Hi Ruth,
I've read online that Henry VIII used a royal charter to make Valentine's Day a holiday but I've never come across it in my research. I know that it was celebrated in Tudor times as it is mentioned in the records but I can't say for sure that Henry made it a holiday. Sorry
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