin set full of precious stones it wore chilled bracelets and velvet gloves adorned with rings the king's cortage rested at cyan Abbey where there were rumors that his remains may have exploded and may have even been picked out by dogs but when it arrived at Windsor it took 16 Yeoman of the Guard to carry the very heavy coffin into the church and then lower it into the vault in the choir of Saint George's Chapel Henry was laid to rest alongside Jane Seymour his tragic third wife who died in Hampton Court Palace following giving birth to the king's Heir and Son Edward the safe following the funeral Simon the officers of the king's household broke their staves of office and threw them into the vaults following the coffin there were plans to bury the king in a huge Renaissance tomb but work on this would stop and it was never completed for Henry VII Henry VII was a brutal and barbaric King who would have six wives and his crazy writer's lifestyle at times would cause huge problems across the country he would carry out some of the most serious and shocking policy changes to the country and still some of these are still felt today around the nation for his Reign would be one in which the execution his acts continued to fall weekly and even daily and people were executed in the most sadistic ways being burned alive or by being hanged drawn and quartered but the king's Legacy is an incredibly fascinating one thanks 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Length: 8min 41sec (521 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 07 2023