December 13 – William Clyffe, a lawyer who was thrown into prison for refusing to do a favour!
Claire | December 13, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 13th December 1558, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, William Clyffe died. Clyffe was a civil lawyer and dean of Chester, and was one of the authors of the 1537 “Bishops’ Book”. During Henry VIII’s Great Matter, the king’s quest for an annulment of his first marriage, Clyffe […]
