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Wolsey meets with Bishop Bonnivet, demanding his reward for saving his master from war. More warns the King that Buckingham has a private army at his disposal and should not be crossed.

The King says he will only act if BuckinghamвЂ™s daughter accuses Brandon on rape and there is no need for punishment if there is no offence. He demands that the King banishes Brandon from court and punishes him. He is furious with Brandon for sleeping with his daughter and bringing shame to his family. The Duke of Buckingham insists on seeing the King. The idea is for a treaty of universal and perpetual peace in Europe, involving a marriage match between the Princess Mary and the Dauphin. Wolsey talks of the expense of war and puts forward his plan for peace, backed by More. Thomas Tallis arrives at court with a letter of introduction from the Dean of Canterbury Cathedral, saying that he is a musician and can sing.

Wolsey advises her not to tell anyone and says that she will be removed from court when she starts showing, to give birth to her вЂњbastardвЂќ in private. Lady Blount visits Cardinal Wolsey to tell him of her pregnancy, the father is the King. He talks to the Duke of Norfolk of how one day he will be King.Д¬harles Brandon, the KingвЂ™s friend, sleeps with Lady Buckingham, BuckinghamвЂ™s daughter, and Buckingham walks in on them. The Duke of Buckingham believes that Henry VII was a usurper and that the crown really belongs to him, as a direct descendant of Edward II, not the Tudor line. More advises the King to spend money on the welfare of his people, not war, but the King is intent on being remembered like Henry V. They discuss war and More says how, as a humanist, he abhors war. He asks More why he doesnвЂ™t come to court more and More explains that he doesnвЂ™t like court. The King visits Thomas More and his family. Joust вЂ“ The King challenges the Duke of Buckingham and wins. In return, he wants something that only the Bishop can give him. Unfortunately, Catherine is at prayer so Henry sleeps with one of her ladies-in-waiting.Д¬ardinal Wolsey meets with the French Ambassador and Bishop Bonnivet and presents him with the outline to a new peace treaty between England and France. In the next scene, Henry symbolically devours a pomegranate, CatherineвЂ™s symbol and the symbol of fertility, before visiting CatherineвЂ™s bedchamber. Henry has stopped visiting Catherine of AragonвЂ™s bedchamber and she begs him to visit her so that she can be his proper wife again. Henry VIII is having an affair with Elizabeth Blount whose husband is jealous and is threatening to make a scandal and put Bessie in a nunnery.

Cardinal Wolsey agrees that there is just cause for the war and the King tells him to make preparations for war. This act causes the grief-stricken and furious Henry VIII to call his council together and put forward the idea of war on France, something which is backed by the Duke of Buckingham and Duke of Norfolk. The episode opens at Ducal Palace, Urbino, Italy, in 1518, with the brutal assassination of Henry VIIIвЂ™s uncle, the English ambassador, by the French. The Tudors Season 1 Episode 1 вЂ“ In Cold Blood Summary Please do feel free to add any inaccuracies you have spotted in the comments section below.

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