Big Al Whittle wrote: There were,as I remember, 72 thousand executions in England during his reign.

You remember? Plausible estimate - but probably inflated by Catholic propaganda in France and Spain.

Thompson wrote: Stalin was only trotting behind them in terms of killings

"Between 200,000 to 600,000 people died at the hands of the Soviet government during the Purge. (wikiP)

Stu wrote: The dissolution of the monasteries was one of the greatest acts of terror and cultural vandalism ever inflicted on the people of this country.

Terror? Henry wanted their riches - he didn't murder the monks and nuns AFAIK. Cultural vandalism - possibly - but he didn't foresee the leisure industry and tbe National Trust.

The Sandman wrote: all the tudors were despicable unlike richard the third

Henry VII wasn't so bad.