The Prince and the Pauper Chapter 8 Summary

The Question of the Seal

  • Henry VIII wakes up from his nap with important things on his mind.
  • King Henry's pretty agitated and calls for the Lord Chancellor so that he can sign a document ordering the death of the Duke of Norfolk and making Prince Edward the next in line to the throne.
  • One problem: the Great Seal, the thing he needs to make it all official, is missing. Oh, and guess who has it? That's right, the "prince."
  • So it's time for Plan B, and the king decides that the small seal is good enough to kill the Duke of Norfolk.