Between the signing of the peace treaty between England and France in June 1546 and the death of Henry VIII on January 28, 1547, there were some shocking events. The first is that Queen Catherine Parr's religious views are increasingly being viewed with suspicion by Catholic and anti-Protestant officials such as Stephen Gardner, Bishop of Winchester, and Thomas Reiosley, Earl and Lord Chancellor of Southampton.

The incident began when the Queen's unmarried lady-in-waiting, Anne Asko, was arrested for publishing heresy that strongly opposed the Catholic belief in communion. Some of the court's ministers who opposed the queen tried to get her to repent and make her identify the queen, her sister and the other court women around the queen as Protestants. The Bishop of Winchester and the Lord Chancellor tortured Anne Asco and interrogated her about her relationships with women in the court who were suspected of being Protestants.

Subsequently, the bishop and the chancellor tried to persuade the king to oppose her, and drew up a warrant for her for the arrest of the queen and her lady-in-waiting, the lady-in-waiting. In this warrant, which was approved by Henry VIII, in addition to the queen herself, there were the names of the lady-in-chamber Anne Parr (sister of the queen and William Parr, Earl of Essex) and other suspected members of the queen's court.

However, when Henry VIII saw the name of Lady Ripley appear prominently in the arrest warrant, Henry VIII was a little confused. The Bishop of Winchester explained that Baroness Ripley had always been a close associate of Queen Catherine, so he suspected that Ripley was also a Protestant.

Henry VIII was somewhat unconvinced by the bishop, knowing that Lady Ripley had long lived in the north and worked for her illegitimate son, the Duke of Richmond. If the viscount had been a Protestant, the other bishops and ministers would have regarded his illegitimate son as a Protestant. Subsequently, Henry VIII confirmed from Queen Catherine that Lady Ripley was a Catholic. Eventually, Henry VIII asked the Bishop of Winchester to cross the name of the baroness from the arrest warrant.

In order to be able to overthrow the queen, the officials even created some public opinion, so much so that rumors were rife throughout Europe that Henry VIII was attracted to the queen's other good friend, Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk. However, when Queen Catherine saw the warrant, she swore that she was only a distraction from the King's debate on religious issues with him while he was suffering from a leg injury.

Queen Catherine visited the king in his bedroom and skillfully persuaded him that her interest in the new religion was solely for the purpose of providing stimulating conversation. In order to distract the king from the pain caused by his festering leg, Henry VIII was appeased by the queen. Before arresting the queen and some of her closest associates, Henry VIII reconciled with Catherine.

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Isabel Walton and her queen's best friend escaped. However, the fate of her other good companion, Mrs. Surrey, began to suffer bad luck. The new earl's coat of arms that Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, had designed for himself was eventually known to Henry VIII by the "newcomers" to the court who the earl called him.

When the Earl of Surrey's father, Duke III of Norfolk, returned from the battlefields of France, he found that the reformers in the court had gained the upper hand. In particular, two important members of the court, Earl of Hertfordshire I, Edward Seymour and Queen Catherine, were influenced by Henry VIII to favor religious reform. As a result, the Duke of Norfolk, who was religiously conservative, became increasingly isolated in court politics.

The Duke tried to form an alliance with the Seymour family, who were behind Prince Edward, by some means. However, due to the personal actions of his eldest son and heir, the Earl of Surrey, his efforts were in vain. On 12 December 1546 the Duke and his eldest son, the Earl of Surrey, were arrested and sent to the Tower of London. On 12 January 1547, the Duke confessed that he had committed treason, including concealing from everyone that his eldest son had used the royal coat of arms without permission.

During the Duke's trial, his estranged wife, daughter Mary (the Duchess of Richmond, who was separated from the Duke of Richmond), and his mistress, Elizabeth Holland, provided evidence against him. In the face of the evidence, all the Duke could think of was to save his life at all costs. In order to obtain the king's forgiveness, the duke was willing to return all his lands to King Henry VIII.

However, in order to remove all obstacles in the way of his only son, Prince Edward, Henry VIII sentenced the Earl of Surrey to death and beheaded him on 19 January 1547. A few days later, on the 27th, the Duke of Norfolk was also sentenced without trial. The dying Henry Bali eventually agreed to the Duke of Norfolk being executed, and rumors were made that he would be executed the next day.

When Henry VIII died on 28 January, the Duke of Norfolk was saved by the king's death. For the parliament believed that a new king's rule should be inaugurated by bloodless events. During the reign of Edward VI, the Duke of Norfolk's castle estate was confiscated by the Crown and he himself remained imprisoned in the Tower of London. It was not until 1553 that Queen Mary succeeded to the throne and was released and pardoned.

In Queen Mary's First Council (between October and December 1553), he was regained the ducal title and a portion of the compensation for the land which received £1,626 a year. Later, the Duke was appointed to the Privy Council, served as a senior judge at the trial of the Duke of Northumberland on 18 August, and was reinstated as marshal on 1 October 1553, serving as marshal at Mary's coronation.

When the Duke of Norfolk III was imprisoned in the Tower of London, his eldest son and heir, the Earl of Surrey, was executed. Frances Howard, the dispossessed Lady of Surrey, thought of her good friend in the North, Baroness Isabel Walton, who planned to send the children of the Earl of Surrey to Isabel's estate to raise.

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Back in December 1546, the Duke of Richmond, still living in the north, received a letter from Queen Catherine and sent for Ladys Ripley to be taken into his study. When the Duke gave the Queen's letter to the Ladyess, he looked at each other with sad eyes, "Your Majesty, Isabel... Your Majesty is dying. ”

Isabel had been waiting for this day for a long time, and now she should be happy. But when she saw the grief of losing a loved one written all over the Duke of Richmond's face, her heart became a little heavy. Gently placed Her Majesty's letter in front of the Duke, and said slowly, "Henry, I can accompany you to the city of London to meet Your Majesty. ”