| WOLSEY | Adviser to Henry VIII |
| LATIMER | Hugh _; adviser to Henry VIII (7) |
| UNTHINKINGLY | Two descriptions to apply to Henry VIII as a knee-jerk reaction? |
| PATCH | Nickname of the fool/jester Sexton, gifted to Henry VIII by Cardinal Wolsey; a remnant sewn with others to form a quilt; or, a cloth badge (5) |
| ASCHAM | Scholar who dedicated his treatise Toxophilus to Henry VIII and, in return, was rewarded by said king with a royal pension and further honour of being assigned tutor to Prince Edward and Princess Eliz |
| SIR | British statesman who refused to take the oath of supremacy to Henry VIII as head of the Church and was executed for high treason in 1535 (3,6,4) |
| MORE | British statesman who refused to take the oath of supremacy to Henry VIII as head of the Church and was executed for high treason in 1535 (3,6,4) |
| THOMAS | British statesman who refused to take the oath of supremacy to Henry VIII as head of the Church and was executed for high treason in 1535 (3,6,4) |
| ANNULMENT | What Clement VII refused to grant to Henry VIII |
| SON | Edward VI, to Henry VIII |
| HOLBEIN | Court painter to Henry VIII |
| SKELTON | John -, English poet and tutor to Henry VIII |
| HAMPTONCOURT | Palace hiven to Henry VIII by Thomas Wolsey |
| CROMWELL | Thomas ___ (d1540), chief minister to Henry VIII (8) |
| ANNE | ___ Boleyn, queen to Henry VIII |
| HEVER | ... Castle in Kent, England was the home of Anne Boleyn before her marriage to Henry VIII (5) |
| YOURGRACE | Formal title of address for bishops, archbishops and English monarchs prior to Henry VIII (4,5) |
| THOMASMORE | Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII 1529-1532, executed on a charge of treason (6,4) |
| MAINSOFHONOUR | Small puff pastry tarts dating back to Henry VIII (5,2,6) |
| FLANDERS | "___ Mare", a derogatory nickname for Anne of Cleves that's often attributed to Henry VIII but was probably coined later (8) |
