Historian Edward Hall, a contemporary of this ruler, wrote about how this man had Henry Courtenay executed for his leading role in the Exeter Conspiracy, which may not have existed.
Upon coronation, this ruler had his father's ministers Edmund Dudley and Richard Empson, who had been involved in the Council Learned in the Law, convicted of treason and executed. Historian Edward Hall, a contemporary of this ruler, wrote about how this man had Henry Courtenay executed for his leading role in the Exeter Conspiracy, which may not have existed. This ruler defeated troops under Jacques de la Palice with the help of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I at the Battle of the Spurs. Robert Aske led the Pilgrimage of Grace in opposition to the rule of this man and the Dissolution of the Monasteries, which had been enacted by this ruler after the passage of the Acts of Supremacy, which gave him control over his country's churches. Served by ministers such as Wolsey and Cranmer, for 10 points, name this leader of the Protestant Reformation in England, a Tudor monarch who had six wives.
Upon coronation, this ruler had his father's ministers Edmund Dudley and Richard Empson, who had been involved in the Council Learned in the Law, convicted of treason and executed.
Henry VIII of England