Henry VIII | Buckingham (Duke of Buckingham)
Buckingham is a noble, afterwards condemned as a traitor. In this play about falling from greatness, Buckingham is the first to fall. Beloved of the commoners and respected by his peers, he is the victim of a plot presumably launched against him by Wolsey, whom Buckingham accuses of having bribed his servants to testify against him. Buckingham's surveyor (a kind of overseer), who has been recently discharged after Buckingham's tenants complained about him, tells Henry that Buckingham has pretensions to the throne and has spoken openly about murdering both Henry and Wolsey. In an...
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