The BRUTAL Execution Of Henry VIII's LAST Victim - Henry Howard
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- Henry VIII today is known for being an incredibly brutal King who would happily order the executions of thousands of his own people inside England. However the Tudor monarch would even execute some of his closest advisors and friends, and also a number of the highest class inside Tudor society. His final victim would be Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey who would be executed days before the infamous King would died.
Henry Howard is known for being a man who made many enemies inside the royal court, had a temper but also was a talented poet. He would travel on many military expeditions but following a failed battle in France, he would return to England and was subject to the King's suspicious mind. Henry VIII in his dying days would consider Henry Howard a threat, and began to become suspicious of him and paranoid that Howard was trying to kill the King and usurp him.
Because of this, Henry VIII managed to convince many at court of the Earl of Surrey's supposed guilt. From this Henry Howard was then sentenced to death and was executed in brutal fashion on Tower Hill in front of a huge crowd. His father Thomas Howard, the Duke of Norfolk was also sentenced to death for treason, but would escape his fate as a day before the execution was due to take place, King Henry VIII would die. Because of this, Henry Howard the Earl of Surrey would become the final person to be executed by Henry VIII.
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How to survive the Tudor era under Henry the VIII?
Don’t be a Howard, nor a Boleyn... If you were a women, pray for your name to not be Katherine (Catherine).
In general, don’t be anywhere near the king.
That would make a perfect meme!!
Not really he left lots of ancesters alive, even the one who use to shout at Henry and was sleeping with Ann boleyn he even wrote Henry was a mule. Henry also tried to marry my great 9x grandma. She had a bad temper, he had already married two of her cousins, (fair enough they did die) so he married her aunt instead and she out lived him.
It was his daughter Mary who was worse to us. Thank goodness for Elizabeth.
You are just fooling yourself they would have sent the witch finder general to come and search you out.
@@factorylad5071 😁 they should not have wrote in the history books. Or made films/ series about it all then.
But yes his daughter Mary would have burnt me 😲
Beautiful Hans Holbein drawings and paintings. Thanks.
Hans paintings all look similar, I get my ancester mixed with Thomas Cromwell
He drew so many of them, that I have gone to other sources to get a truer description.
HENRY VIII, the English Stalin: cruel and increasingly paranoid
His contemporaries in France called him "The English Nero."
“Bloody” is more suited for Henry VIII than for Mary, his daughter.
I would agree!
Yes but "Burner Mary" doesn't have a ring to it 😉👍🏻
@@stevefox8605 Crispy Mary perhaps...
@@David-lu4gq 🤣👍🏻👍🏻
I have always pointed out that, although the executions in Mary's reign were indeed appalling, she was not the only one guilty of such crimes.
It would be almost suicidal to be a prominent member of Henry VIII court during the last paranoid years of his life - very difficult to trust anyone and make real friends, together with a tyrannical King, sat at the top with the power over life and death. Frightening times.
And yet, in his final illness, with death imminent, Henry became terrified of the afterlife, lamenting his bloody, greed-driven, reign and confessing his sins to a priest. It is a shame he did not find such a change of heart before he slaughtered so many.
@@Ubu987 True.
Leventry Beria may have come to the same conclusion. (Chief of police/enforcer under Stalin) He too was responsible for needless, unlawful executions and murders of hundreds of thousands, and was also a sexual predator. Just prior to his execution, it was reported he fell on his knees in tears, screaming and begging for his life. Yet, during the times he murdered so many, that never seemed to bother him.
I think we sometimes wonder if it was "just" the fear of impending death, but also fear of the possibility he would be condemned to hell after it. We will never know. We assume he was an atheist. But the "clarification" of an immediate execution tends to "clarify" the thoughts of the individual. It is possible he was thinking about this as well. I wish his executioners would have asked him prior to shooting him in the forehead. I would have been interesting to hear his reply.
Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)
How have I missed this channel up until now?
Great stuff, thank you!
I had Henry Howard’s poem “The Happy Life” on my desk at work for many years before I retired.
I'm so glad that I've finally discovered your Channel. You present your information in easy to understand ways for all ages and do not make your videos obscenely long. Looking forward to catching up. Kris.🇦🇺
I had never heard of this guy before. I knew of his father the Duke of Norfolk and that he narrowly avoided execution because Henry had died. He was rather foolish but it is a pity he was executed. If only the execution had been put back a little later, he probably would have escaped it.
