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Gardiner may be identical to the Thomas Gardiner who was the son of Helen Tudor, illegitimate daughter of Jasper Tudor.
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The only manuscript, which is among the Cotton Manuscripts (Otho C vi), was badly damaged by fire. He also wrote a genealogical roll of Tudor ancestry. Helen"s son Thomas is known to have entered Westminster Abbey as a monk.
Gardiner seems to have studied at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
Henry VII appointed Gardiner Prior of Blythe in 1507. He later became Prior of Tynemouth.
After the dissolution of the monasteries Gardiner has been described as an "ex-monk turned propagandist", dedicated to promoting Henry VIII.
