Stephen Gardiner
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Stephen Gardiner was an English Catholic bishop and politician during the English Reformation period who served as Lord Chancellor during the reign of Queen Mary I.
Portrait by Quentin Matsys
Gardiner's seat, Winchester Cathedral
Thomas Cranmer became an enemy of Gardiner.
Bishop Gardiner's Conference with Lady Jane Grey, from the Victorian Pictorial Tower of London
The Tudors
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The Tudors is an historical drama television series set primarily in 16th-century England, created and written by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime.
Stephen Gardiner
…portrayal of Gardiner can be seen in the BBC dramas The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R (in both of which he is played by Basil Dignam). In The Tudors television series Gardiner is played by Simon Ward. In the 2022 Starz series Becoming Elizabeth Bishop Gardiner is portrayed by Alex Macqueen. In the…
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