Henry VIII
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- People
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- Name
- Henry VIII
- Biography
- King of England who dissolved Rushen Abbey in 1540, ending four centuries of Cistercian monasticism on the Isle of Man. The Percy Folio poem quotes him calling Thomas Stanley 'king of Man, the Honnorable Thomas Erle of Darbye.'
- Active Period
- 1491–1547
- Role / Office
- Monarch