It Was Actually Only Later Hagiography; Both For Fisher And More; That Did So - Tumblr Posts

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There is no extant evidence for the queen's reaction to his death, although after a poisoning episode at Fisher's home in 1531 the Imperial envoy had, without any evidence, accused her of causing the tragedy that had killed two of the bishop's servants but had left him untouched. Despite Chapuys' earlier charge, he did not blame her for the bishop's execution, perhaps because the king's angry reaction to Fisher's elevation to the College of Cardinals had been so well publicized. The Imperial envoy also did not blame her for the death of Thomas More that same summer.

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