Adebayo Azeez - June 2025 signed for Hemel Hempstead Town

soapboxsam

AddicksAddict said:

soapboxsam said:

Raith_C_Chattonell said:

hermann said:

hermann said:

is that Henry VIII on their badge? 

Answering my own question, yes:

The crest features King Henry VIII, who features in the town's history. The town was part of the monastery's estates until the King initiated the Reformation and break-up of Ashridge in 1539, as part of the dissolution of the monasteries. In that same year, the town was granted a royal charter by Henry VIII to become a bailiwick with the right to hold a Thursday market and a fair on Corpus Christi Day. Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn are also reputed to have stayed in the town at the time.[9] The association with Henry VIII is why the club is nicknamed the Tudors.

An odd choice imo as Henry executed so many people due to his strong belief in absolute power, his volatile personality, and the prevalence of treason as a capital offence. The number of executions during his reign is estimated to be between 54,000 and 72,000. Common methods of execution included hanging, drawing and quartering, beheading, and burning at the stake.

Come on you Tudors ... Well yeah, but not so much if you're a catholic    

One of the worse tyrant's that this country has ever seen yet he's been turned into a tourist attraction for England.
I have a season ticket for Hever Castle at the Boleyn's family home and will often heckle the memory of the obese despot.

And he only got the throne and his first wife because of his brother’s untimely demise. I wonder what Arthur would have been like as a king. Would the Spanish Armada have happened? Would the state still be allied with the papacy?

Very true:
Royal History would be so different and King Charles III would just be a common protester, hugging trees to stop them being cleared for a motorway!

If the Stanley brothers and their army had supported Richard III and not Henry VII when they made a late decision then again the Tudor dynasty may not have been the victor at Bosworth fields in the final war of the roses battle. 

From Adebayo Azeez to the war of the roses; that's what I call going off on a tangent!

Kap10

soapboxsam said:

AddicksAddict said:

soapboxsam said:

Raith_C_Chattonell said:

hermann said:

hermann said:

is that Henry VIII on their badge? 

Answering my own question, yes:

The crest features King Henry VIII, who features in the town's history. The town was part of the monastery's estates until the King initiated the Reformation and break-up of Ashridge in 1539, as part of the dissolution of the monasteries. In that same year, the town was granted a royal charter by Henry VIII to become a bailiwick with the right to hold a Thursday market and a fair on Corpus Christi Day. Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn are also reputed to have stayed in the town at the time.[9] The association with Henry VIII is why the club is nicknamed the Tudors.

An odd choice imo as Henry executed so many people due to his strong belief in absolute power, his volatile personality, and the prevalence of treason as a capital offence. The number of executions during his reign is estimated to be between 54,000 and 72,000. Common methods of execution included hanging, drawing and quartering, beheading, and burning at the stake.

Come on you Tudors ... Well yeah, but not so much if you're a catholic    

One of the worse tyrant's that this country has ever seen yet he's been turned into a tourist attraction for England.
I have a season ticket for Hever Castle at the Boleyn's family home and will often heckle the memory of the obese despot.

And he only got the throne and his first wife because of his brother’s untimely demise. I wonder what Arthur would have been like as a king. Would the Spanish Armada have happened? Would the state still be allied with the papacy?

Very true:
Royal History would be so different and King Charles III would just be a common protester, hugging trees to stop them being cleared for a motorway!

If the Stanley brothers and their army had supported Richard III and not Henry VII when they made a late decision then again the Tudor dynasty may not have been the victor at Bosworth fields in the final war of the roses battle. 

From Adebayo Azeez to the war of the roses; that's what I call going off on a tangent!

That's what I call Charlton Life.

soapboxsam

Kap10 said:

soapboxsam said:

AddicksAddict said:

soapboxsam said:

Raith_C_Chattonell said:

hermann said:

hermann said:

is that Henry VIII on their badge? 

Answering my own question, yes:

The crest features King Henry VIII, who features in the town's history. The town was part of the monastery's estates until the King initiated the Reformation and break-up of Ashridge in 1539, as part of the dissolution of the monasteries. In that same year, the town was granted a royal charter by Henry VIII to become a bailiwick with the right to hold a Thursday market and a fair on Corpus Christi Day. Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn are also reputed to have stayed in the town at the time.[9] The association with Henry VIII is why the club is nicknamed the Tudors.

An odd choice imo as Henry executed so many people due to his strong belief in absolute power, his volatile personality, and the prevalence of treason as a capital offence. The number of executions during his reign is estimated to be between 54,000 and 72,000. Common methods of execution included hanging, drawing and quartering, beheading, and burning at the stake.

Come on you Tudors ... Well yeah, but not so much if you're a catholic    

One of the worse tyrant's that this country has ever seen yet he's been turned into a tourist attraction for England.
I have a season ticket for Hever Castle at the Boleyn's family home and will often heckle the memory of the obese despot.

And he only got the throne and his first wife because of his brother’s untimely demise. I wonder what Arthur would have been like as a king. Would the Spanish Armada have happened? Would the state still be allied with the papacy?

Very true:
Royal History would be so different and King Charles III would just be a common protester, hugging trees to stop them being cleared for a motorway!

If the Stanley brothers and their army had supported Richard III and not Henry VII when they made a late decision then again the Tudor dynasty may not have been the victor at Bosworth fields in the final war of the roses battle. 

From Adebayo Azeez to the war of the roses; that's what I call going off on a tangent!

That's what I call Charlton Life.

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