re: 16/Urban myths: I protested that I'd said the people who died, not those who were executed,but the idea seemed to be enough to crash Mudcat, so I withdraw it :-)

Henry always seemed to prefer charging people with treason to heresy anyway, so its not that easy to be certain. But since the Catholic Church always referred to 40 English Martyrs to cover the whole period from Henry to at least Elizabeth, the figure of 81 sounds consistant.

Qn 20a: I'm not quoting the whole of what 1066 and all that had to say about Henry, but here's some of it:
Henry VII was a strong king with a very strong sense of humour and VIII wives, memorable among whom were Katherine the Arrogant, Anne of Cloves, Lady Jane Austin amd Anne Hathaway.

Qn20b: Was it accurate? Of course.