Henry II Diary
Dear Diary,
Today I awoke after having a troublesome nightmare. My servant ran into the room with
terribly sad news. Saying that my dear old friend Thomas is dead. I cried out in sobs hearing
these very sad news. There was a Terribly big crowd outside the castle. I had a look. People
were holding up signs. They were righten in red. The red told me immediately that they
suspected me of killing my friend. Then this anger over took me but then I knew if I order
my guards to take the crowd prisoners then they would surely tell the Pope and I will be
banned from the church. So to show that I was truthfully sorry I had to do some extremely
unconfutable things and painful. I felt scared doing them but I also felt scared getting
banished from the church. There was no way that they would believe me if I told them that I
did not give the order to kill Becket. So I felt the pain and wore for the first time the most
uncomfortable clothes and felt cold my feet were sore after waling upon dirty filthy stones.
The worst of it was when I monks whipped my back. I saw how they did it to criminals and
didn’t think it will hurt as much. After all of this I promised myself to never say bad things
under my breath. It has been the saddest day and most painful day ever. I lost my very best
dear friend that died in the hands of my troublesome knights.
The king
Dear Diary,
Today This greedy little king had me on his head as he was signing the Magna Carter. That
will teach him a lesson for stealing from the poor. He unhonourable king he was so bad that
even the rich rebelled against him. He didn’t deserve to have me on his little head. When he
had signed I was happier than ever. I nearly cried out in joy. But knowing if I did they would
be astonished that I can talk. It was a relief. Thinking of all those people that suffered
because they didn’t have any money. Of course Robin Hood was around and helped a few.
He was 2nd worst king that I ever sat on.
See you later
The Crown
Dear Diary,
Today I had to sit and listen to the king decision. If he promised than he had to
keep his promise. But at the same time Simon de ‘s Montford just wanted power.
And he also wanted to be the most important in the country. If all the barons
except him agreed with Henry II decision then he should go with it but making a
war with Henry wasn’t the wisest decision. I was mad at both people. They were
both not very smart. Especially when Simon de Montford died in a battle. But the
king was not trust worthy and broke a promise. And that was not a good choice to
make as he angered Simon de Montford.
The Crown
Dear Diary,
Today King Henry VIII divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. He was happy because
now he succeeded in gaining power over his country. I listened to his deep and angry tone
as he was giving orders to his counsellor, Thomas Cromwell. I had no patience with this King
as he was prepared to kill all the monks in England just to be able to divorce his wife. That
day he was happier than ever. All of his ancestors failed to gain absolute power over the
country but he succeeded. But one thing worried him. He had divorced the sister of the King
of Spain. And the King was furious when he heard that Henry had divorced his sister. The
King of Spain would have his revenge and at least try to do something about the situation.
The Pope did not respect King Henry and excommunicated him from the Roman Catholic
Church. I wonder how many new enemies he made that day. That coward, he dared to place
me on his nasty, unpleasant head. He also killed Richard whiting which was a abbot of a
monastery in Glastonbury abbey. The king had him executed after finding a letter which said
that he was not happy with him divorcing his wife. He executed him in a very brutal way.
The Crown
Charles I
Dear Diary,
Today I have heard that it is the execution. I do not think it is affair judgement as the trial
was made up of parliament and therefore. Most people went against him but I do agree
with the punishment because he did cause a lot of deaths in the civil war. As because of him
it broke out. But he did think in a way and believed in it very strongly. I feel sorry for him but
he did deserve it. As a result he got beheaded. He married a Catholic and that angered the
church of England and ruled without Parliament for 10 years and that angered the
Parliament and therefore a civil war broke out. Therefore he did deserve his punishment.
The Crown
See you later
Dear Diary
Today I sit on this better king than usually which in my opinion has been better than most
kings as he has brought good thing to this country. He allowed people to be different
religion not protestant. Which of course is a good thing! And he also didn’t do something
bad. E.g. not like his ancestors Henry VIII, King John, Charles I. He also was a man very
peaceful and was cousin to the king of France which made them both allies and both
interested in Art. So sitting on him was a pleasant stay as he loved art and would spend
looking at different pictures, all magnificent. He would walk around and on the ceiling there
would be walls painted with different paintings. I enjoyed art too and really liked it. In fact
he made me like it even more. He was a man which presented himself as very important
and royal.
The Crown