May

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1536 May Day Joust – Henry VIII left after receiving message and ordered Sir Henry Norris to accompany him

1590 James VI of Scotland brought his bride Anne of Denmark to Scotland

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1536 Sir Henry Norris and George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, taken to the Tower
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Sir Francis Weston interrogated
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1536 Sir William Brereton formally arrested
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1541 Henry VIII declares that a new English Bible must be in every church
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1567 Divorce of Earl and Lady Bothwell
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1559 Act of Uniformity signed by Elizabeth I
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1536 Trial of Mark Smeaton, Sir Francis Weston, Sir Henry Norris and Sir William Brereton – all found guilty
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1536 Trials of George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, and Anne Boleyn – Both found guilty

1567 Marriage of Mary Queen of Scots and Earl of Bothwell

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1532 Resignation of Thomas More as Chancellor
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1536 Exectutions of George Boleyn, Norris, Brereton, Weston and Smeaton
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1536 Execution of Anne Boleyn postponed. Thomas Cromwell announces annulment of the marriage of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII
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1536 Execution of Anne Boleyn

1554 Elizabeth released from the Tower of London and sent to Woodstock

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1536 Betrothal of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
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1553 Marriage of Lady Jane Grey and Guildford Dudley
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1533 Cranmer’s court rule that the marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon is illegal
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1541 Execution of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury
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1533 Cranmer proclaims the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn as valid
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1536 Marriage of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
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