King of England during the dissolution of the monasteries, under which Cwmhir Abbey was dissolved and its lands came into Crown possession.

The source establishes Crown possession but does not prove that Henry VIII personally held the manor in a private or beneficial capacity.

Research sources:
- ArchaeoDomus, Home Farmhouse, Abbey Cwm-hir, Historic Buildings Record AD142, section 3.2.6; Coflein/Cadw-related historical record. — https://coflein.gov.uk/media/360/314/adahs_059_001.pdf
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII

The source establishes Crown involvement but does not provide a standalone dated Crown conveyance before the grant to Paul Bush.

Research sources:
- Historic England, Leigh Court, Abbots Leigh, Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, list entry 1000407, historic development section. — https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000407

The source uses the word acquired; it does not provide the later royal grant recipient.

Research sources:
- J. F. Meehan, More Famous Houses of Bath and District, second series, 1906, p. 92; nineteenth-century gazetteer summaries also state that the manor passed from Bath and Wells to Henry VIII. — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/More_famous_houses_of_Bath_%26_district%3B_being_the_second_series_of_that_work_%28IA_morefamoushouses00meeh%29.pdf
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII

The manor exchange is documented in the 1545 deed abstract.

Research sources:
- A Topographical History of Surrey, Account of the Manors of Addington; Leveson-Gower, Notices of the Family of Leigh of Addington, Surrey Archaeological Collections, volume 7. — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/A_topographical_history_of_Surrey_%28IA_b29350463_0004%29.pdf
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII

Research sources:
- John Murray, Handbook for Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Huntingdonshire, Aldenham section; Stephen Johnson, 'Lordship of the Manor of Aldenham, Hertfordshire'; Victoria County History, A History of the County of Hertford, volume 2, 'Parishes: Aldenham', pp. 149-161. — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Handbook_for_Hertfordshire%2C_Bedfordshire%2C_and_Huntingdonshire_.._%28IA_handbookforhertf00john%29.pdf
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England

The holding continued in the Crown after Henry VIII's death; the entry uses Henry VIII as the named royal grantee in the source tradition.

Research sources:
- Aldwick Parish Council, Aldwick History, recording Cranmer's June 1542 exchange of Aldwick to Henry VIII and its later restoration to Cardinal Pole. — https://aldwickparishcouncil.gov.uk/about-aldwick/
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII