30 May 1536 – The Wedding of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
The Whitehall Mural showing Henry VIII's parents and he and the woman he believed to be his first…
Henry VIII
28 May 1533 – Henry VIII’s Marriage to Anne Boleyn is Proclaimed to be Valid
On 28th May 1533, five days after the special court at Dunstable Priory had declared Henry VIII's marriage…
20 May 1536 – The Betrothal of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
At 9am on 20th May 1536, just one day after the execution of his second wife, Anne Boleyn,…
17 May 1536 – The Annulment of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s Marriage
On 17th May 1536, at Lambeth, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, in the presence of Sir Thomas Audley, the Duke…
A Letter from Henry VIII to Jane Seymour
At some point between Jane's arrival at Chelsea and Anne Boleyn's execution, Henry VIII wrote to Jane regarding…
14 May 1536 – Jane Seymour Moves to Chelsea
On this day in 1536, while his wife was imprisoned in the Tower of London waiting to be…
9 May 1536 – Meetings and Legal Proceedings
On Tuesday 9th May 1536, Henry VIII wrote to Thomas Cromwell from Westminster Palace "Commanding him to repair…