I agree - he probably would have been imprisoned then released during Mary's reign like his father.
Love your fascinating content that nobody covers as well as you do.
Thank you for your kind comment mate! :)
I don't understand how these people got anything done when they were sitting for so many portraits
The guy who played Henry Howard in the "Tudors" was fantastic. You hated his guts from start to finish!
David O'Hara, and he was funny and likeable in "Braveheart"!
He was one of my favorite characters, not sure why he was hated.
He was fabulous to look at though!
Love to hate him or hate to love him.
@@denise5052 Ha, very true! Great acting!
Being around Henry VIII does not make you a good insurance risk.
I agree!
If they'd had life insurance back then, Henry would have made a law that executed people's insurance benefits were forfeited to the Crown.
Good one! LOL
Love these videos
Thanks Natalie!
Great video, newly subbed as I just found the channel today.
Hopefully ya can cover some old naval battles with England an Pirates. Would love to see what you uncover.
Do you get your research done at a college or museum? Seems very thorough 👍
Thanks yet agin for your brilliance in this part of history of the Tudor period 😎👍
Very well made enjoyed watching and listening 👍
👍😀 great vid again.
Thank you Simon!
I really enjoy ur videos even if others dnt agree or enjoy knowledge i love ur channel lol no lie ☺️😅
Thanks to the talent of Holbein we know exactly what his subjects looked like. Wonderful!
He copied most of portraits from photographs, apparently..
I think Henry Vlll was just in a permanent bitchy, mean-spirited mood, simply because of his non-healing leg ulcers, and unrewarding, besotted lifestyle. Unfortunately, everybody else paid a price for it.
And the jostling incident could have damaged his frontal lobe cortex,bringing on his instant change of character afterwards.Henry was indeed a tyrant but I’m lost between if it was intentionally or something he couldn’t help.
@@ssterlingdve Could be! Personally, I'm of the opinion that 'Absolute power corrupts absolutely.' But all those injuries certainly didn't help. He must have been in constant pain/discomfort.
It's Mafia on steroids!
‘Dozens of thousands’.....that’s a new one.
Nonce
*'wasn't granted the privacy' not 'wasn't spared the privacy'. It was the public execution he wasn't spared.
Interesting channel 👍
7:30: And they say, that the shoulder pads of the EIGHTIES were too much..?! 😜
Bruh it was released 10 minutes, 5inutes ago someone sais "thanks that was very interesting" what a mystery bro
They could have watched it at 2X speed.
Or only watched the last bit? Idk I just know this is a great channel
Maybe they weren't referring to the contents of the video, but the title.
Maybe its the mans' cousin or gf or something in which case just showing support which I have no problems with at all
Is it me or did anybody notice dude had big shoulder's and a little pin head
They used to wear loads of layers then so I doubt his shoulders were that broad
Power dressing Tudor style. Probably was a pin-head anyway.
Great video.
Thank you Grace!
Thank you.
There will be no doubt that Henry 8th would of ended up in the pit of fire with Satan !
Great book by Jessie Childs on Henry Howard
Henry the VIII was a classic example of why assassination is sometimes a good idea.
Henry didn’t like him because he had more right to the crown than him through his bloodline
St John Fisher • pray for us
Superb video thanks. Enjoy the sunshine 👍🏻
Thanks Steve, I did today! Had a lovely trip out, thought i'd come back and upload!
Another great video the Howards were not a very lucky family
Thanks Wendy! They certainly were not! However Henry's father would escape execution.
The Howard family's run if bad luck started in 1485 at the Battle of Redmore (Market Bosworth) when John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, was killed early in the Battle. Obviously, the Tudors were bad for the health of the Howards.
John Howard, by the way, was the on the side of Richard III.
Very interesting. Through genealogy I discovered Henry Howard's daughter Margaret is both my husband and my 12 great grandmother.
The King cannot be wrong... like many poets he was probably little bit crazy and did pay a price.
I have always been a fan of Surrey,especially after reading the wonderful book by Jessie Childs😄Strange thing in this case as in the case of Anne Boleyn:both were proven innocent. Surrey was not guilty inder the indictment because he had a right to present himself with Mowbray ancestory armory. But Henry VIII was paranoid about the succession and Surrey was not beiing careful in the presence of a suspicious sickly king😗
Howard looks like a Hapsburg which may have pissed Henry off even more, you know your history.
