Missenden

Missenden marks a key halt on King Henry VIII's summer progress itinerary, a royal tour threading through England's green heartlands. Cromwell dictates its place amid other stops, positioning it as a waypoint for the court's vast entourage—horses stamping, tents rising, nobles jockeying amid summer fields and stone-walled manors. Though unvisited here, Rafe Sadler records the route in the lamplit study, its selection blending routine tradition with Cromwell's calculated shifts toward power centers like Wolf Hall nearby.