Historically, the events take place from mid-1503 to the end of 1505.
This episode takes place from 1503 to 1505.
Maggie Pole tells her husband she's always been a Plantagent. Laura Carmichael played Edith Crawley on Downton Abbey and it is mentioned on more than one occasion that the Crawleys are descendants of the Plantagents.
Alison Lintott who plays the madam Lina goes to to get the item to end Ross's pregnancy had previously played a serving girl who waited on the cousin of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard on The Tudors.