The murder of Richard Hunne, 1514

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Who was Hunne?

A London merchant

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Where was Hunne found dead?

In his cell in the Bishop of London’s prison

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What had Hunne apparently done?

Hung himself

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What did the coroner’s jury work out?

He had been murdered and there had been a clumsy attempt to cover up the murder by dressing it as a suicide

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What had almost certainly happened?

An attempt at torture had gone wrong and the torturers had panicked

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What was the case disastrous in the short term for?

Reputation of the Church

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Why wasn’t it disastrous in the long-term?

The time in between the case and the start of the break with Rome