1X02It's December 1529. Cardinal Wolsey has taken refuge at Esher. Anne Boleyn and her uncle, the Duke of Norfolk, want him gone - on the road north, away from the king.Thomas Cromwell, Wolsey's staunch defender, remains in london, seeking the reinstatement of his master.1X03It's 1531. Having failed with the Pope, Henry seeks the power to annul his marriage to Katherine by asking Parliament to declare him Supreme Head of the Church in England.Those loyal to Rome batle against the advancing tide of heresy - chief amongst them the Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More.1X05It's 1535. The Act of Supremacy has declared Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England. But the Holy Roman Emperor, and his ambassador Eustache Chapuys, have refused to recognise either his new title or his marriage to Anne Boleyn.Recovering from illness, Cromwell plans the King's Royal Progress to include a visit to Jane Seymour's family home - Wolf Hall.