December 24 - Henry VIII, mumpsimus and sumpsimus

On this day in Tudor history, 24th December 1545, Christmas Eve, King Henry VIII made his final speech to Parliament.   The king was concerned about the religious divisions in his realm and so chastised the Lords and Commons for their disagreements, and also the clergy for provoking this discord.   In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of several Tudor history books, shares some of the king's compelling speech from that day in 1545.   You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/AQCqsyJhT9Q   You can read the full speech in the appendix of Volume I of “Dodd’s Church History of England from the Commencement of the Sixteenth Century to the Revolution in 1688”. at https://archive.org/details/doddschurchhist01dodduoft/page/450