If I was gonna be killed by Henry when I was about to be beheaded I would’ve been like “fuck the king” I’m gonna die anyway
Yeah, people did stuff like that. But sometimes they’d postpone the execution, torture the person, cut out their tongue. Only then to execute them in a more painful way. Or worse, punish their family, seize their property titles, lands, etc. So their kids had nothing. If someone did start saying offensive things (offensive to the king or even the church) they would usually get beaten on the spot to stop them before they said too much.
Mostly people knew that if they said anything back at their execution, that their family would suffer. So they just shut up, knowing that the king/emperor was a dick, but things could be worse.
I do like what Katheryn Howard said at her execution: "I die as the Queen, but I would lief have died as the wife of Tom Culpepper. "
@@lindacedonulli5197 yeah true..poor thing.
@@deferentiale Poor kid.
@@deferentiale There are so many myths about Katherine Howard, it's ridiculous!
Iambic pentameter, our guide throughout our language. The original language used chiasms . Set u in a pyramid like structure. If A as the beginning, as it stepped up, the B part aligned with the B on the down swing, as did the A at the beginning. A simple catch phrase to make it easier to see would be _ A light upon my path and a lamp upon my feet. Although they say almost the same thing, yet it kinda redescribes the original phrase. The entire scripture is laid out that way.
I wonder if Henry Howard is related to Moe Howard, I see a strong family resemblance
I doubt it, as Moe's real name was actually Moses Horwitz.
So hard to keep up with all the Howards
No sniggering at the back there , when the picture of Henry Fitzroy appears on your screen.
Are you suggesting that he’s was funny looking? He looks like he could be Henry’s illegitimate daughter, not son....
@@paulroberts3639 lol
looks like a big girl's blouse...
Crazy
Thanks, that was very interesting.🤓
Thank you Elizabeth :)
Love your narration I enjoy history so much .
It seems to me Henry the VIII was slightly angry when he decided to have Henry Howard executed.
‘Rather talented poet’! He was one of the great poets of his time.
Frances’ maiden name was de Vere by the way
I am a direct descendent of him and I love learning as much as I can about him. Thank you very very much for this video I’m going to forward this to my father
Have u got it on a family tree record?
@@adambaird5981 ancestry.com .. his daughter married into the Neville family, the Neville daughter married into the Ingleby family. The Inglebys married into the Northumberland Widdrington family and a daughter married into the Fenwick family...Three generations later they emigrated to PEI Canada
no music this time
Henry Fitzroy and Anne Boleyn both died in 1536, not 1537.
moral foundations of the Evil Empire!
He was a prickly character, he upset 😡 🤣 💀 his friends and they betrayed him.
Henry VIII....the king who should never have been. Invented a religion, invented stories of treason, ordered in most beheadings that the axe was to be blunt, guilty of murdering women and became the ugliest reigning king of all time. He became so obese that he had carpenters make a hoist just so he could mount his (poor) horse. Was utterly unhygienic and died a miserable death.....thank God we've moved on. The Queen today is the most beautiful, loyal, respected Head of State ever....major respect.
You have to wonder if all those executions were necessary for Henry VIII to stay in power.. then in again he did stay in power til he died so it’s an unknown
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Thanks mate!
The Earl of Surrey always in a hurry.
The word ‘conspiracy’ .. is almost always viewed as a negative 🧐.. but what if you conspired for good and better?
Was H 8th any more brutal than his contemporaries? My impression is he was not ...
That wasn't too BRUTAL.
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Very good video, but please don't tone drone. Your natural delivery, when you speak it, is just fine.
The Howard family were staunch Roman Catholic. That didn't sit well with Old Henry.
Gadzooks ! Is Prince Harry not the reincarnation of Henry the VIII ? the likeness is uncanny.
And Meghan his ann boylen
Yes....only obvious difference is 150 kgs of fat.
HH seems to in this case got his just desserts a bit of a fruit loop.
King Henry VIII was Disgusting!
How many did He or his administration condemn to death?
Someone up above in the comments said
70,000.
@@PInk77W1 thanks. 70000 is a lot. I wander who the expert would be for this number.
