Cambridge academic Victoria Miller has been researching the codpiece . Says those used in Greenwich Palace were too small to be historically accurate . Star Mark Rylance blamed the size on the show 's American producers . Drama tells story of Sir Thomas Cromwell 's rise in King Henry VIII 's court .
Cambridge academic Victoria Miller has been researching the codpiece . Says those used in Wolf Hall were too small to be historically accurate . Star Mark Rylance blamed the size on the show 's American producers . Drama tells story of Sir Thomas Cromwell 's rise in King Henry VIII 's court .