Guest Stars Kate Phillips as Jane Seymour Edward Holcroft as George Boleyn Richard Dillane as Duke of Suffolk Hannah Steele as Mary Shelton Joss Porter as Richard Cromwell Joel MacCormack as Thomas Wriotheseley Ed Speleers as Edward Seymour Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Francis Weston Natasha Little as Liz Cromwell Max Fowler as Mark Smeaton Will Keen as Thomas Cranmer Paul Ritter as Sir John Seymour Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Elizabeth Barton Bryan Dick as Solicitor General Richard Riche Monica Dolan as Alice More Sam Bottomley as Young Thomas Cromwell Karol Steele as Peasant Woman Ben Steele as Nobleman Athena Droutis as Grace Cromwell Gus Barry as Young Thomas More Thomas Arnold as Hans Holbein Tim Steed as Lord Chancellor Audley Janet Henfrey as Lady Margaret Pole Michael Dacre as Chief Justice Fitzjames Nik Davies as Royal Bodyguard Iain Batchelor as Thomas Seymour Sarah Crowden as Lady Exeter Richard Durden as Bishop Fisher Richard Banks as Nobleman James Larkin as Master Treasurer Fitzwilliam Lex Lamprey as Cromwell's Clerk Louise Kimber as Alice Williamson Peter Hamilton Dyer as Doctor Butts