@@rezmetis6723 no clue. Not my area of expertise
Evil Henry.
I do wish people would stop saying Henry VIII was head of the Church OF England when, in fact, he was head of the Church IN England. He remained, although excommunicated, a Catholic his entire life. It was all to do with power. He did not want the pope to have control over his subjects and himself.
My great grandfather, howards
Was everyone in England called Henry in those days?
This is a sincere question to the experts out there - was Henry mentally ill due to VD, I seem to recall he was ' poxed'- as they would have said- and so would like to hear if it contributed to his bloodlust and paranoia. Cheers Joe.
A bit of this and a bit of that. I hear that the water was not particularly wholesome to drink either.
He had a bang to his head and was unconscious, they thought he was going to die. Looking at his legs as he got older he was in pain with gout but imo he seems to have thrombosis. They said he did change after that fall. Look for ancient coins of Henry from when he lived as he does not look like his supposed drawings.
It's been shown Henry didn't have syphilis. It comes up as a theory about so many people in history, but it isn't always true.
@@beth7935 Thanks Beth.
@@justtruth5855 The story with that jousting accident's quite complicated actually, & people at the time didn't say he'd changed afterwards- cos it's highly likely he wasn't unconscious for 2 hours as one distant source said:
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And the Spanish Inquisition was brutal?
Can someone tell me how many “dozens of thousands” of people are.......what a silly phrase!!!
The words 'tens of thousands' would probably have been a better way of phrasing it.
Henry was a serial killer.
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Looks just like his Father
Henry 8th had a reputation of execution of a lot of nobility but look at it this way.
The Wars of the Roses 🌹 killed and destroyed a large part of the realm.
Henry' action stopped all scheming and civil wars.
The people need a good strong king 🤴.
Well, not really- his father did most of that, & with far less executions- even some people who literally tried to take the throne were merely imprisoned, & he tried to keep the nobles in check financially, like involuntary good behaviour bonds that'd literally bankrupt them :D The Wars of the Roses ended long before Henry VIII took the throne, & his dissolution of the monasteries was one of the worst things you could do to the people: that'd been their charity, medical help, education... "Good strong king" is not how I'd describe him, myself :D
@@beth7935 respect
@@beachboy0505 For comprehensively disagreeing with you??? I am baffled! :D
@@beth7935 I respect all views and opinions expressed on history. We weren't there 500 years ago.
@@beachboy0505 That's an astonishingly open-minded perspective!
The barbaric history and paranoia of the British monarchy
This guy was kind of a menace. I’m sorry for what happened to him but yeah 😂
It would be cool if you could find some of the actual people killed by extreme torture methods in antiquity
Wouldn’t they be dead?
Why is Sir Thomas More not listed? I'm pretty sure Mary would have executed him as a threat because of his claims to the thrown
St. Thomas More never said he was a contender for the Throne of England.
Thomas More had no royal blood. He was the son of a lawyer and the grandson of a baker.
This is what been going on with this very well off lot. People do not care.
The title of this video is "The BRUTAL Execution Of Henry VIII's LAST Victim - Henry Howard." Henry Howard was executed by simple beheading. In what way was his execution any more "BRUTAL" than other executions of the time?
This publisher has a penchant for clickbait titles:
"The BRUTAL Execution of King Charles I"
"The TRAGIC Execution of Sophie Scholl"
"The HORRIFIC Execution of Joan of Arc"
"The TRAGIC Execution Of Lady Jane Grey"
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As cruel as Henry was, I don't know of any person that he personally killed with his own hands. Does anyone know someone he killed personally. Let me know please.
David from London in the Philippines
Google the definition of the word BRUTAL.
"Cafrin"? What is cafrin ?
I'm not sure you understand the meaning of "brutal", either that or the clickbait is strong.
Please don't call it his last victim Henry's dependences are still doing us over with lies now
How was this execution any more brutal than any other? I watched this video because I wanted BRUTALITY!
While informative, I find your video's to be misleading. Please stop headlining with "Brutal" .
To be clear beheading was actually seen as a more compassionate way to deal with people in those times.. hanging was for the commoners and hung, drawn and quartered was a terrible fate for any to endure. But to say the "brutal" execution of someone by beheading, when in actual fact this was viewed as leniency is abit of a stretch.
‘Dozens of thousands’.....that’s a new one.