Start as you mean to go on, Henry!
King Henry VIII has gone down in history as the king who had six wives and who executed…
Six Wives
24 June 1509 – A Midsummer coronation for the new king and queen
On this day in Tudor history, 24 June 1509, Midsummer's Day and the Feast of St John the…
12 June 1530 – Henry VIII’s evil life and bad example
On this day in Tudor history, 12th June 1530, King Henry VIII got criticised for "the evil life…
11 June 1509 – Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon at Greenwich
On this day in history, 11th June 1509, seventeen-year-old King Henry VIII married twenty-three-year-old Spanish princess, Catalina de…
1 April 1536 – Henry VIII courts Jane Seymour
On this day in Tudor history, 1st April 1536, the imperial ambassador passed on information he'd received from…
10 December 1541 – Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are put to death
On 10th December 1541, just a month and eight days after an investigation into Queen Catherine Howard's past…
14 November 1541 – The goods of Thomas Culpeper and Lady Rochford are inventoried
On this day in history, 14th November 1541, an inventory was taken "of the goods and chattels, lands…