Highlights include a 16th Century signet ring of Johann Ernst von Sachsen, Julich, Kleve and Berg the great grandson of Sibylle von Julich, Kleve and Berg, sister of Anne of Kleve (Cleves) (1515-1554) wife of Henry VIII, King England(1491-1547), illustrated above left.

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In 1534, England's Parliament met and passed an Act of Supremacy which made King Henry VIII head of the English church -- a role formerly held by the Pope.

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Sutton House was built in 1535, when King Henry VIII ruled over England and this part of London -- now busy with cars and tower blocks -- was set against miles of open grassland.

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Beginning Sunday, Showtime will air The Tudors, a sex-drenched period drama about the early reign of England's King Henry VIII.

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King Henry VIII watched from Southsea Castle as his ship sank killing all but 35 of the 500-strong crew.

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Some of the weeks incorporate both history and fiction, for example the reading of "A Man for All Seasons, " Robert Bolt's 1954 play -- later reworked into a famous 1966 film - about the life of Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor to England's mercurial King Henry VIII in the 16th century.

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