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Henry VIII.

CHAPTER III
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and P._, i., 811, 2082; ii., 114.] [Footnote 90: _D.N.B._, xx., 152.] [Footnote 91: _Ven.

Cal._, ii., 63.] [Footnote 92: _Sp.

Cal._, ii., 44.] At the head of the latter stood Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, soon to be rewarded for his victory at Flodden by his restoration to the dukedom of Norfolk.

He and his son, the third duke, were Lord High Treasurers throughout Henry's reign; but jealousy of their past, Tudor distrust of their rank, or personal limitations, impaired the authority that would otherwise have attached to their official position; and Henry never trusted them as he did ministers whom he himself had raised from the dust.

Surrey had served under Edward IV.
and Richard III.; he had fought against Henry at Bosworth, been attainted and sent to the Tower.


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