Throughout the reign of King Henry VIII, there were around 70,000 people who were executed. Some of the most famous Tudor figures such as two of the King’s wives and even his closest advisor who caused chaos with religion made their way to the executioner’s scaffold. Thomas Cromwell was a man who uprooted religion and the dissolutions of the monasteries made the King very rich and the royal coffers were filled with the wealth of the English Catholic Church. Henry VIII even made himself the Supreme Head of the Church of England, and anyone who did not support his religious reforms could face the ultimate punishment themselves. There were very religious people who led peaceful lives who were tortured and brutalised in the most horrific ways possible. The story of a group of monks who lived in peace and tranquility inside of London but were ravaged by the King’s religious changes is a tragic one, and the Carthusian monks were devastated by Henry’s reign.