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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, Henry VIII of England.
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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
English poet (1516/17–1547)
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Henry VIII
King of England from 1509 to 1547
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