Historical Inaccuracies - 'The Tudors', Series 1, Episode 1

• The ambassador who is murdered would certainly not have been Henry's uncle. Henry had only one, bastard, uncle at this time (Lord Lisle), who was mainly in charge of Calais. 
• Whitehall Palace did not exist until the 1530s, when this series is set in the 1520s. It was originally Wolsey's palace of York Place, until Wolsey fell and the King took it and renamed it.
• At the council meeting, Henry says the King of France has 'bullied the Pope into declaring him defender of the faith'. In fact, the French Kings had been styled 'most christian king' for many years. 
• Henry's mistress, Bessie Blount, did not at this time have a husband. She was married off after her affair with the King. 
• At the tennis match, Charles Brandon points out Buckingham's daughter. Although Brandon had a complicated martial life, there is no record of him ever having an affair with one of Buckingham's daughters.
• Wolsey, after talking to secretary Pace, enters the King's throne room. In real life, all who passed near the throne were required to bow and doff their hats, even if the King was not in the room. 
• Henry decides not to shave until he meets Francis. It was actually Francis who instigated this vow.
• The French bishop mentions the papal election, and assures Wolsey of the support of the French and 'with the support of your own cardinals' Wolsey will be elected. I'm not sure which cardinals he means, as Wolsey was the only English cardinal.
• Queen Katherine says Wolsey has dismissed her Spanish confessor. This was not true, as Katherine could not confess in any other language apart from Spanish, and retained a Spanish confessor until her death.
• Buckingham says Thomas Boleyn has come from an 'old' family. In fact, the Boleyns were a relatively new family, who had worked their way up through advantagous marriages and royal service. 
• Buckingham did not talk to other nobles about his conspiracy. The evidence, such as it was, came from his servants.
• Thomas Boleyn was not the ambassador to France at this time, although he had been previously.