And, besides, much as she inclined to the new doctrine, she did us essential good service, for she it was who bore the blame of Thomas More's death.

Since he had not approved her marriage with the king, she hated him, as the king hated him because he would not take the oath of supremacy.

Henry, however, would have spared him, for, at that time, he still possessed some respect for learning and virtue, and Thomas More was so renowned a scholar that the king held him in reverence.

But Anne Boleyn demanded his death, and so Thomas More must be executed.

Oh, believe me, Jane, that was an important and sad hour for all England, the hour when Thomas More laid his head upon the block.
We only, we gay people in the palace of Whitehall, we were cheerful and merry.