9 Historical Inaccuracies In BBC's Wolf Hall

7. Despite The Series Being Titled "Wolf Hall", Barely Any Of The Action Actually Takes Place There

For the BBC series - and Hilary Mantel's book - to be titled Wolf Hall, you would assume at least some of the action would take place at the manor house in Wiltshire. However, due to the fact "Wolfhall" or "Wulfhall" was also the principal residence of the Seymour family - a member of which was Jane, Henry VIII's third wife - then Hilary Mantel decided on this as the name for her series. Interestingly, the Latin saying Homo homini lupus ("man is wolf to man") was also another inspiration behind the title due to Cromwell's opportunistic - and in some ways Machiavellian - nature. Henry VIII did stay at Wulfhall in 1535, but this is not something which is highlighted throughout the series. Although not technically an inaccuracy, it is a historical frustration to limit the amount of the series actually filmed at Wolf Hall - particularly seeing as Jane Seymour is not among the more important of Henry VIII's wives with who Cromwell's relations soured.