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HENRY VIII
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Essay by Barbara A. Mowat


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Ridgway Record, August 16, 2009
...lineage. 'One of his ancestors was a knight who served in the Crusades. Their lineage went back to William Shakespeare,' Burke said. 'Back when King Henry VIII kicked the Catholic Church out of England, you could marry your first cousin. ...